John Cornyn: “I wish to suggest to my colleagues here that in reality, the current state of affairs in the Senate is not nearly as…”

“I wish to suggest to my colleagues here that in reality, the current state of affairs in the Senate is not nearly as rosy as the majority leader would have us believe. We spent nearly 2 weeks trying to craft an energy bill that would relieve some of the pressure on American consumers when they fill up their tanks or go to pay their electric bills. Unfortunately, the bill that was offered will not provide a single watt of new energy or a single drop of new oil. Instead, we saw amendments that would have improved the bill in this area defeated time and time again. Moreover, it will actually raise prices for consumers. This bill, in fact, that was passed last night is bad energy policy because it will raise energy prices for consumers.”