Political Quotes

“I cannot support this bill because, frankly, it is fundamentally unfair and unjust and it is unbecoming of the Senate to offer this to America as an energy policy. When it comes to energy, this bill is a full-scale retreat. This bill fails to include any provisions whatsoever to deal with fuel efficiency and fuel economy of the cars and trucks we drive. How can we in good conscience stand before the American people and say this is an Energy bill for our future and not address the No. 1 consumption of energy, oil imported from overseas--the cars and trucks that we drive? Why? Because the special interest groups that oppose fuel efficiency and fuel economy won the battle. They won the argument. The American people were the losers. There is another aspect to this bill which troubles me. This bill is a full-scale retreat when it comes to environmental protection for America. Think about this for a moment. Every major environmental group in America opposes this Energy bill.”