With over 60 percent of oil and over 15 percent of our natural gas supplies coming from imports, the United States is now more energy-interdependent than it has ever been.
We came back expecting to go headfirst into working with the city and the state to fix the levees, the transportation system and the power grid. There has not been an opportunity like this in our generation to rebuild an American city on this magnitude.
As the world's largest consuming nation, the United States bears a unique responsibility in addressing global energy issues.
Our population base that's over 65 is almost double the state average. Obviously, we are particularly vulnerable to reimbursement cuts to Medicare.