Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I wish to speak for a moment about energy more generally. I spoke in Dallas, TX, on Monday of this week at the National Wind Energy Conference. I think they said they had 20,000 people there. Wind energy, of course, is a very important part of our country's energy future. We need to take steps to gather energy from the wind and the Sun, where the Sun shines and the wind blows. We need to use these resources for energy, and then put them on a wire and move them to the load centers that need that energy. Such actions will provide more energy here at home, and it makes us less dependent on foreign oil. These are all of the things that I commend. I was thinking today that there has been a lot of discussion in recent weeks on what may or may not happen on the floor of the Senate with respect to energy and/or climate change, and I wish to comment on that a bit. First, I believe something is happening to our climate. I believe we ought to reduce the carbon emissions that are going into the atmosphere, so I am in support of capping carbon. I have indicated, however, I don't support what is called cap and trade, which would effectively be a process by which we provide probably a $1 trillion carbon trading securities market for Wall Street. I have no interest in being a part of that and would not support speculation of carbon markets.…”