Political Quotes

“I think he has not done it in a tepid fashion. I say that because we should be able to do this. There are 14 States in the United States that have renewable portfolios. States do it. Why can't we, as a country, do it? The answer is there is no reason in the world we should not be able to do this. I believe this so much that, in addition to this--I say to my friend from Minnesota, he talked about the cost. One of the costs that he cannot attribute to alternative energy is what it saves in lost lives, what it saves in added health care costs for this country. The three of us in this Senate Chamber are not kids. We have all lived a long time and are very fortunate in that regard. But we can all remember, even the State of Vermont, as pristine as the State of Vermont is, how the air quality has changed over our lifetimes.”