Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I take this time to emphasize the need of our Nation to move forward with a comprehensive energy policy. I know the Presiding Officer shares that commitment and is working very hard on the Environment and Public Works Committee to produce legislation that will solve the three major issues we have in this Nation with regard to energy. No. 1 is to create jobs. We need to create good, clean energy jobs here in America and not lose them to overseas competitors. We understand that. We also understand we need an energy policy that boosts our national security. We don't want to continue to support the efforts of countries that disagree with our way of life. We have to become energy secure here in America. Also, we need such a policy for the sake of our environment. We know greenhouse gas emissions and carbon emissions are polluting our air. We know we can answer all three of these issues--creating jobs, enhancing national security, and protecting the environment--by using alternative and renewable energy sources, by using less energy, and by moving forward with nuclear energy. We need to do all of that. With regard to obtaining sufficient and secure energy supplies, we cannot drill our way out of this problem. I say that because America has somewhere around 3 percent of the global oil reserves. We use about 25 percent. We can't drill our way out of that disequilibrium. Secondly, we have to use less carbon-emitting fuel sources for the sake of our environment.…”