Political Quotes

“I am pleased to follow my colleague and friend from Rhode Island and to join with the Senator from Virginia, Senator Kaine, in supporting S.J. Res. 10, which is a joint resolution to terminate President Trump's illegal Executive order declaring an energy emergency. It is not only nature's rule that is being violated, as Senator Whitehouse just said so eloquently; it is also this Congress's rule. In effect, the President is flouting and defying this Congress--this independent, separate body of the U.S. Government--in the money that has already been appropriated for projects that will help avoid an energy emergency in the future and reduce the prices of energy for American families. To the families of America, let's just be very clear. President Trump is illegally withholding appropriated funding for for projects in your communities and your neighborhoods, not only projects to increase energy efficiency but also to strengthen the electrical grid that brings electricity into your home and projects to build out America's clean energy infrastructure that will avoid pollution in your neighborhoods.…”