Political Quotes

“Senator Murkowski and I, working together, and our staffs working so diligently, have put together a truly bipartisan energy package, which is comprehensive, and our country needs every part of it to get enacted--every part of it. Our national energy policy hasn't been updated since 2007. I want you to think about 2007. That was the same year the iPhone was released. There have been 10 different iPhone models to keep up in a world that is constantly evolving since 2007, but we haven't been able to do the same for energy policies. So it is long overdue. Getting this update enacted is long overdue, as I said, and I hope that every one of my colleagues agrees and will come together to support passing this bill in its entirety--in its entirety--rather than moving it in pieces, and that is what we want to prevent from happening. Seventy-two of my fellow Senators have language in this bill that they have either sponsored or cosponsored. Let's move this bill as it is rather than piecemeal, or, even worse, having to start from scratch for next year, which will put us behind even further. Would you agree, Madam Chairwoman?”