Political Quotes

“Mr. President, my hope is that during President Trump's visit to Japan, he asked the leader of Japan why it is that when Japan only spends 8 percent of its GDP on healthcare, it gets better results than we do, and it covers everyone. Yet, when we spend 18 percent, we don't cover everybody, and we don't get better results. That is a good question, and I hope the President and Prime Minister Abe got into that. Yet that is something I need to turn away from now. Mr. President, I rise in opposition to the nomination of Bill Wehrum to be EPA's Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation. We have seen this movie before, but like many sequels, this one may actually be worse than the original. My opposition to this nominee should not come as a surprise to my colleagues or to Mr. Wehrum because, in 2005, President George W. Bush nominated him for the exact same position, Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation at the EPA. I opposed his nomination at that time, as did many of my colleagues, and he was not confirmed. Prior to his nomination in 2005, Mr. Wehrum was an industry lawyer and later a political employee at the EPA. He served as chief counsel to Jeff Holmstead, then the Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, from 2001 through 2005. While serving at the EPA during this time, Mr.…”