Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chair, if the minority truly were concerned about carbon in the atmosphere, their number one priority would be to keep forests healthy, to keep massive amounts of carbon dioxide from going up in wildfires, and to keep dead and decaying wood from being digested by microorganisms and being released as methane into the atmosphere. If we want to make less carbon in the atmosphere and if we want to keep it in the trees, then we should utilize the greatest carbon capture and sequestration device ever known to man, and that is a tree. It is on a wide scale a low-cost and economical way to capture and sequester carbon. However, when we let our forests become subject to bug and infestation attacks and to catastrophic wildfire, then we are going in the opposite direction. If somebody wants to make the argument that we need healthy forests for a better climate, then they should vote for this bill because that is what this bill would do. Mr. Chair, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Bentz).”