Political Quotes

“first of all, I congratulate my colleagues, Senator Leahy and Senator Lugar, for this achievement and thank them for their service to the country. I also appreciate the willingness of Senator Collins and Senator Lieberman to allow me to speak for a few minutes before we return to the business at hand--legislation regarding cybersecurity. USDA Employee Newsletter I want to point out to my colleagues--and perhaps to the Department of Agriculture--something I saw today that caught my attention. In fact, it is amazing to me, this development. This is the Department of Agriculture's--the USDA--employee newsletter I hold in my hand. In that newsletter, it says the following--it has a section in the newsletter that says ``Food Services Update.'' Well, the Department of Agriculture, which, in my view, has a serious and significant responsibility to promote agriculture, says this in their own newsletter: One simple way to reduce your environmental impact while dining at our cafeterias is to participate in the ``Meatless Monday''. . . . ``Meatless Monday.'' This effort . . . encourages people not to eat meat on Mondays. . . . How will going meatless one day of the week help the environment? The production of meat, especially beef (and dairy as well) has a large environmental impact. According to the U.N.-- ``According to the U.N.''-- animal agriculture is a major source of greenhouse gases and climate change. It also wastes resources.…”