"Our bill, S. 187, does basically three things."
"The biggest challenge that we face in biofuels is what I call marketplace expansion."
"So my message to your committee, Senator Bingaman, to the Congress, and to the American people, is not a message of doom and gloom about our continuing dependence on oil."
"It's going to allow us to tap, in effect, untapped energy from water on its way to the kitchen tap that's now being wasted."
"This gives us a chance--particularly with Senator Murkowski's leadership generally--in water-power technologies to really make a difference."
"I don't think that passes the smell test. I just think we've got to turn this around."
"But I think we recognize--and this is why the legislation today is so important--that there is much more to be done."
"So, the opportunity to promote clean power generation and create domestic jobs, while at the same time addressing environmental safeguards."
"I applaud the efforts of Senators Wyden and Brown, I must point out that the bill is woefully insufficient in terms of granting States meaningful flexibility."
"An intrinsic flaw of the PPACA is that it fails to unleash the potential of States to innovate in designing reforms that respond to their own unique circumstances."
"An intrinsic flaw of the ACA is that it fails to unleash the potential of States to innovate in designing reforms that respond to their own unique circumstances."