When we design our national R&D programs, we ought to ensure a place for the small, the new, and the cutting-edge.

A lot of people do not think of forests as a health issue, but we have found out that is where our clean water comes from, from the forests.

When we design our national R&D programs, we ought to ensure a place for the small, the new, and the cutting-edge.

If we had continued making progress at the rate we were during the Carter administration, we would be free of oil imports from Saudi Arabia today.

We clearly need to break our addiction on Saudi Arabian oil that is a security threat to the United States.

We need to do for clean energy what Kennedy did for space in the original Apollo Project: Set a bold vision that will light the fires of innovation and make a game-changing shift in how we use and produce energy. And nothing less is adequate.

The fact is that we cannot drill our way to independence. We cannot drill our way to freedom, and we cannot drill our way to create jobs in this country.