Political Quotes

Lamar Alexander: “I deal with long term. Short-term, I support jump starting electric cars.”

On the recordApril 12, 2011
I deal with long term. Short-term, I support jump starting electric cars.
Said by
Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Distinguishing between long-term and short-term energy initiatives.

Share

More from Lamar Alexander

Sep 26, 2022

A similar proposal was included in the discussion draft of the Lower Health Care Costs Act, released by Senators Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray.

congress.gov
Dec 10, 2020

That doesn't sound like a very Republican argument to me. I mean, our position, my position, Republicans believe that states are in charge of elections. And Texas is a big state, but I don't know exactly why it has a right to tell four…

msnbc.com
Dec 2, 2020

I made a plea for bipartisan cooperation as my closing speech in the U.S. Senate today.

msnbc.com
Jun 1, 2026

We don’t believe in canceling part of our history. We wanted our children to understand that the American Republic has never been a perfect union but that its greatness is that it has always struggled to reach noble goals.

tennesseelookout.com

Other voices in this conversation