Don Nickles: “You cannot afford to make fossil fuels' tax equal to the enormous subsidy that wind currently receives.”

The administration's proposal would dramatically scale down the activity in the oil patch.

Law makers must carefully distinguish between the need for tax credits which may operate as subsidies, compared to more favored tax deductions which are expensed as part of ordinary business operations.

Uncle Sam is writing a check to Warren Buffett to produce windmills--$138 million.

I led the effort to repeal the windfall profits tax. We finally did.