Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the Trump administration's recent proposal to expand offshore drilling to more than 90 percent of U.S. waters. This handout to Big Oil executives puts short-term corporate profits ahead of the long-term health and livelihood of America's coastal families, and it ignores the growing threat posed by climate change. This administration is too weak-kneed to stand up for American families, too weak-kneed to say ``enough is enough'' when Big Oil executives demand more, and Big Oil executives keep demanding more because they don't like being told that any area is off limits. Big Oil didn't like being told that the extraordinary natural, cultural, and historical value of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase- Escalante made them off limits for fossil fuel development. So President Trump opened up much of the previously protected land for future drilling and mining. Big Oil didn't like being told that the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, one of America's last untouched expanses of wilderness, was off limits. So President Trump and this Republican Congress included a provision in the Republican tax bill to allow drilling for the first time in this pristine reserve. Big oil didn't like being told that our coasts, which provide the homes and livelihoods for millions of Americans, are off limits.…”