DENVER, Aug. 28 DNCC-Perlmutter-rmks
DENVER, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a transcript
of a speech, as prepared for delivery, by Ed Perlmutter at the Democratic
National Convention on Thursday, August 28, 2008:
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The Honorable Ed Perlmutter
Democratic National Convention
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Remarks as Prepared for Delivery
For the past eight years we've had two oilmen in the White House, and
where has it gotten us? Record prices at the gas pump, heating oil costs going
through the roof, oil companies reaping record profits, while American
families struggle to put gas in the tank.
Can America afford four more years of the same? Is it time for a change?
We need a smarter, more sustainable energy strategy.
Some people tell us to "drill here - drill now, and that's all." I say
that's not enough. I say solar here, solar now. Wind here, wind now.
Barack Obama is a leader who will invest in new ways to power this nation,
and deliver the change we need. Barack Obama has a balanced short-, and long-
term plan to lower energy prices and break the tyranny of foreign oil. Barack
Obama has a plan to invest 150 billion dollars in new, green technology, and
create 5 million new green-collar jobs.
In my congressional district just outside Denver, we have the world's
finest renewable energy lab. Because developing alternative energy is good for
national security, good for the climate and good for jobs. That's the kind of
change we need.
Unfortunately, John McCain wants to give oil companies more public land
and billions more in special tax breaks, despite their record profits. That
isn't change - that's the McCain-insane energy plan. And the same old tired
politics.
So I ask you: on November 4, are we going to vote for American energy
independence?
And who's going to deliver the change we need?
That's right, Barack Obama!
SOURCE 2008 Democratic National Convention Committee
