Ron Wyden actually said...

"I think when you look at the other side of the coin, you cannot afford not to do this"

"The challenges that we face in the U.S. on energy, on climate change, are too important not to base our decision-making on solid facts, on solid data, on solid analysis."

"There are 44 separate tax breaks for energy. Many of those breaks date back to yesteryear, and I have an effort to collapse those 44 into 3."

"I believe you are going to do that with Secretary Granholm, and that is why I am going to be supporting your nomination."