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Tillis questions if he remains a Republican due to anti-market policies
“I'm unabashedly a conservative. I'm beginning to wonder whether I'm a Republican anymore based on this less than laissez-faire attitude we have to markets”
Tillis predicts utility rates will spike due to Biden retiring generation assets
“And now that the demand's going up, if we can't get these projects back online, I do want people to understand why some of these rates have spiked, and they will have spiked because this administration decided to take those generation assets offline.”
Tillis claims Barack Obama created modern-day populism alongside social media's rise
“I think what we've seen with Obama kind of really creating modern-day populism at the same time that social media was coming about, the way we get our news, podcasts, all that stuff,”
Tillis: Lawmakers ignorant of power purchase agreements are unqualified to direct energy policy
“If you're taking a definitive stand on power policy, and you don't understand something as basic as the power purchase agreements that drive it, then you're not qualified to have that discussion, respectfully.”
Tillis cast the lone Senate vote proposing a state AI regulation moratorium
“I was one against 99 in a vote on the Senate floor last year to place a moratorium on state-level AI regulations until we figured out a national framework.”
Tillis claims the federal government holds equity in ten public corporations
“We're at this place now where we've got equity stocks and 10 or so publicly traded corporations, a golden share that lets us veto board procedures for U.S. Steel.”
Tillis: US has entered a permanent populist era sustained by social media
“I believe that we have entered a permanent populist stage in this country, and I think that social media is the amplifier and the sustainer.”
Tillis supported most Trump policies despite disagreements over his rhetoric
“I entered politics bucking my party and expecting more out of it. And then in Trump won. I had a lot of differences with his words. I supported most of his policies, and we had a couple of dust-ups. I think if people are fair in their assessment, I have been g…”
Tillis: Both Green Energy and Drilling Have a Place in Transition
“You need to recognize that we are in a transition. And this bullshit of, it's gotta be green, and drill, baby, drill, is the problem. Both have a place.”
Tillis: Solar Subsidies Must Sunset but Precipitous Cuts Cause Damage
“It's time for solar subsidies to find a sunset. The problem is they did it too soon, and they did it in a precipitous manner. There are a lot of collateral damage as a result.”
Tillis claims Biden's Keystone XL cancellation destroyed two billion dollars of capital
“I mean, where were you when Biden absolutely destroyed XL pipeline and two billion dollars of capital came out of the ground as a result of that?”
Tillis: Reshoring all supply chains to the US is unsustainable
“I just think Fortress America and bring it all back home is unsustainable. It's also not strategic with respect to geopolitical considerations.”
Tillis: State-level AI regulations could create an international pacing threat for the US
“Now we've got several dozen states that are regulating this. They're gonna lift up and do the same thing to AI to our detriment, and it could, it create a real pacing threat for us and international competition.”
Tillis calls proposals for AI displacement compensation funds 'absurd'
“You've got people saying now that, well, AI is going to take all the jobs. Therefore, AI needs to create a fund to pay people who will no longer have a job. That is absurd.”
Tillis: Senate politics shifted from enduring coalitions to transactional dealmaking
“It's different in that it's very difficult to create sustaining coalitions. Now everything's transactional.”
Tillis says major North Carolina lithium deposit stalled by low market prices
“I've worked hard for years to get a permit for one of the largest deposits of lithium, Spongamine, in North America, which is only about 45 minutes outside of Charlotte. We got permits there. What we don't have are prices that make sense to go ahead and drive …”
Tillis predicts Congress will fail to pass critical mineral legislation this year
“I just don't see it as a realistic, it's just a function of the capacity of the Congress in this Congress, and the fact that it's an election year. So, I just think if I were advising a client on it, other than doing the missionary work and getting people boug…”
Tillis: Politicians who let office define identity govern out of self-preservation
“My advice to the folks up here, don't let this place trick you into thinking what you do is who you are, because if you are, you will invariably make decisions that could be only here to preserve your identity, because this is who you think you are, and don't …”