Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise today in support of my colleagues'--Senator Heinrich and Senator Kaine--resolution. I appreciate their part of the presentations, but I strongly support this resolution. I want to also acknowledge one of many reasons we vote for this resolution is because it is also Senator Kaine's birthday. I think nothing would be a better birthday present for my friend of 40, 45 years than having this body make a firm statement about being against rising utility costs. The resolution--I know they both spoke on it extensively--would repeal President Trump's flawed and misguided national emergency declaration. We all know on the first day in the midst of signing Lord knows how many Executive orders, President Trump declared a ``National Energy Emergency'' and issued an Executive order titled ``Unleashing American Energy.'' Let me be clear. Frankly, I have some fights on this side of the aisle because I actually support all of the above in terms of our energy mix. Part of that does mean LNG--and for national security reasons, to make sure we ship it to our partners in Europe. It also means we need to bring more of these energy jobs back here to America. I was at a fascinating presentation yesterday with the CEO of Commonwealth Fusion. Commonwealth Fusion is a company out of Massachusetts, but they are making a major development in Virginia. We have been talking about fusion since the seventies.…”