Political Quotes

“My constituents in southwest Louisiana want solutions to the energy crisis. On Monday, the Lake Charles American Press summed up what is needed in their editorial, something I have advocated for a long time. They said, ``The energy campaign should include more exploration, more refining capacity, more alternative energy sources, more renewable energy, retirement of society's dependency on the internal combustion engine, and an increase in conservation. ``It should not be demagogued, for this is not a Republican or Democrat issue. It is a national issue that will require solutions, not insults hurled across the aisles of Congress and back and forth from Capitol Hill to the White House. Those that feel the pain of higher energy prices and accompanying higher prices throughout the marketplace--the poor, those on fixed income, even the middle class--are being squeezed.'' Increasing responsible energy production is one part of the solution. We must accompany that with conservation, with greater refining capacity and, most importantly, with unleashing individual American genius. A magic bullet will not lower the price at the pump for American families, but increasing American energy production responsibly will help, and it will create jobs here at home.”