Political Quotes

“I can't think of a bigger issue in terms of the people I represent in the State of Illinois. A lot of families in Illinois who rely on natural gas to heat their homes saw dramatic increases in their heating bills this past winter. Families of very modest means who budgeted very carefully found their heating bills for last winter were $1,000 to $1,500 higher than they had been in the previous year. Very little explanation was forthcoming. A lot of families just had no choice. They turned down the thermostat and the bills still went through the roof. I ran into a lady who was a domestic housekeeper in a hotel. She worked nights for her family. She said to me that she had budgeted the same amount as last year to heat her home in Chicago. She ended up $1,000 in debt when it was all over. She is determined to pay off that debt. She is a very hard working person and takes her debts seriously. When you think about that, you just wonder, is this inevitable? Is this the market at work, where we have such wide variations?”