Political Quotes

“Madam President, I rise today to urge us here in the Senate to seize an opportunity that is critically important to our Nation's economic recovery and our long-term energy future by establishing a National Renewable Electricity Standard which is known in the industry as an RES. We will without a doubt spur a new clean energy economy. Many of my colleagues here in the Senate agree with me. My colleague from Kansas has been a leader on the need for a renewable electricity standard, and this week he has made a call to all of us to join him in promoting one. Let me also specifically thank Senator Dorgan from North Dakota and Senator Tom Udall from New Mexico for joining me to urge adoption of the strong Federal RES. Establishing energy security, perhaps above any other issue, will assure our Nation's future success. Quite simply, a 21st century clean energy policy is essential to our Nation's economic growth, it is essential to creating jobs now and into the future, and it is clearly the linchpin for our national security. The philosopher Santayana famously wrote, ``Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.'' If I can turn that saying on its head a little bit, I wish to review what happened in Colorado in the hopes that we can repeat it across our great country. Back in 2004, Colorado took a big step forward and embraced the emerging clean energy economy.…”