Political Quotes

“Every Republican speaker who has come to the floor has talked about a gas tax. It in a way is so ironic, because when they had a chance to help us deal with gas prices, where were they? My friend, Senator Alexander, says gas prices are going up 52 cents. He didn't tell you it is over 20 years, folks. He didn't tell you that, 2.5 cents a year, if he is right, and he is not right. That is the outer limit. The automobile fuel economy standard we passed will negate that, even if it is true. But where was he? Where were they? We had three initiatives, we Democrats. They said nothing. Now, when we are on the brink of getting off foreign oil, getting off big oil, suddenly we can do nothing. It is sad, but that is the case. What we are forgetting--and not one Republican has talked about this issue except for Senator Warner, and I am happy to say Senator Snowe is on her way to speak--the National Academy of Sciences concluded that climate change is real, attributed to human activities, and that global warming is unequivocal, and we need to do something about it. The human health impacts, these come straight from the Bush administration people: Increase in the frequency and duration of heat waves and heat-related illness, increase in waterborne diseases, increased respiratory diseases.…”