Al Franken actually said...

This is exciting, because there's really been a paradigm shift in the way we think of healthcare in this country.

If we adopt a similar standard at the Federal level we would unleash the manufacturing and deployment of all kinds of energy efficient produ...

I think it is the way that we can most effectively reduce our energy use.

To me this is a perfect example of the states as laboratories, as the founders really envisioned.