Political Quotes

“I rise today to speak about the energy-related votes we face this week in the Senate. Coloradans--and all Americans--are feeling the sting of skyrocketing gas prices. And ``pain at the pump'' puts a crimp in the budgets of hardworking families and small businesses everywhere. I hear this every time I am back in my home State, talking to folks. They think it is unfair--and I agree. Runaway gas prices are not acceptable and we must work across the partisan divide to bring a stop to it. In fact, I recently called on the State Department and the U.S. Trade Representative to do everything they can to crack down on global oil market manipulation. And I joined my colleagues in urging the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to ratchet up their efforts at preventing overspeculation in oil trading domestically. Taking these steps would help reduce the chance that market manipulation is hurting American consumers. But from a larger perspective, the challenge is that we simply do not have any quick fixes. And substantial relief today would have required us to take steps years ago to reform our energy system. Unfortunately, we let those opportunities pass us by. That is the unvarnished truth the American people need to hear, not false promises or bumper sticker solutions. The real solutions involve tough choices and strategic investments in clean energy that will help wean our Nation off foreign sources of oil.…”