The Ledger
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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: 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: 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: 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 …”