Political Quotes

“Again, to my colleague, and I appreciate it. She has me at a disadvantage because I have a huge ag district, 33 counties in southern Illinois, more pigs than people. I have corn, beans, and the like, so we appreciate this; and we appreciate this amendment because of the voluntary action of it and trying to incentivize and appreciate what our agriculture community has done because, as you know, other proposals out there that are debated in Washington might have some severe effects on agriculture. I also want to take this time to say we did a lot in the last Congress. I think the misnomer is that if we don't say ``climate change'' and we move good public policy, that we haven't done anything. Through the House, we passed: The Energy Efficient Government Technology Act; that was actually voice voted and sponsored by Anna Eshoo from California; Advanced Nuclear Technology Development Act, Bob Latta from Ohio; Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act, which this is another thing we did in the last Congress; Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2017, Pete Olson from Texas; Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving the Environment, the SENSE Act; Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns Act by Bill Johnson; Responsible Disposal Reauthorization Act of 2017, another bill to reauthorize the West Valley Act. Of course, I am a proud sponsor, with a huge bipartisan vote, for what was H.R. 3053, which was how do you deal with the nuclear waste provision.…”