Political Quotes

“Madam Chair, the Inflation Reduction Act that has been referenced here, it did invest in energy companies: energy companies in Saudi Arabia, energy companies in China, and energy companies in places like Russia and Venezuela and Iran at the cost of the American people. The bill also referred to--outside of the House Chambers--is the climate bill, referred to by my colleagues across the aisle. It did one thing to inflation, it drove inflation up at the cost to the American taxpayer. Madam Chair, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. McClintock). Mr. McCLINTOCK. Madam Chair, everything around us that makes our lives possible is either mined, or it is grown. Everything. Above the Speaker's chair is a plea from Daniel Webster to those who serve in this House. ``Let us develope the resources of our land, call forth its powers . . . and see whether we also, in our day and generation may not perform something worthy to be remembered.'' Yet, for 50 years, the environmental left has slowly strangled our Nation's ability to do just that. In the process, it is impoverishing the American people. One of its most powerful weapons is the National Environmental Policy Act imposed in 1969 with the promise that it would protect the environment. It has done exactly the opposite. It has made it endlessly time consuming and ultimately cost prohibitive to manage our forests, to provide abundant water for our people, and to prosper from our vast energy and mineral resources.…”