As long as we stick to issues and keep it civil, this (announcement) should be a good thing for our party. |
He's been polite but persistent. He's enjoyed the Mets, the city and the people, but he can do the math. He knows right now there's no room for him. |
He's doing it at the behest of Cape Wind opponents. He refuses to meet with us. |
He's only been talking to NIMBY opponents and his letter reflects that, it is one-sided and inaccurate. |
I think there is a perception that there has been a change in the district's position, which is a legitimate concern to us, |
If this isn't stripped out in the conference committee, it's going to be very difficult. |
If this passes, we'd be facing some tough options. |
It appears, at the end of the day, there are fossil fuel interests trying to stop a renewable energy project. |
It would remove a substantial area of Horseshoe Shoal from being able to have wind turbines. It would no longer be economically viable to build. |
It's important work, and it's good that the U.S. government would get involved. Certainly the European Union has gotten involved in the field. |
Making important energy policy that affects national security, the economy and public health is too important to be done behind the closed doors of a conference committee that avoids public hearings or the scrutiny of the full committees of each chamber. This is coming at a time when members of both parties are talking about their commitment to reform Congress to make their work more transparent and to curtail the influence of lobbyists. |
My brain told me 'coyote,' and my wife said I was crazy. |
Opponents have long complained that Congress had not authorized commercial development of offshore wind energy. Now it has. |
Right now we don't know where we stand. |
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