Sam Brownback: “I want to talk about a renewable energy standard we need to have in an energy piece of legislation. I think it is one of…”

“I want to talk about a renewable energy standard we need to have in an energy piece of legislation. I think it is one of these commonsense approaches that you can get bipartisan support built for if you do it in a sensible fashion that doesn't raise utility rates; and that is a key issue to watch here--not to raise utility rights. I think if we have a robust enough--but not greedy--renewable energy standard that is prudent, workable, over a period of time, where companies can work into this, we can start moving forward on renewable energy in a sound economic fashion, and we can balance our energy needs with our environmental needs and our economic demands and not raise utility rates. That is why I was hoping that the leader, when he introduced his energy bill, would put forward a renewable energy standard. He didn't call for that. I do.”