Political Quotes

“There is no doubt about that. I have been impressed with the amount of thought that has gone into these bipartisan amendments and with the variety of ways in which they improve on energy efficiency. The Senator talked about the Isakson-Bennet amendment. Senator Bennet has an amendment with Senator Ayotte, my colleague from New Hampshire, talking about tenants who are renting and the incentives we can provide to tenants to address their energy use. Senator Gillibrand, who came to the floor last week, talked about how we could look at emergency disaster relief and try and make sure when we rebuild from disasters we rebuild in a way that is much more energy efficient. So we have a whole range of ideas. Senator Hoeven, who is on the floor, is talking about addressing water heaters and the need to make sure water heaters are more efficient. He is working with Senator Pryor. We have a whole list of amendments that are thoughtful and that have been the result of a lot of work on the part of a lot of Senators in this Chamber. It is unfortunate we can't get to those amendments and get them passed. I think most of them would pass on a voice vote.”