Political Quotes

“every American understands that we now have a national crisis in terms of the outrageously high price that we are paying for energy. In Vermont and all over this country, workers are wondering how they can afford to fill their gas tanks. Truckers using diesel are going out of business. Senior citizens and others are worried with dread what happens to them next winter when the cost of home heating oil is off the roof. As a result of high oil and gas prices, the cost of food and other products is also rising, and our entire economy--and, in fact, the world economy--is suffering. The question that millions of people are now asking is pretty simple. They want to know what this Congress can do now--not in 10 years or in 20 years but now--to lower the outrageously high price of oil and gas. Further, they want to know what we can do long term to make sure our country is energy independent; that we don't continue to import huge amounts of oil from the Middle East or elsewhere. They want to know what we are going to do in the midst of all of this to address the crisis of global warming and the droughts and the severe weather disturbances and the floods that we are seeing as a result of global warming. Lastly, they want to know in the midst of all of this, long term, how do we make sure that the cost of energy is affordable. These are the issues the Congress has to address. But let's be very clear.…”