Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Pallone for yielding me time. I rise today to oppose the GOP's latest love letter to Big Oil and Gas here the day after Valentine's Day. This Republican bill is a giant handout to Big Oil and Gas that will enrich our adversaries, including the Chinese Communist Party, and force middle-class families to pay more on their home electric bills. Gas companies and CEOs want the unfettered ability to send American gas to China and other countries, so I thank the Biden administration for stepping in to analyze the cost to American consumers of doing so. Folks back home in Florida are paying exorbitant electric bills because we are tied to gas. {time} 1245 The Biden administration is right to study how unfettered gas and methane pollution costs my neighbors more. They are right to understand how that threatens our way of life as the atmosphere is overheating and is causing extreme heat waves, droughts, drying up our lakes and rivers and water supply, wildfires, and deadly hurricanes that are so costly. They are right to consider the national security concerns, as well. While we are talking about national security, there is a larger context that brought me to the floor today. That is the complete failure of Republicans to govern and accomplish anything for the American people. They announced last night that we are leaving early for the rest of the month. Are we going to do a tough, bipartisan border security bill? No.…”