Political Quotes

“a few minutes ago, we stopped everything right here. Stopped. And the Chaplain of the U.S. Senate came in, Barry Black, retired Navy Admiral, and gave a prayer. We have a Bible study group that meets every Thursday. We met yesterday in Jim Inhofe's hideaway. Every time we meet, almost without exception, Chaplain Black reminds us, Democrats and Republicans--those of us who need the most help--he reminds us that of all the times the Scripture is invoked, we should ask for wisdom. Well, I ask for wisdom every night for myself, my colleagues in the Senate, over in the House, the President, the Vice President, their spouses, every night, that we have the opportunity to gain some wisdom. When Scott Pruitt was nominated to be the Administrator for EPA, I sent him a letter December 28, asking 52 questions, asking for responses by January 10. They didn't come by January 10. We had a hearing January 18. I got some answers, not all. One thing I also asked for, also asked for by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, was access to what the folks had been asking for from the Center for Media and Democracy for 2 years; that is, access to thousands of emails in the AG's office, and their back and forth with the fossil fuel industry, oil, natural gas, coal, a variety of others. We would like to have access to those emails. When Mr.…”