Political Quotes

“Madam President, I thank the Senator from West Virginia, my native State, for yielding to me. Out of the three Senators in the U.S. Senate from West Virginia, today we are all speaking on this proposal by Senator Cramer. I rise today in opposition to S.J. Res. 61, a Congressional Review Act resolution that would overturn the Federal Highway Administration's greenhouse gas performance rule. This rule is critical to helping the United States meet our climate goals, and I want to start off by laying out the scale of the challenges we face in addressing climate change and the climate crisis. All of us know by now that we are confronted almost daily by signs that our planet is literally on fire, and as the days and weeks pass, the urgency to act only grows stronger. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the United States just experienced the warmest winter on record--not ``one'' of the warmest winters on record but ``the'' warmest winter on record. And last year, 2023, was the world's warmest year on record--not ``one'' of the warmest years on record but ``the.'' This is not a mere coincidence but an unabated body of evidence that shows our planet continues to grow warmer and warmer. Extreme weather is affecting communities across our Nation, from hurricanes to drought, to flooding made worse by rising sea levels.…”