Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Crawford) for his leadership on this amendment. I also want to thank Chairman Westerman who has been absolutely incredible on H.R. 1, ensuring that we bring down the cost of energy, ensuring that we bring American energy security back to the table, and ensuring that we actually begin reducing emissions because we know that this administration has actually increased emissions. What this amendment does is it actually, somewhat comically, is modeled exactly after what my friend, the ranking member of the Natural Resources Committee, just objected to. It does exactly what he actually voted for in the infrastructure bill. That is all this does. To hear somebody suggest that this is actually contrary to the environment is remarkable, and, in fact, it defies logic. There is study after study that shows that by putting energy in a pipeline, by putting carbon dioxide for sequestration in a pipeline, it is safer. It is safer than the alternative of putting it on a truck, a barge, a rail where you have a better chance of leaking, and it has higher emissions. To hear somebody object to this under the auspices of being concerned about the environment, I don't know if it is uninformed, if it is ignorant, or if it is just not telling the truth. I don't know. This amendment is a bipartisan amendment. I am going to say it again: It is an amendment that Democrats in this body voted for months ago in the infrastructure bill.…”