Cap-and-trade is a dangerous policy fraught with the potential for significant corruption, and it would hurt my constituents and our economy by raising energy costs.

I want to drive down health care costs.

For working-class families and small businesses... we have got to find ways to lower energy costs.

Our current energy policy is bankrupt.

High energy prices act like a consumption tax and consumption taxes eventually hurt the economy.

Our potential adversaries are watching us, and they have seen what has happened to us... This is why we're dealing with a very problematical and troublesome Putin, and we're dealing with Iran in a very terrible agreement we had.