Political Quotes

“to my colleagues out West, I want to remind them the best way to get to a most efficient market is allow the market to work. If this country wants low-cost, reliable electricity, we must have a diverse energy portfolio. We must have coal, nuclear, hydro, renewables, and expand our base load generating capacity. If we want low-cost fuel, we need to drill for it and transport it and refine it. States need to be net exporters, not net importers of power generation. Our country needs to be a net exporter of power, not a net importer of power. Mr. Speaker, I applaud the State of Illinois and Governor Ryan for passing and signing the Empower Illinois Act, which will incentivize clean coal technology and generation in southern Illinois, and I applaud my colleague, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Boucher) and the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Whitfield), and support the Need Act which will do the same thing with a national energy policy, that we will push through the Committee on Energy and Commerce on the floor of the House later on this fall.”