Alan Simpson: “I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Idaho is recognized for 5 minutes.”

I guess it is time I got off my rear-end here and talked a little bit. I want to let people know why I have opposed all the Holman rule amendments that have come before us. I think I screwed up on one and voted the wrong way, but I have…

We have two political parties in this country, the Stupid Party and the Evil Party. I belong to the Stupid Party.

To close. The challenge here, as I stated earlier, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle never saw a problem that they didn't think a government program could solve. Anybody that thought that we were not going to have to reduce…

As I said, I oppose this amendment. It is contrary to what we on this side of the aisle have been preaching for a number of years, and that is the all-of-the-above energy program. It is going to take nuclear. It is going to take coal. It…