Political Quotes

“The bill before the House is not a serious effort at legislating. Instead, once again, the Republican Majority is using Floor time to try and score political points. Let's be honest about what's going on here. The legislation should include a disclaimer: ``This bill supports the partisan, political interests of House Republicans, who approve this message.'' Seldom has the nation faced such a backlog of serious problems, yet the Republican Leadership squanders time on political messaging bills like this one. Double standard. Every year the taxpayers shell out $4 billion in unjustified subsidies to the Big 5 oil companies. Two years ago, BP's Deep Water Horizon well spilled millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Do Republicans come to the Floor with a ``No More BP Spills'' bill? Do they take away the unjustified subsidies to Big Oil? No. Two years ago in my home state of Michigan, the Embridge oil pipeline spilled 800,000 gallons of heavy crude and fouled the Kalamazoo River. Do House Republicans come to the Floor with a ``No More Embridge Pipeline Spills'' bill? No. Instead they work to rush through the permitting on the Keystone pipeline. Hypocrisy.…”