Bill Richardson Energy Quotations

On Iran, I thought he was quite good and positive ... I think our policy toward Iran makes sense, it includes the Europeans, the International Atomic Energy Agency, it includes diplomacy, the right to say we're going to defend Israel. I was pleased to see it wasn't mixed up in some of that 'axis of evil' stuff he sometimes says.

New Mexico is an energy state, and we believe in market-based solutions to the nation's energy and environment challenges.

Our critical security systems are operational. All our Energy Department nuclear materials are secure, ... Some of the high explosives are kept in concrete bunkers surrounded by earth and we don't see any problem.

The president is committed to such a vision, introducing proposals to boost domestic production, spur energy efficiency and increase the use of alternative energy resources. We have extensive opportunities in the field of bio-energy,

We see a continuity in the energy policies of this new Venezuelan government, ... I was particularly pleased that the opening for energy investment would continue, and existing contracts would be respected.

Based on news stories last year, some people may think that the department is solely a national security agency, ... But the fact is that the Department of Energy is at its heart a science agency. Forty percent, or $7.6 billion, of the fiscal year 2001 budget request is for research and development .... We are by far the nation's largest government agency in the physical sciences and in building and operating research facilities.

Congress' delayed action to extend the Energy Conservation Act of 1992 has resulted in stalled action,

The strategic petroleum reserve is used for national supply emergencies for a really rainy day. This is a price problem. We don't want to manipulate energy markets.

This is a price problem, ... We don't want to manipulate energy markets.

This is a political campaign, ... I am the energy secretary for the Clinton-Gore administration. I want to fix the problem and I want to fix it with you. Oil industry profits are up. American people have questions about the high price of oil.

This policy reverses a decades-old Energy Department practice of opposing claims filed by people who helped build America's toughest defenses, ... They are people who became ill after working with very hazardous materials under dangerous conditions.

I want to find ways that we can do something about low income energy assistance ... how to improve transportation of home heating oil to the areas most in need, how to make sure the Coast Guard can get some of this (oil-carrying) vessel traffic through to New England,

Clean, reliable and renewable energy sources such as geothermal energy can become a significant contributor to the energy mix in the West at a time when parts of the region are experiencing power supply shortages,