Political Quotes

“The fact is a lot of people want to talk about you have to have a balanced approach. That's true. You do have to have some drilling. There are 9,300 permits owned by the oil companies here in the United States for drilling that they do not use. Close to 72 percent. They don't use. They are not drilling. Could alleviate today. They are waiting for the price to increase before they drill. Those permits have been issued. So that is part of a plan. What we are talking about today is seizing future energy sources, be that wind, solar, biomass. In fact, today, the Wall Street Journal, lead story, the Pentagon knows and it is launching, according to the headline, an alternative fuels strategy. The Pentagon knows that. Corporate America is investing in alternative energy sources. They know that. The American consumer knows you have got to have a different strategy than the one that depends only on oil. The only people that don't know that you need to have a diverse energy policy is the White House and sometimes I believe some of the Republican Members of Congress here. We need an energy policy so it begins to invest in 21st century energy sources, like wind and solar, and stop subsidizing 20th century energy sources, which is only oil.”