Listed as one of the "20 Most Conservative in the US Senate" by the American Conservatives Union in 2008, now arguably the leading "Climate Change Republican", US Senator Lindsey Grahm(R) of South Carolina continues to have some solid insight into climate change legislation. Speaking yesterday at the "Business Advocacy Day for Jobs, Climate, and New Energy Leadership" in Washington D.C., here are a few notable excerpts from the full transcript of the speech;
"Every day we wait in this nation China is going to eat our lunch. The Chinese don’t need 60 votes. I guess they just need 1 guys vote over there—and that guy’s voted."
"At the end of the day we need a comprehensive approach that would allow this country to jump start its economy and lead the world to a cleaner environment"
"I don’t think you’ll ever have energy independence.....until you start dealing with carbon pollution and pricing carbon. The two are connected in my view—very much connected. The money to be made in solving the carbon pollution problem can only happen when you price carbon...."
