Text of Kerry's Floor Speech Last Night on the Energy Bill

John Kerry: Energy Bill Fails Americans
July 29th, 2005

Administration’s energy policy works for Saudi Arabia and big oil, but not for American people. It’s time to tap America’s strength to control our own destiny.

Late last night John Kerry gave a speech on the Energy Bill, on the Senate floor. The speech was a follow up to a press conference yesterday on the Energy Bill with Senators Kerry, Wyden and Schumer. Here are some quips from the speech:

“Our nation’s energy crisis has reached historic levels. We need policy whose boldness is commensurate with that crisis. But that’s not what we’re getting. Instead, we’re getting a pork-laden lobbyist driven dream bill. It’s inexcusable.

“When you look at the outrageous gas prices leaving our families struggling to balance their checkbooks. When you look at our businesses struggling to turn a profit. When you see our children breathing air dangerously polluted by fossil fuels. When you read about rival nations streaking ahead of us in alternative energy technologies and creating high paying jobs that could have been ours. When you recognize our dependence on foreign oil has us entangled with nations who would do us harm. When you take all this into account, it’s clear this energy bill fails miserably.

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