Political Quotes

“The purpose of the amendment, as I understand it, is to change the renewable portfolio in the underlying bill. The underlying bill says in effect that 10 percent of the electricity in this country must be renewables by a certain time. Senator Bingaman's amendment changes that to 8½ percent, lowering it. Senator Jeffords will offer an amendment to raise that amount to 20 percent--double the amount in the underlying bill. Following that, Senator Kyl of Arizona will offer an amendment to delete all renewables from the bill. Senators will have an opportunity to vote for a lowering of the amount from 10 to 8½ percent, sponsored by Senator Bingaman and others; they will have an opportunity to vote for raising that standard to 20 percent; or eliminating them altogether. We will complete those votes this afternoon sometime.”