Political Quotes

“So why would we want to do this? Again, we have the highest environmental standards in the world, but when you unleash Alaska energy, when you unleash Montana energy, when you unleash American energy, it helps with jobs, it helps with our environment because we have the highest standards in the world, and it really helps with national security. I remember a meeting I was in many years ago with Senator McCain, John McCain, and a very prominent Russian dissident, Vladimir Kara-Murza. Putin has tried to poison and kill this guy twice. He is still alive. He lives in America now. He is a great hero. At the end of the meeting, I looked at Vladimir Kara-Murza: What more can we do to undermine the Putin regime? Do you know what he said? He said: Simple, Senator. The No. 1 thing America can do to undermine Vladimir Putin is produce more American energy. By the way, all of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle who love shutting down energy production, you are only helping our adversaries--Venezuela, China, Russia. So this is about national security and environmental stewardship.”