Harry Reid: “let the Record be spread with the fact that every Democrat in the Senate supports an Energy bill. There is not a single…”

“let the Record be spread with the fact that every Democrat in the Senate supports an Energy bill. There is not a single Senator who opposes an Energy bill. I know that the distinguished majority leader has talked about our having been on this for 16 days--and we have been. But many of them have been extremely short days--Thursday afternoons and Friday mornings; a few days here and a few days there. I think what we have to be concerned about is not how many days we have spent on it but the question is, Is this bill as good as it should be? I think the answer is a glaring no at this stage. We have been willing to work with the majority to find consensus on a host of issues. There is not a single Senator on the other side of the aisle who I have worked more closely with than the chairman of the Energy Committee, the distinguished senior Senator from New Mexico. Not only have I worked with him on the Energy bill but I have worked with him on the Appropriations Committee. He and I have done energy and water bills for years. I have great respect for him. I know how badly he wants an Energy bill. He tells me once or twice a day. I know how important it is for him to move this bill through the Senate. But we can't move a bill through the Senate that doesn't have debate on important issues such as climate change, CAFE, electricity, renewable portfolio standards, and the tax title. We on this side of the aisle are concerned about jobs.…”