Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, this is the final amendment to the bill which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to the underlying bill and to the policy direction that this legislation would take us in. As I read this legislation, I asked myself a simple question: What in this bill will improve the everyday lives of my constituents? What will help make our country and our communities stronger? Unfortunately, the answer is nothing. This bill would roll back commonsense safeguards that protect the communities I represent and the Great Lakes upon which we depend from harmful pollutants emitted from powerplants. This bill would reduce the quality of our drinking water and threaten the safety of the air we breathe. This bill would deny the necessity of combating climate change through the regulation of greenhouse gases, even as the communities I represent and the communities around our country have been ravaged by unprecedented severe weather events that can only be attributed to the effects of climate change. This bill does not seek to create a healthier environment for our children; instead, it sacrifices our ability to pass to future generations their rightful legacy of a clean, healthy, and dynamic natural world. For these and other related reasons, I offer an amendment to this legislation.…”