Political Quotes

“Again, the Democrats have decided to demand other countries explore, develop, create jobs in energy, and continue to keep our reserves locked up, never to be used. I think the more disturbing news is we have seen the Democratic party's plan to lower gas prices, and it has failed miserably. If we remember last year, we were told we were taking the steps toward American energy independence. We passed a ``Lethargy Bill,'' as I referred to it, that was going to solve all our problems. We were going to innovate our way out of this, we were going to conserve our way out of this. We were going to throw American taxpayers' money to India and Communist China and around the world to make the red bureaucrats green. When the Speaker was recently on Larry King's show last week, apparently she was under the impression that their plan had worked. When asked what the price of gas was, she replied, $2.56. She was off by $1.”