Political Quotes

“I say to my colleagues that Senator DeMint's motion is a back-to-the-future position. Again, it is why his party is in so much trouble. It is not looking ahead with hope; it is looking ahead with fear. It is giving veto power to countries that we should not be following. We should not be following the environmental policies of China. You can barely breathe over there. Yet they are going to have the same until they decide to act and we sit here and do nothing about one of the greatest challenges to face our generation. I cannot look into the eyes of my grandchildren and tell them: Sorry, I am giving over my proxy to China, I am giving over my proxy to India, and I can't do anything about it. I don't know exactly what my colleague is talking about. He is telling me what I support, and he has no right to do that. He has no right to say I support higher taxes on consumers because I don't. He has no right to say I want to give away jobs. I have more support from working men and women in my State than probably almost anyone in this body. I take second to none in that category of fighting for the environment and fighting for jobs.”