Joe Lieberman: “Nearly 100 years ago, President Teddy Roosevelt, a great American, great conservationist, great Republican--this really…”

“Nearly 100 years ago, President Teddy Roosevelt, a great American, great conservationist, great Republican--this really is not a partisan issue--said that the conservation of our natural resources and their proper use constitute the fundamental problem which underlies almost every other problem of national life. It is a century later, but there is still a lot of wisdom in T.R.'s statement. I hope we will heed it, defeat these motions for cloture, and then move on to work together side by side for the kind of balanced progressive energy program that is in the underlying bill.”