Mr. Speaker, the time for an increase in the minimum wage has not just arrived; it is long overdue. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
