"I appreciate the President staking out a bolder vision, in terms of what we should be looking at in a year."
"I appreciate laying out a vision for the future."
"I commend that. The estimates I have seen is that a $10.25-per-barrel charge would translate maybe $.20, $.25 a gallon at the pump."
"I feel sometimes like I'm in an alternative universe."
"If Kansas had been one of the 30 states that had actually expanded the program... would it make a difference?"
"None of the evil things that were rumored happened."
"No, in the history of the world this is bigger than what happened in Russia when the oligarchs took over public assets."
"There are those who float repatriation as sort of a Holy Grail, that it is a painless way to somehow weave our way through the minefield."
"Congressman Early Blumenauer has introduced legislation (H.R. 680) that would increase the gas tax by 15 cents over 3 years."
"The American public is right now paying the price. They are paying hundreds of dollars a year in damage to vehicles."
"The vast coalition that is ready for us to step up and take action we could hear from during that period."
"I find it frustrating beyond my ability to express."