Political Quotes

“This is probably a task we should not undertake because it is momentous, but we will try anyway. This is the Energy bill. It is a big bill, as you can tell. I sat down and did something kind of unique: I decided to read it, just to decide what we are voting on. I don't say that entirely in a negative fashion because some of this is so technical, you need to have staff go through and figure out exactly what is happening in this bill. The one thing that is most important about this bill is not the fact that Senator Domenici of New Mexico has worked so hard on it with Senator Bingaman and done such a good job on a bipartisan basis to bring it to us. That is a positive thing, and I complimented Senator Domenici about it earlier. What is troubling about this bill is it is setting out to establish: the enhancement of the energy security of the United States. Since it is setting out to establish America's energy policy, you would think to yourself, How do most Americans come in contact with energy each day? Certainly when you flip the lights on in the morning or in the evening, you come in contact with electricity, but equally so, when you get into that car or into that truck or on that bus, you are in contact with the energy policy of America.…”