Political Quotes

“Thank you, Chairman Rahall, for yielding. Mother Earth, wake up. Today's the day that Congress is going to show some leadership. Leadership is about getting results. And last week, the President of the United States enacted, by Executive order, a government oceans plan, a governance plan to look at our oceans in totality. Today, Congress is going to enact the ability to govern the oceans and to think about the totality of how this Earth survives with 73 percent of the Earth being covered by oceans. Too bad that so many people get up and talk about, in a crisis, oh, if it was just a little bit better we could support half the bill, we could support a little bit of this, something's wrong. That's not leadership. Leadership's about getting results. And the only way you get results today is to vote ``aye.'' It solves a lot of problems. Voting ``no'' solves nothing. Nothing. The planet can't stand nothing. For too long there has not been leadership. That side is the side that gave us James Watt, ``Drill, baby drill,'' gave us Richard Pombo, chair of the Resources Committee, the Darth Vader of environmental legislation. Nothing ever came out of that committee. And today what do they want? We don't want this bill because it's not perfect. Ladies and gentlemen, today's the day that we respect Mother Earth and give her a chance to help our dying oceans stop dying. And the only way to do that is to vote ``aye.''”