Washington was a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm

Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.

I see no magic in tax dollars which are sent to Washington and then returned.

If elected, he wouldn't go to Washington and become part of the system there, not go along with all the log rolling. He'll be inclined to fight the insider dealing,

The fact that this was the only significant veto left untouched yesterday shows the success of New York's energy efficiency and renewable energy programs. We're hopeful that we've now closed the chapter on this debate and that we can move forward with the legislature and the Governor on an ambitious agenda to build and strengthen clean energy efforts in New York.

The Department of Energy is a big bureaucracy.... Energy efficiency hasn't been an agency priority, it hasn't been a political priority, and so the issue has been neglected,