Political Quotes

“I thank Senator Sanders. Senator Cardin has arrived so I will hand off to him in a moment. But to the Senator's point about the imbalance between support for the fossil fuel energy industry and the renewable energy industry; the first being one that hurts our national security, pollutes our air and costs a fortune and is phasing out and the second being one that is growing, that is clean, and that is the way of the future. According to the Environmental Law Institute, the U.S. invested almost six times more in subsidies for fossil fuel from 2002 to 2008 than we did in renewable energy. So by a factor of six times, we have our thumb on the scales supporting the old dirty industry against the new, rather than supporting the new the way our international competitors are doing. I ask unanimous consent that a response from Secretary Chu to a letter Senator Sanders and I and other Senators wrote to him about the status of and success of our clean energy investments be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: The Secretary of Energy, Washington, DC, November 16, 2011. Hon. Bernard Sanders, Hon. Jeff Bingaman, Hon. Debbie Stabenow, Hon. Sherrod Brown, Hon. Joseph I. Lieberman, Hon. Christopher Coons, Hon. Sheldon Whitehouse, Hon. Richard Blumenthal, Hon. Jon Tester, Hon. Patty Murray, Hon. Mark Udall, Hon. Patrick Leahy, Hon. Tom Udall, Hon. John Kerry, Hon. Carl Levin, Hon. Robert P. Casey, Jr., Hon.…”