Political Quotes

“I understand the gentleman's concerns, I really do. Hostile nations like Russia have shown their true face by interfering in our elections and continuing to attempt to influence the results of an American election. Although it is hard to take my colleague seriously on this concern when members of his own party and the President refuse to acknowledge what the intelligence community and millions upon millions of Americans already know, Russia interfered in the 2016 election. But let's be clear about the true intent of this motion. What the gentleman has put forward will kill this bill, opening a pathway for uranium mining in the Grand Canyon. Instead, they seem to think that the real threat to our national security is that Democrats aren't willing to mine uranium in the Grand Canyon. And make no mistake, this is what they are supporting when they vote against this bill or this procedural motion. This is not theoretical. The Grand Canyon, and I will say it again, the Grand Canyon is under threat from uranium mining, and my colleagues across the aisle are perfectly willing to let it happen. We don't need to open up the Grand Canyon to uranium mining to meet our national security or energy needs. The region that is being designated for permanent withdrawal holds less than 1 percent of known U.S. reserves of uranium. Meanwhile, we get the majority of our uranium from domestic mining or from our closest allies, Australia and Canada.…”