Clinton visits Arizona, vows to end subsidies for oil companies

LAVEEN, Ariz. (AP) — Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton on Tuesday vowed to end subsidies for oil companies and said the country needs to be more energy-efficient and less dependent on foreign countries for fuel.

In a speech focusing on the country’s slumping economy, the New York senator said America can create jobs by converting to solar and other forms of alternative energy.


She said Germany, wanting to make itself less dependent on foreign oil, created thousands of jobs by converting some of its energy supply to solar power.

“Arizona has a lot more sunny days than Germany,” Clinton told an energetic crowd of 2,500 inside the gymnasium at Cesar Chavez High School in Laveen, west of Phoenix.

As Clinton promised to squarely confront global warming, a man in the crowd yelled, “Al Gore was right.”

AP