Political Quotes

“Madam President, I thank the Senator from Alaska. I am grateful for her joining me as an original cosponsor and for her being a strong and engaged advocate for this approach at the conference in New York and in conversations with colleagues and in the image she has laid out. She has been a real champion for a commonsense, ``all of the above'' visionary path forward that will move us on the committee and in the Congress. As the ranking member of Energy and Natural Resources, the support of the Senator from Alaska is central and significant. I am also glad the chairman is working with me. Senator Wyden, in a recent public setting, referred to this as ``exactly the right approach.'' I believe, as does the Senator from Alaska, the bill will unleash private capital; that it will help create jobs, modernize our Tax Code, and make it more fair; and I think that is why it has earned support from Republicans and Democrats in the House and in the Senate, but also at some senior levels in the administration. Former Secretary of Energy Steven Chu said the MLP Parity Act would make ``a world of difference and have a profound effect on private capital and investment.'' Our, hopefully, incoming Energy Secretary, Ernest Moniz, also pointed toward the MLPs as a great opportunity to increase clean energy financing and put it on a level platform. This legislation has earned backing from business leaders, from investors, from outside experts, from academics.…”