Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding time to me. Madam Speaker, the sad fact today is that this country does not have a coherent energy strategy, pure and simple. Now I can tell you, I come from Louisiana, where we know firsthand, probably more than any other State, that good energy policy can march hand-in-hand with good economic policy and good environmental policy. We've lived that life. We know that the energy sector, American energy production, creates good-paying jobs. Many of these jobs go to people from families that have never had anyone attend college, and through these jobs, they have been able to pay for college for the next generation. These are good-paying jobs, better paying than most. The first step in energy policy is, number one, don't punish your current energy production. Don't punish American energy production. And that's what we've seen from this administration. Four straight years of proposing high taxes, new taxes on independent small energy companies, small oil and gas companies. New taxes at a time when we ought to be developing our energy production makes no sense at all. Secondly, what's our transition strategy? We clearly have an abundance of oil and gas, new reserves, new technology. {time} 1300 We have led the world in this. We ought to be developing it. And we can achieve energy security for this country and create good-paying American jobs. This administration proposed a moratorium on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.…”