Political Quotes

“Mr. President, the Washington Post said about the Murkowski amendment that hobbling the EPA is not the right course. The correct response is to provide a better alternative. Obviously, they are not in favor of overturning an endangerment finding. The Scranton Times-Tribune--a very important, I think, editorial, says: There should be little debate on . . . the premise that cleaner air is healthier. . . . I think that is really what we are saying. The scientists are saying let's clean up the carbon and have healthier air. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a very good editorial. They also come out against this kind of a move by Senator Murkowski and big oil and big coal. They believe this vote is a very important vote. I ask unanimous consent to have these editorials printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From the New York Times, Jan. 19, 2010] Ms. Murkowski's Mischief Senator Lisa Murkowski's home state of Alaska is ever so slowly melting away, courtesy of a warming planet. Yet few elected officials seem more determined than she to throw sand in the Obama administration's efforts to do something about climate change. As part of an agreement that allowed the Senate to get out of town before Christmas, Democratic leaders gave Ms. Murkowski and several other Republicans the chance to offer amendments to a must-pass bill lifting the debt ceiling. Voting on that bill begins this week.…”