Political Quotes

“I want to acknowledge the powerful and eloquent words of my colleague from Delaware. I know our colleague Senator Collins is also on the Senate floor, and I have to tell the viewers and all of my colleagues I couldn't agree more. The time is now to act on cyber security. I just came to the floor from an Intelligence Committee briefing. General Alexander was there. As the Senator from Delaware knows, he is forthright, he is well-versed, he is passionate, and he is as nonpartisan as they come. General Alexander is urging us to act now. So I thank my colleague from Delaware for his compelling and important words. Production Tax Credit The matter that brought me to the floor has a link to cyber security, and that is energy security. I want to talk about one of the new and exciting technologies that is resulting in the production of many homegrown electrons, and that is wind power. I have come to the floor on a daily basis to urge my colleagues to work with me to extend the production tax credit for wind. The PTC has created literally tens of thousands of jobs across our country and has the potential to create even more. But if Congress-- that is us, the Senate and the House--doesn't act to extend it, tens of thousands of jobs, literally, will be lost. The Presiding Officer has a robust wind energy sector in her State, and she knows the extent to which it is important for business in the great State of New Hampshire.…”