Political Quotes

“I listened with interest to the Senator's explanation of the cross-air rule. I would just say he is off the mark, because if you produce deadly pollution in your State--deadly--you have an obligation to clean it up before it goes into another State. It is like taking your garbage and dumping it in your neighbor's front lawn. We don't do that in America. So we are going to have a robust debate next week on the cross-State air rule. I hope people keep in mind that we are talking about deadly pollution produced in one State and moving over to a series of other States which have no defense. So anyone who wants to come and claim that is the right thing to do morally--just walk away from that rule--I think they are going to have a hard time explaining it back home. I would not dump garbage on the front lawn of my neighbor's house. I think that patina is the best explanation of what this is about. More on that later. Today we are going to be facing a very interesting choice. As we know, President Obama has put together a major jobs package, and he pays for it by going to the millionaires and saying that once they make $1 million, after that we think they could pay a little bit more to help us get out of this recession. My Republican friends voted that down. They were appalled we would even suggest there would be even a few dollars of increased taxes on people who make over $1 million.…”