Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, reclaiming my time, I couldn't have asked the gentleman to make my point any more than he just did. This bill attempts to force or manipulate markets in a direction that is simply not consistent with the resources, the workforce of America. The gentleman is exactly right. He is exactly right. It is our natural gas revolution that has resulted in the United States leading the world in reducing emissions. It is not a result of someone coming in and forcing people to drive electric vehicles. It is not a result of forcing people to put solar panels on their homes. That is not it. It is the transition to natural gas. As a matter of fact, the natural gas from the gentleman's home State, according to the National Energy Technology Lab in the gentleman's home State, has a 42 to 47 percent lower emissions profile than Russian gas, which is effectively what this bill forces to happen, more dependence on Russian gas. A year ago, we imported zero barrels of Russian oil--zero--into the United States. This month, we are on a trajectory to import 7 million barrels, 7 million barrels of oil from Vladimir Putin. Thanks. This is crazy. This bill just continues building on that. I really don't understand, Madam Speaker, what the gentleman is going to tell his own constituents when they are no longer employed. Folks say: Hey, don't you worry. We are going to get new clean energy jobs.…”