Let me start by emphasizing that I am open to efforts to expedite environmental procedures for true emergencies or in other clear cases where current laws are needlessly burdensome. — Sherwood Boehlert Copy Share Image
Well, for starters, we have to do more to create demand for new technologies that can reduce our dependence on foreign oil and environmental… — Sherwood Boehlert Copy Share
First, we should not be opening our coasts, all of our coasts, to oil drilling when we have not taken the first step, not… — Sherwood Boehlert Copy Share
I don't see a groundswell of people willing to raise gas taxes right now. That leaves fuel economy standards as the only effective tool… — Sherwood Boehlert Copy Share
Our oil problems are only going to get worse. Our trade balance is only going to get worse. So we have to slow the… — Sherwood Boehlert Copy Share
So we in Congress have a very clear choice. We can take largely symbolic action and sit back and fiddle while Americans burn more… — Sherwood Boehlert Copy Share
So the only way we're going to improve fuel economy or appliance efficiency swiftly and to the maximum extent practicable is if the government… — Sherwood Boehlert Copy Share
Let me start by emphasizing that I am open to efforts to expedite environmental procedures for true emergencies or in other clear cases where… — Sherwood Boehlert Copy Share
About 60 percent of the oil consumed daily by Americans is used for transportation, and about 45 percent is used for passenger cars and light trucks. — Sherwood Boehlert Copy Share
Having yet another vote on refinery legislation that uses high oil prices as an excuse to weaken environmental protections and to give more legislative… — Sherwood Boehlert Copy Share
We need to reduce or at least limit U.S. demand for oil as quickly as possible, and we need to develop new technologies that… — Sherwood Boehlert Copy Share
For the second straight year, craft beer is the fastest growing segment of the U.S. alcoholic beverage industry. In 2005, craft beer experienced a… — Sherwood Boehlert Copy Share
The national minimum wage has not been increased in 9 years. By year's end, 21 States across America will have a minimum wage exceeding… — Sherwood Boehlert Copy Share
And autos are not the only product that could be made more energy efficient if we just put in place sensible requirements. This is… — Sherwood Boehlert Copy Share
The way things are going, we are not too far from the day when it will take an hour's labor just to pay for… — Sherwood Boehlert Copy Share
Craft brewers are committed to promoting the safe and moderate consumption of their beverage, and work closely with their communities to prevent underage drinking… — Sherwood Boehlert Copy Share
