Political Quotes

“I rise today to speak about this bipartisan energy package we are going to be voting on today. Last year my colleagues and I on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee worked together to pass a package that received incredibly strong and bipartisan support at a time when that is hard to come by. I think it is important to start my comments today by simply thanking the chair and ranking member of the Energy Committee, Senators Murkowski and Cantwell. As Senator Portman mentioned, they showed incredible leadership and also incredible patience. That patience and persistence on behalf of all of us is now paying off. My home State of New Mexico occupies a very central and interesting place in nearly every facet of our Nation's energy industry, including uranium enrichment, oil and gas production, refining, wind and solar energy, as well as the research and development of new energy technologies--technologies of the future that come out of our National Laboratories and our research universities. That is why I have been working so hard in the Senate to position New Mexico and our Nation to take maximum advantage of new, clean energy sources and innovative technologies and transmission, while intelligently utilizing our reserves of traditional fuels as well. This package will be the first comprehensive Energy bill to pass the Senate since 2007.…”