Chuck Grassley: “every time a President gives a State of the Union message, there are a lot of people who praise it, there are a lot of…”

“every time a President gives a State of the Union message, there are a lot of people who praise it, there are a lot of people who disagree with it. One of the areas where there was some agreement--but also a lot of disagreement--was on the energy package the President suggested in his State of the Union message. Since I come from a State that is No. 1 in almost all of the alternative energies such as biodiesel, such as wind--we are third in wind energy, we are first in biodiesel, we are first in ethanol production--I would like to set the record straight and encourage people to see that a lot of good has been accomplished over the last several years and that we ought to forget a lot of disagreeing rhetoric and move on and even enhance what we have already done. So I am here to address an issue President Bush mentioned in his State of the Union message and an issue that those particularly on the other side of the aisle have been quick to criticize. In the President's speech to the Nation, he once again highlighted the need for the United States to reduce our dependence upon foreign oil.”