Political Quotes

“I know we will not be in very long today. As a matter of fact, I am going to Wyoming in a little bit. There are some things I have wanted to talk about for some time, and since we have some time this morning, I thought I might take a few minutes to talk a bit about energy. We, of course, have been on a number of other things, and unfortunately taking a long time to do them. But I hope we get back to those things that are really vital to us in terms of the economy, in terms of jobs, in terms of health care, and terrorism. But one of the most important questions, of course, that we face is the question of energy. Sometimes I think we forget how vital and what such a part of our lives energy is. All we have to do is look around and turn the lights off or turn the heat off for a little while and we recognize how important it is. We have talked about it a great deal. As a matter of fact, last year one of the most important and vital things that we did was to put together a policy on energy. I think it was a very good policy. It is a policy that is in effect. The fact is, however, it is a policy, as it should be, but then we should be faced with and take on the responsibility of implementing that policy. It is one thing to have a policy, and it is very important to have one, but then you have to put something in place to cause the policy to be in action. I think that is where we are now. Being part of the committee, I may be a little prejudiced.…”