sure as we're sitting here, our united states government is dysfunctional, it's broken, and it is unfixable in its current form. i started citizens for affordable energy for a very simple reason. citizens for affordable energy nationwide, grass roots, every day people, the simple reason is, ladies and gentlemen, i've given up on the federal government fixing itself. we've been promised energy independence by a president. we've been promised energy independence by 18 congresses. they have not delivered. we are more dependent today, especially with this moratorium, than we ever were in our history. so now is the time, and we have the ability to do this, and you know where i'm going. you know where we're all going. we're going to take our country back, ladies and gentlemen. the citizens of this country are taking our country back. the moratorium is a needle in our eye. question don't need a needle in our eye. we need jobs, we need paychecks, and we need energy. we do not need politicians playing politics with the energy and the jobs that make this nation what it is. what we need are citizens w

our united states government is dysfunctional, it's broken, and it is unfixable in its current form. [cheers and applause] i started citizens for affordable energy for a very simple reason. citizens for affordable energy nationwide, grass roots, everyday people, the simple reason is, ladies and gentlemen, i've given up on the federal government fixing itself. [cheers and applause] we've been promised energy independence by eight presidents. we've been promised energy ind ents by 18 congresses. they have not delivered. we are more dependent today, especially with this moratorium, than we ever were in our history. so now is the time. and we have if ability to do this. and you know where i'm going. you know where we're all going. we're going to take our country back, ladies and gentlemen. [cheers and applause] tl citizens of this country are taking our country back. [cheers and applause] the moratorium is a needle in our eye. we don't need a needle in our eye. we need jobs, we need paychecks, and we need energy. we do not need politicians playing politics with the energy and the jobs th