Joe Heck Quotes

I have a comprehensive energy policy, but it really does include fighting climate change, because I think that is a serious problem.

By increasing the use of renewable fuels such as ethanol and bio-diesel, and providing the Department of Energy with a budget to create more energy efficiency options, agriculture can be the backbone of our energy supply as well.

We should see the leadership from the White House setting dates certain for certain goals of achieving greater alliance on alternative and renewable energy sources, but we are not.

I expect an energy bill to increase and diversify supply and stabilize energy prices - not drive up energy costs in one part of the country to subsidize energy in another region.

I do not believe it is appropriate or in the best interest of Kentucky to recommend policies that would move Kentucky from low-cost energy options to high-cost energy options.

In Congress, I am a strong supporter of the New Apollo Energy Act. This plan would help to establish our energy independence, create jobs, and provide cleaner, reliable, and more affordable energy.

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

Technology has given us this wonderful opportunity to have low energy costs. We have to seize that, rather than keep debating and discussing and fighting over it.

The EPA's greenhouse gas regulations, along with a host of other onerous regulations, are unnecessarily driving out conventional fuels as part of America's energy mix. The consequences are higher energy prices for families and a contraction of our nation's economic growth.

I think you could offer seven or eight different possible ends for energy policy. Climate change is one of them. Dealing with criteria pollutants is one of those related to that.

Most of the well-developed world - Australia, Western Europe - they develop their resources base, they inventory it, they develop it, and they view it as a good source of jobs and revenue. We are a country that for too long has taken affordable energy for granted.

We won’t conserve our way to energy independence.

By diversity we will improve our energy security.

If I were emperor of the world, I would put the pedal to the floor on energy efficiency and conservation for the next decade.

I want to work hard toward my goal that there will be zero nuclear power generation.

The Obama administration has already imposed burdensome regulations - for instance, the sprawling Clean Power Plan aimed at wiping out the coal industry - that will raise the cost of energy and put hundreds of thousands of Americans out of work.

I am a fan of an all-of-the-above energy strategy, and I certainly support wind as a large part of that goal.

Higher energy prices are requiring industry and commerce to examine the costs and efficiency of energy use.

As governor of Washington, I've seen firsthand what's possible when you invest in clean energy - reducing carbon pollution and supporting family-wage jobs that are growing twice as fast as those in any other industry.

The extremist agenda of the Obama administration is forcing unwarranted higher energy costs upon Americans and further threatening an already sluggish economic recovery.

A gas tax could be one important element of an integrated energy policy.

In my district, energy means family-supporting jobs and cutting-edge science.

I want to double down on our commitment to clean energy into New Mexico - that way we'll create good paying jobs by harnessing the power of our natural resources.

Let's make sure we're doing what we can in our own backyard to gain our energy independence and to create American jobs with American energy.

Forward-thinking energy policies protect our environment and drive our economy, strengthening businesses both small and large.