Political Quotes

“I have been enjoying some of the rhetoric I have been hearing from some of my friends on the other side of the aisle today. Clearly, when it comes to a rise in energy prices, the policies of my friends on the left side of the aisle is very simple, and that is called pass the buck. They talk about the California energy crisis. Who has been in charge in California? A Democratic governor, a Democratic State legislature. Who prevented the power plants from being built over the last decade? A Democratic governor, a Democratic State legislature. Of course, we at the national level in Chicago are seeing over $2 gasoline. Why? Because a Democratic administration in the White House failed for 8 years to do anything about energy. We have a new President that has been in office now for 4 months, 5 months. He inherited clearly serious energy problems. He has now come forward with an energy proposal which deserves bipartisan support. The bottom line is we need to conserve. We need to find new domestic sources, and we must reduce our independence on imported oil.”