Chris Chocola Quotes

In the history of America, we've never had an energy plan. We don't even realize the resources we have available to us.

For too long, our country's version of an energy policy has consisted of Americans waking up every day and wondering how much it will cost to drive to work, how much it will cost to keep their business running, how much it will cost to heat or cool their homes.

We need to reduce our dependence on foreign sources of energy.

Mr. Speaker, high natural gas prices and the summer spike in gasoline prices serve as a stark reminder that the path to energy independence is a long and arduous one.

It is critical that we have a comprehensive energy plan to provide affordable and reliable supplies of energy so that our economy will not be dependent on foreign sources of energy.

What we're trying to do is address something I saw in Congress that was a major problem, which is to say that energy is arguably the most fundamental issue confronting our country.

The Department of Energy was created for one purpose: To obtain energy independence. Yet where are we?

I've always backed energy independence policies, but I've heard from people on this issue like no other. The energy interests of Illinois are far broader and deeper than my North Shore district.

It is clear that our national security and economic growth are tied to affordable, abundant energy sources.

Energy has become a national security issue and as technology continues to improve, there will be more debates like the one on Keystone.

The problem is not that America does not have energy. The problem is that our government - alone among the governments of the world - will not allow its own people to recover the energy that they possess.

Our current energy policy is bankrupt.

And I am a conservative. Sometimes conservatives forget we are supposed to conserve, to save, to be efficient. Plus our dependence on other sources of energy is causing our country to not be independent and to really be vulnerable. So this is a security issue.

We haven't had a good energy policy in this country for decades and we're trying to get one.

Gas is by far and away the most important element of our energy policy.

Among the many important provisions in the energy bill are the creation of an estimated half million new jobs, increased oil production, blackout protection, controlling fertilizer costs by stabilizing natural gas prices and enacting new efficiency benchmarks.

Drilling in ANWR fails to lower energy prices today and sets no long term energy strategy for tomorrow.

We must pass a national energy policy to continue our successes in the War on Terrorism.

In the U.S. I think there are really two reasons we should pursue energy policy. One is climate change, and the second is this notion that the oil market is cartel-ized by people, some of whom are friendly, some of whom are not, some of whom are in a more ambivalent position to us.

We need to become energy independent or at least aspire to that.

A comprehensive national energy policy is critical to our nation's economy and our national security. Energy expenditures account for about 7% percent of our total economy and influence pricing in the much of the rest of the economy.

Energy independence and energy security are really two different things.

Japan had an energy crisis. I thought, instead of just worrying about it, I should take some kind of responsibility to provide the solutions.

Let's stop big government energy mandates like cap-and-trade, and instead trust the American innovator to make us energy independent.

We owe it to ourselves and to our policy makers to have a high standard of public debate about the future of our energy supplies.