Political Quotes

“this morning we had two more opportunities to address rising gas prices and do something immediately as the price of gas per gallon goes over $4 in Steubenville and almost $4 in Dayton and even higher in some places in my State and in the Presiding Officer's State of New Jersey. We need to start immediately to invest in renewable energy rather than the other choice of continuing to line the pockets of big oil. We could have helped to begin to create tens of thousands of good-paying, green-collar jobs right here at home. Once again, the Bush administration opposed our efforts and Republican Senators joined the Bush administration and refused to put middle-class families first. The Consumer-First Energy Act is a good first step in providing immediate relief to drivers in Ohio and across the land who are faced with soaring gasoline and diesel prices. Oil prices are setting record highs, it seems, every week, and yesterday closed at over $136 a barrel.”