Political Quotes

“This amendment is a Band-Aid. This amendment helps people who cannot afford to pay for energy, and there are a lot of them. This winter we have had spikes in prices because we do not have enough gas and we do not have enough oil; and when prices spike in this country, it hurts our country and it hurts the poorest of people who have to still drive a car, who have to still heat their homes. This debate is about having adequate energy supplies to prevent spikes in prices, because I want to tell my colleagues, if we do not do that, we could double and triple LIHEAP next year and the year after and there will not be enough to help the poor who will need it. Because people will not be able to afford to heat their homes, our commercial businesses will not be able to afford to heat their places, and our industries will be going out of business because they will not be competitive. This amendment just helps those for the moment, but if we do not fix the main problem, we are going to really be in trouble.”