Political Quotes

“Madam President, I am constantly struggling that when people say there is no consensus in Washington, DC, there is often consensus. It is just a question of a different means by which to achieve the goals and consensus. If I were to say that we would want to have increased national security, lower global greenhouse gas emissions, a booming economy, and energy security, everybody would agree. The difference is how we achieve those means. And so what this process is, is to give the American people the opportunity to judge what is the best set of policies that will allow us to achieve that which we are speaking of. Clearly, there is a nexus, a connection--you put them all together-- between energy security, national security, the economy of our country and the economy of a family, and whether or not a country is lowering or increasing its contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions. This talk will be about that nexus between energy security, national security, global greenhouse gas emissions--how do we decrease them--and the economy of our country and the economy of a family. Now, I am from Louisiana--I think that is pretty well known; the senior Senator from Louisiana--and we are privileged to host many of the facilities of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, that connection between energy security and national security.…”