Chuck Grassley: “Senator McCain has filed a motion to strike all of the Energy tax provisions from the JOBS bill. Senator McCain has a…”

“Senator McCain has filed a motion to strike all of the Energy tax provisions from the JOBS bill. Senator McCain has a right to his opinion, but I overwhelmingly disagree with his opinion and I urge all of my fellow Senators to vote ``No'' on this amendment. In order to secure our country's economic and national security, we need to have a balanced energy plan that protects the environment, supports the needs of our growing economy, and reduces our dependence on foreign sources of energy. Every man, woman and child in the United States is a stakeholder when it comes to developing a responsible, balanced, stable, long-term energy policy. The events of September 11 have made very clear to Americans how important it is to enhance our energy independence. We can no longer afford to allow our dangerous reliance on foreign sources of oil to continue. But ``wait'' we do, and we do it well. It has been over 10 years since we have passed energy legislation. And if we wait until we get that ``perfect'' bill, the wait will be forever. Today, we have the opportunity to correct that because we have added all of the Energy Tax provisions to this JOBS bill. Our energy tax provisions obviously are not perfect. And to those who complain about various provisions, I say, so what do we do? Do nothing? Wait for the ``perfect'' bill? These provisions may not be perfect but let me tell you what we do have.…”