Political Quotes

“I will speak on this bill before us tomorrow and matters about the budget, the deficit, and how it ought to be solved, and it has to be solved. I will reserve comments on that until tomorrow. In the meantime, what I wish to point out to the Senate is that we had a very significant benefit to not only the Florida citrus industry but to the worldwide citrus industry, because there is a bacterial disease and, of all things, it is called citrus greening. Well, it is anything but that, because what it does is it kills a citrus tree within 5 years. It has infected every grove in Florida. When I say the worldwide citrus industry is being threatened, I mean just that. This strain of bacteria came somewhere from Asia and has been imported not only into the United States but into a lot of other countries that have moderate climates, warm climates, humid climates. There is another version that came from a different part of the world that is not as virulent. But what happens is this bacteria that has now been brought into this country--it is in Brazil as well, another major citrus-producing country--and it is carried by a little insect called a psyllid. The little psyllid carrying this bacteria bites into the tree, the bacteria gets into the sap, and it will kill the tree in 5 years, and there is no known cure.…”