Political Quotes

“I have an important message for everyone listening to me right now: This bill will cost you money. It will make your gasoline more expensive. It will increase your electric bill-- dramatically. It will take hard-earned money out of your pocket. Companies don't pay the costs of higher energy. They pass it on to you, the customer. You need to think about what you want to pay for your gas and electricity when this bill has its full effect on you. How willing are you to pay the personal cost of global warming legislation--even if it might not make a difference? What you and I need is a bill that spurs innovation and recognizes what is possible with technology. What you and I need is a bill that cleans the environment without destroying our economy. I am in favor of using alternative sources of energy and reducing emissions and giving incentives to invent cleaner air. I am in favor of increasing our supplies of energy. I am in favor of actions that will bring down your cost of energy. We are now debating an issue that Congress has been discussing for a long time. I have been involved in this global warming debate for a long time. I was a member of the original Senate delegation that attended the Kyoto conference, at which the Kyoto protocol was created. I saw right away that that conference was not an environmental conference, it was an economic conference with the United States as a target.”