Political Quotes

“this chart tells it all. We talked about it the other day. Mr. Speaker, look at the top 12 States that are having problems. California is at the top. Then look at the New England States: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Their Governors earlier this year stated that their citizens are paying 40 percent more for fuel this winter. Why is that? Well, if they don't allow pipelines, they don't allow energy to get into their area, and they rely on somebody else to do it for them, then it is going to happen. If the people want to know who is causing the prices to go up, then they had better go home and talk to their State's legislators and their Governors and find out why, because these numbers don't lie. They do not lie. We are going to take off 115 gigawatts of generation alone in this country when we are supposed to be putting on 155 gigawatts of power. Earlier this year, the RTOs and the ISOs, those are the folks who manage the wholesale electricity markets and transmission in this country, all testified for us in committee and said this: We need more power not less, more power not less. They also said this: And we can't take off any generation. If you want to see prices go up, just keep taking that generation offline because that is what is going to happen. I thank the gentleman from Virginia's Ninth Congressional District for sponsoring this important legislation.”