'Create Energy Independence'

" Senator Lindsey Graham taking a bold stand on a key priority -- the White House. Backing a bill that would implement the first several federal caps on greenhouse gas emissions. They're demanding some big changes to the suggested legislation including a big push on nuclear power. Senator Lindsey Graham as a Republican he joins us now live senator -- your -- morning. Thank you can and I'm not backing Kerry boxer bill but I am back in the concept. -- climate change legislation. With energy independence says. -- candidates you authored coauthored an editorial with senator -- he talking about the things you do have in common. And I yet now the bill -- out from Senator Kerry and senator boxer. And it's pretty radical by at that -- of most Republicans still where do you see the possibility of any common ground and getting something done."

" Well environmental policy has to be good business policy here we're never gonna have any environmental changes right now the bills the house and the Senate. Are bad for business but -- the environmental policies being that for this -- would be good for this country to become energy independence. -- this drill here drill now what out like this -- is an offshore drilling provision. Added that the debate that will allow us to explore for oil and gas. In America offer coast with state permission. I'll when they meet the power title that would create a nuclear Renaissance. -- that powers the answered climate changes also plays pretty means -- job to make this more energy independent."

" Someone and you -- title that will allow people to build nuclear power plants. Sooner rather than later cheaper. And also warning -- we've -- that 250 years of coal supplies."

" We need investing clean coal technology not take coal off the table if we can do that drill offshore have mourning the power -- Coal technology -- to have a reasonable Cap and Trade System. Until you start regulating carbon which I think is doing some damage the Planet Green technology this country's going to be -- you know."

" We saw climate change legislation cap and trade happened tax it has a lot but -- riding on our. Come back to the house and that -- house speaker need to policy then delete Democrat there in the house. -- a lot of political capital getting that passed and -- a number of Democrats even went home and said. I -- serious heat when I went home and voted for this. Now let's face it had an effect measure though is even tougher on businesses and and other -- that should do you expect that something will pass on the Senate side."

" Not the way it is now there's nowhere near sixty votes for a Cap and Trade System that puts a lot of businesses out of business that will create."

" Large energy taxes for consumers there's a way to make this good business."

" If -- allow this country to explore offshore for falling gas and to explore for our energy resources we have within the country you could solve. One of our big problems 440 billion dollars left this country last year the bus or from overseas countries who don't like is very much. What did he could reduce that by half finding American falling gas so we would have -- for all and yes that's part of what I'm kind of put on the table. What would happen in this country you build a hundred -- power plants in the next thirty years."

" It would create millions of jobs and we need to use the -- that god has given us so I wanna become energy independent and I'm also willing to help the planet."

" The F cleaner safer place by controlling carbon in a way that doesn't put -- in the darker out of business there's a lot of money to be made. From green technology out when our country can lead so we got to deal with carbon in some fashion now wanna do it no reasonable fashion. But more than anything else our great energy independence and make us safer nation and you can do both --"

" At a pizza you coauthored with Senator Kerry you that to -- talk there about an honest give and take -- about how this is gonna take bipartisanship. Absolutely now from looking from the outside -- and it doesn't seem like there's a lot of bipartisanship happening on the hill right now. We know writers that he went on to proposed within days you say something you can't support. Our republic -- have a seat at the table when it comes to climate change. "

" Well there'll be no climate change bill -- my vote unless you have all your all and drilling. In a meaningful way that will add to our in the -- and create jobs I won't vote for any says climate change bill. That doesn't allow a dramatic increase in the power I'm not vote for any climate change bill that -- allows these are coal deposits. But the climate change bill has to be meaningful thing -- if we don't meaningfully control carbon. He can still build a coal fired plant. Why in the world would you spend the extra money to -- wind and solar so you've got to have a balance here we've got to control carbon in a way not to hurt our economy. Incentivize us to go to green technology that we need also to explore. Fossil fuels that we're gonna need for generations. Until we get -- covered for your kindness on trying to -- Combined concept I'm not -- vote for cap and trade bill. That -- the city economic disadvantage and trying to create a good business opportunity. Out of environmental policy right now our environmental policies are bad business there's a way to make them good business. All right senator Lindsey Graham always great to see thank you sir thank you."