Political Quotes

“To get to the gulf coast, tar sands will be transported by pipeline through communities in environmentally sensitive areas in six States. We know from experience how harmful this could be, again, because of how hard it is to clean up after a spill, and we know about the petcoke. I have shown you the petcoke, which is black dust containing some heavy metals. Open piles of this waste began to appear at unprecedented levels in midwestern communities and it sparked health and environmental concerns in many neighborhoods in Detroit and Chicago. Let's take this back and show the Chicago picture again. In this Chicago neighborhood, billowing black clouds of petcoke forced Little League players off the baseball field. The children were forced to seek cover from the clouds of black dust that pelted homes and cars. According to one newspaper, ``Kids that were playing ball were sent scurrying away because the stuff was getting into their eyes, on to their faces and into their mouths and everything. They just had to get the heck out of there.'' I would like to enter into the Record at this time an article that says, ``In Chicago, piles of petroleum coke suggest the future of Canadian tar sands oil,'' dated November 17, 2014. I ask unanimous consent that the article be printed in the Record as well. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From the Marketplace, Nov.…”