Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 622. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from California [Mrs. Boxer] proposes an amendment numbered 622. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting the interests of the United States in making a decision relating to the Keystone XL pipeline) At the end of title III, add the following: SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES IN MAKING A DECISION RELATING TO THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE. The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for 1 or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to expeditiously analyzing and making decisions on the Keystone XL pipeline, which may include whether the pipeline is in the national interest if it increases oil prices, harms domestic energy security, including through exporting energy products, uses materials not manufactured in the United States, adversely affects individual property rights, otherwise adversely affects job creation in the United States, or our national security by the amounts provided in the legislation for those purposes, provided that the legislation would not increase the deficit over either the peri…”