Political Quotes

“in these few moments before the vote, I commend the chairman of our Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Senator Inhofe, along with Senators Jeffords and Baucus, for a job well done. We can't forget Senator Reid, whom we consider an emeritus member of the EPW Committee, who has helped a great deal. Tremendous staff work has gone into this. I appreciate the great work of my staff: Allen Stein, John Stoody, Heideh Shahmoradi; Senator Inhofe's staff, Ruth Van Mark, James O'Keeffe, Andrew Wheeler, Nathan Richmond, Greg Murrill, Alex Herrgott, John Shanahan, Angie Giancarlo, and Rudy Kapichak; Senator Jeffords' staff, JC Sandberg, Allison Taylor, Malia Somerville, JoEllen Darcy, and Chris Miller; and Kathy Ruffalo with Senator Baucus. Kathy brings a great deal of expertise to this effort. We urge passage of this bill. It doesn't go as far as most of us would like, but it certainly moves us in the right direction. We appreciate the great work of all who cooperated on it. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Burr). The Senator from Montana is recognized.”