Political Quotes

“Mr. President, first I wish to thank and congratulate Chairman Lisa Murkowski and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell for all their hard work and leadership on this Energy bill. They have done a very good job of getting this bill to the floor, and we now find ourselves in the position to offer amendments, which I am here to do. I think all of us are very happy to be able to be moving this legislation along and amending it. My amendment is a very simple study amendment. It directs the Secretary of the Treasury to study and submit a report to Congress on potential clean energy victory bonds. This amendment is pro-clean energy. It changes no rules, it does not mandate any actual bonds, and being a study it does not score or impact the budget. Citizens across this country want to see a cleaner energy future. They are doing their part to conserve energy, purchase cleaner energy, and invest in clean energy mutual funds. They are doing this on a voluntary basis. It is having a big impact and pushing clean energy technologies forward in a rather dramatic way, but we also understand our energy challenges are broad and require large-scale investments by many investors. We can harness and keep it voluntary without any cost to taxpayers through clean energy victory bonds. The Federal Government is our Nation's largest energy consumer, with more than 350,000 buildings and 600,000 road vehicles. Think about your own electricity bill that you pay each month and the gas you buy at the pump.…”