I am wary of proposals that expand the power and the ability of the Federal Government to intervene in the free market.
The State of West Virginia, as you know, would be very much interested in using and developing this pilot project.
We have about seven million barrels a day of imports that we depend on.
We are going to have to have an energy policy here that does not make us more dependent on foreign oil.
It is hard to go home and explain why we would be exporting when, basically, the prices here can be so volatile.
I support it wholeheartedly. It moves it strategically and also gives the President a chance to use a trigger and basically stop the export ...
Sooner or later we are going to have to use the resources we have not to be dependent on foreign oil.
I would just say that the State of West Virginia would be very interested in partnering up with the Department of Energy for a coal biomass ...
Guarding against the use of the SPR for political purposes, I think, should be an enduring concern for all of us.
The definition of 'insanity' is continue to do the same thing and think you'll get a different result.
Back home, we always say, 'Follow the money,' and you can usually figure out what the problem is.