Political Quotes

“yes, we need more conservation and more efficient use of energy, but we also need an ample supply of all kinds of energy to prevent the price spikes that threaten our jobs and hurt our American families. ANWR is our best reserve. Every well we drill in ANWR, we would have to replace it with 70 in the lower 48. What are our opponents for? Are they for coal or nuclear and more hydro? I do not hear that. They want to generate electricity with gas, but they propose drilling to get the gas. They talk about renewables. When you back out hydro, we have 1 percent. I am for renewables, but 1.5 percent will not fill our needs. Do the opponents support drilling on the West Coast, the East Coast and the Gulf? No. Opening up the Rocky Mountain reserve? Drilling under the Great Lakes like Canada does? No. The monuments? No. What are they for? They are for pipe dreams, that will give us shortages and high prices that endanger home ownership and kill job creation and destroy the American dream, because the American dream is fueled by energy, and we need it.”