Political Quotes

“I yield myself such time as I may consume. Let's stand back and look for a moment at the big picture. This administration has been held in contempt of court for slow-walking permits and is currently trying to appeal a Federal judge's warning that ordered them to act on stalled deepwater permits. While the administration continues to hold up the permitting process, thousands of Americans remain unemployed, and American energy is locked up. This legislation encourages courts that are hearing permitting cases to act as expeditiously as possible. Environmental groups are already working to prepare lawsuits aimed at stalling and holding up offshore energy production. This bill encourages the courts to work expeditiously so that lawsuits can be settled quickly. Now, in seeking to replace the word ``expeditiously'' with ``justly,'' we are doing something that is totally unnecessary. Those of us supporting this bill already assume that the courts will act justly. That's what they're appointed for, and that's what we expect and require them to do. So it is superfluous and unnecessary to say that they have to act justly when that's what they're going to do. At least that's our assumption over here anyway. Yet we need to say that they act expeditiously as well as justly because of the slow-walking nature of this current administration's approach to permitting.…”