Political Quotes

“Thank you, Madam President. I come to the floor this evening to talk about an amendment I have filed to the Cybersecurity Act, S. 3414. This is the fourth time I have filed this amendment, and it is not on the Cybersecurity Act per se, although it does address energy use, which is one of the critical challenges we face as we are trying to address cybersecurity in this country. This is an amendment that is the substance of S. 1000, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act, of which the other sponsor is Senator Rob Portman, and he is a cosponsor on this amendment. What the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act and the amendment I filed does is create a national energy efficiency strategy for the United States. So this amendment is the same language Senator Portman and I filed to the Bring Jobs Home Act and the Middle Class Tax Cut Act, and it is one we are going to continue to file because we think it is important for this amendment and this legislation to have an opportunity for a vote from this entire Senate because we think this is bipartisan legislation that has broad support among our colleagues. This legislation is based on two important premises I have already spoken to in the Chamber: first, that the American public desperately wants Congress to work together in a bipartisan way to address this Nation's energy needs; and, second, that energy efficiency is the fastest, cheapest way to meet our energy challenges.…”