Political Quotes

“It says: For 40 years the EPA has protected our health and for 40 years the Clean Air Act has been reducing dozens of different pollutants--all while contributing to America's economic prosperity. Every single time we try to rein in pollution, special interests say: No, no, no, a thousand times no. We will stop growth. We will stop jobs. We will kill the economy. It is awful, awful, awful. Let me give one economic fact: If you can't breathe, you can't work. Here is a picture of a little girl suffering, struggling. I urge my colleagues who support Senator McConnell to look at this. They are not here, but maybe on TV they will. Look at this picture. Is that what we want for her future? We have another picture of a little boy. This is what is happening in this country because of the polluters who will not clean up their mess. Here is another beautiful child. We all love children. How many speeches have we had on this floor--we love children, children are our future, we will fight for our children. Do we want their future to look like this, breathing through a device? Come on. This is clear. You go to any school. I defy my colleagues, try this. Go to any school in your State and say: By the way, how many of you have asthma? You will see the little hands go up. Then you say: How many of you know someone with asthma? You will see half the class raise their hands. Yet what are we doing on this beautiful bill--that Senator Landrieu, I know, wants to have cleaned up?…”