Political Quotes

“As I mentioned, there are a number of amendments in here that I fully support. This whole process is a flawed process. I have heard the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer) bring up the coastal Louisiana and the loss of land. The ranking member of the committee talked about the loss in coastal Louisiana, and it is extraordinary. We have lost 2,000 square miles of our coast. It is like taking the State of Rhode Island and wiping it off the map, which is why I care so much about this issue; and it is why I care that we actually provide solutions, not rhetoric. And let me explain. Madam Speaker, the dirty little secret that my friends across the aisle will tell you is that the highly celebrated Paris accords that they are all out there advocating for and saying this bill is going to advance this Green New Deal and Paris accord commitments, the Paris accord results in an increase in global emissions. that doesn't fix what is going on in my home State. It doesn't do anything. It makes it worse. As a matter of fact, in negotiations, Secretary Kerry conducted-- allows China to increase emissions another 50 percent between now and 2030. China today emits more than every developed country combined. So these are the people who we are being asked to trust what happens to the people that I represent in coastal Louisiana? Absolutely not. Let me say it again.…”