Mary Landrieu: “I could go on and on, but the point I think is clear. There are organizations from the left, the right, the center…”

“I could go on and on, but the point I think is clear. There are organizations from the left, the right, the center, large and small, business coalitions, consumer coalitions, saying act now on energy efficiency. We may not be able to, and I doubt sincerely that in the next 4 days on floor of the Senate we can draft an energy policy for America. That would be a bar set a little too high for what we will be able to do between Tuesday and Friday. But we could do two important things for the country: pass this energy efficiency bill and pass the Keystone Pipeline, something I am proud to vote for. You will vote for it. It is a piece of the energy infrastructure this country needs, this country deserves, and we need to move forward on it. So in the spirit of balance, compromise, fairness, and common sense-- which we are not finding around here very often--I thought: Let's see. We have an energy efficiency bill that is supported by an extraordinarily broad and deep coalition of businesspeople and supported by two of the most respected Members of this body. May I remind everyone, Jeanne Shaheen was a Governor before she was a Senator. She has been serving for decades in public office and is well known and well respected. Bob Portman is not only a Senator from Ohio but was formerly the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, OMB, so he understands about finance, cost, and savings.…”