Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I have had the privilege of serving with Senator Barrasso. For any number of years, we were the coleads on the Environment and Public Works Committee. We actually found common ground on a whole lot of issues and disagreed on a number of them as well. But on a personal level, we have, I think, a very good friendship and have had for a number of years good collaboration on Environment and Public Works. I disagree with almost everything he said--almost everything he said--and I am not a disagreeable person, but I always look for common ground, and I am sorry to say I didn't hear a whole lot from him today to do that. The suggestion that somehow we shouldn't be concerned about climate change, the climate crisis that has visited our planet--a couple of points I just want to share. This is off the news yesterday, the day before, Monday, Tuesday of this week. The United Kingdom broke its record for the highest recorded temperature multiple times on Monday, reaching 104.4 degrees Fahrenheit. In Great Britain, for the most part, they don't have air- conditioning. Record temperature--104.4 degrees just on Monday alone. There are airport runways in Great Britain that are melting--that is right, melting--because it is so hot. The railways in the United States are buckling from the heat, with riders warned to stay home--to stay home. Over 1,100 people have died in Spain and Portugal just in the last week from heat-related causes.…”