Political Quotes

“moments ago in this Chamber, a very important piece of legislation was passed by one vote. It was the appropriation bill for energy and water. We would do well to understand what was actually in that bill: money to deal with the climate, removed; money to deal with new energy sources, renewable energy sources, removed; energy efficiency, removed. Where did the money go? It went into nuclear weapons programs, the Sentinel program. Over $200 billion will be spent replacing the Minuteman III missile. Why? Why are we doing that? Why are we putting more money into plutonium pit production? Why do we have a new useless rocket that we want to put on a submarine? Why are we doing that? On the water side of this, the Army Corps of Engineers, money was removed for flood protection, levies, and infrastructure around the Nation. We would do well to understand the values of the Republicans who voted for this and the Democrats. We are looking to the future, and the Republicans are looking to the past.”