Political Quotes

“the fact is that if the efforts of the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Dingell) had been successful in years past, it is very possible that August 16 would not have happened. It is a simple fact, and I want my colleagues to listen to this, the American people are watching, that if we reject this amendment, they have a right to know who is responsible if a blackout occurs next year and we have not yet taken action on this measure. Now, I listened to my colleague from Illinois, and he is a good friend of mine, I respect him a lot, and he talked about a lot of things. He talked about ethanol. He talked about coal and natural gas. And he talked about nuclear energy and about renewables. And I support all of these things. We all do. But the fact is that some of the provisions regarding these aspects of the energy bill are controversial. Now, our chairman says that this reliability provision is in the energy bill. It is. But does he actually believe that that bill is going to get through the Senate and be sent to the President and be signed into law? I think that is very questionable.”