Thomas Carper
The Public Record
It worked. It worked then, and I think it is regarded as maybe one of the most, maybe the most, successful environmental program that we have had in this country.
If it is not a renewable power, maybe we need a clean energy mandate for base load power.
I believe that they have crafted the legislation so that the lowest 20 percent income families would basically get a pass in terms of any increase in their energy costs because of this legislation.
Congressman Rick Boucher... told us earlier this week it is about the cost of a postage stamp for most families.
A number of us on this panel, certainly my colleague Lamar Alexander and I, are strong advocates of nuclear energy.
I want to say very clearly about the CBO study of Waxman-Markey, which is respected, that for the lowest income quintile...
We are going to be building a DuPont windmill farm off the coast of Delaware, the first in the Nation.
I believe that in the legislation that the House has sent, it is not a perfect bill, I am not here to say it is a perfect bill.





