Mary Landrieu: “That ship was just christened this weekend in Louisiana. So the relationship between Louisiana and Alaska goes back a…”

“That ship was just christened this weekend in Louisiana. So the relationship between Louisiana and Alaska goes back a long way. I am very happy to have the Senator here advocating for a smart and effective energy policy. This debate some people are having--I do not believe I am included in that because we are having our own colloquy about serious issues. But this so-called debate that everybody else is having is going to result in nothing, just a lot of sound bites. There will be no energy policy that comes out of this because the fact is--and everyone knows this that follows this--both parties are guilty for not having the right kind of energy policy, Democrats and Republicans alike. Democrats, from my perspective, do not appreciate the way they should the need for more domestic drilling. So they resist sometimes the need for more domestic drilling. I think Senator Begich and I have pointed out there are some places where there are people--Governors and Senators, Democratic Senators--who are open to drilling. We could go to those places and do a better job of developing onshore and offshore. But Republicans are not good at all when it comes to conservation. They resist helping the auto industry, for instance, to retool itself, which we know has had an absolute direct bottom line on less petroleum products being used for gasoline.…”