Political Quotes

“I thank Senator Murkowski. If we are going to lead on energy or in anything, we have to listen to each other and we have to work together. I have been so grateful for the way Senator Murkowski and Senator Wyden have worked closely together and moved the Energy and Natural Resources Committee forward. As the Senator referenced, we had a great hearing earlier this week on the Shaheen-Portman bill--the energy efficiency bill on which Senator Shaheen of New Hampshire has worked so well with Senator Portman of Ohio--and also some bipartisan bills on hydropower. It is my real hope that this strong bipartisan bill--opening up master limited partnerships to energy efficiency, to hydropower, and to a dozen other clean and renewable sources of energy--this sort of simple, straightforward, commonsense, bipartisan bill that creates opportunity, will allow the private sector to then marry up with the innovations of researchers and help with the deployment of new energy sources. At the end of the day, we in Congress--the Federal Government--have to set a realistic policy pathway forward to sustain innovations in the energy market and then let the financial markets work to their fullest potential. The Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act moves us closer to that goal and that day. I thank Senator Murkowski for her leadership and for being here with me today, and I thank Senator Moran and Senator Stabenow, our original Senate cosponsors, and our House counterparts.…”