"Now, the truth is the IRA is going to create jobs, it is going to lower energy bills, create energy independence, improve health outcomes."
"But to do that, we need policy reform, not just spending."
"I call it the income reduction act."
"The more money you pour into the market, the worse it makes inflation."
"We are in a cost-of-living crisis."
"There are 20 million Americans that are already behind on their utility bills."
"You have got families where people in their late 50s, early 60s, planned to retire, they can't do that now."
"This idea that you are going to go to zero carbon emissions in the near future is a pipe dream."
"So under the rosiest of scenarios where there is--let's imagine this world--no bureaucratic red tape, no litigation, no weaponizing of the court system, and a well-functioning permitting system, we mi..."
"But these tradeoffs, just to get 10 percent of our total production, are simply not worth it."
"The Inflation Reduction Act is a tremendous step forward."
"Together we can keep forging this path towards energy independence."