06/20/2023
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"I speak in opposition to this amendment. The principal purpose of the Climate Action Now Act is to keep the United States in the Paris Climate Accord."
"Just as the Northwest Ordinance permitted new states to enter the Union on an 'equal footing' with existing states, Congress extended the same principle to tribes."
"So, just for the record, it is good that the Rhode Island people know that you are not opposing a casino on the other side of your border and the revenues that might be lost according to your argument..."
"The equal footing amendment to the IRA, sponsored by Senator John McCain, 'put an end to the discriminatory practices that had been developing.'"