Political Quotes

On the recordApril 3, 2019
over the last four decades, we have had a bipartisan consensus to do nothing. And that is shameful.
Said by
Sean Casten
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing the lack of action on climate change over decades.

Share

More from Sean Casten

May 27, 2026

Electricity prices have skyrocketed under the Trump Administration due to policies that protect fossil fuel companies at the expense of consumers.

schakowsky.house.gov
Apr 30, 2025

A few weeks ago, I got a call from a constituent whose 46-year-old son had just been diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer back in December, and the whole family is now wondering whether he is going to live long enough to see his kids…

govinfo.gov
Jul 16, 2025

this week, we will vote on bills to defund the police, sow the seeds for our next financial crisis, and remove any remaining fig leaf that we might hide behind when we insist that Congress is a coequal branch of government. I am, of…

govinfo.gov
Jan 8, 2026

yesterday ICE murdered an American citizen. Renee Good was a wife and a mother who has now become ICE's latest victim. To those at DHS and in this Chamber who have created and rewarded a culture of murder, I ask the same question that God…

govinfo.gov

Other voices in this conversation