Political Quotes

“we are getting ready to vote on my CRA, S.J. Res. 80. And, by the away, I appreciated the strong bipartisan vote yesterday to get on this bill. This is a really important resolution for our country, for my State, for the Native people, and the workers of America. So I am asking my Democrat colleagues to really think hard about this. I see the Schumer-Heinrich ``Vote no on the Sullivan CRA'' down there, but I want to make a plea to my Democrat colleagues. You should vote yes on this S.J. Res--you had one courageous one yesterday, Senator Fetterman--and here is why: A vote yes on this resolution is a vote to unleash American energy. As I talked about yesterday, the best way to undermine Vladimir Putin and his corrupt regime in Russia is to produce more American energy in the place with the highest standards in the world. That happens to be my State. That happens to be the National Petroleum Reserve of Alaska, which is all about what this CRA is about. Second, this is really important. My colleagues over there love to say: Hey, we are the party of the working families, of working Americans. No, you are not. A vote yes on this resolution is a pro- union, pro-worker vote. The laborers, operating engineers--they all want a yes on this. They all produce oil up here. This is a chance. My colleagues, for too long on the other side of the aisle, kowtow to the far-left environmental groups at the expense of working Americans.”