Political Quotes

“again to set the record straight, when my colleague came to the floor tonight, the first thing she said was, what do the two private utilities affected by this think? That is clearly what this debate is all about in terms of those who are opposed. Yes, Southern California Edison and PG&E are opposed. The crowd who botched the job of energy deregulation, the State of California, is prepared to oppose something such as this. My colleague from California said this is a dangerous amendment. What is really dangerous is what California has already done to the American people because the fact is, what California has already done to the American people is put in a set of energy decisions that have great implications for the whole country, not just those in the West. The President of the Senate is from Nevada; I am from Oregon. It will have ripples all the way through our country. That is what California has already done. The crowd that has botched this and engaged in this conduct, by my calculation, is pretty close to political malpractice if you look at how they went about deregulating energy, deregulating only one part in one way, leaving another part alone. Now they come to the floor of the Senate and they say, trust us even though they have already been dickering about it for months and months; we are going to be able to put together a $12 billion comprehensive settlement.…”