Political Quotes

“before my colleague leaves, I want to thank the Senator from Alaska, my chairman, for all the hard work, because it has been a labor that both of us have worked on together. It is something our country needs very desperately, and it is something that we have been working on for some 12 or 13 years. So the time has come. With that, I am pleased that we are starting the process of turning to the American Energy Innovation Act, which last year Senator Murkowski and I kicked off in the 116th Congress with a hearing on the outlook of energy innovation. Over the course of the last 14 months, we have heard from experts who have come before the committee to testify on the importance of advancing a broad range of technologies. Where we stand today, we have no silver bullet to solve the problems that we face--namely, maintaining our affordable, reliable energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, while also making sure that hard-working families and communities are not left behind. It is for this reason that I say we need to innovate, not eliminate. I repeat that--innovate, not eliminate. There is a misconception that all these emissions are coming from just the power industry, just one source. It is all we hear about. It is not true. The facts are these: In 2017, the power sector was responsible for 27.5 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. The power industry-- coal-fired powerplants and natural gas plants now are determined--was responsible for 27\1/2\ percent.…”