Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I want to thank Senator Whitehouse for his longstanding leadership in the U.S. Senate on addressing the concerns of climate change. He has been there every week, every day, leading us to take action to prevent the horrors of climate change. We have made some progress but not enough under his leadership. We have to do more, as he points out, and what he just told our colleagues. But I just really want to thank the Senator--as I look at the wildfires in the West, I look at the frequency of the hurricanes, when I look at the receding shorelines in Maryland, as I look at our efforts on the Chesapeake Bay--and recognize that if we don't do what we need to do, what science tells us we could do on carbon emissions, we are doing this at our own peril. It is not just America. It is the global communities. It is our leadership globally. Senator Whitehouse and I traveled with other Members of the Senate to the climate meetings, and we made progress. We have to get back to it. I just want to thank Senator Whitehouse for his leadership. Coronavirus Mr. President, on Sunday, the Washington National Cathedral marked the 200,000 American lives lost to COVID-19 by tolling the Bourdon Bell 200 times--once for every 1,000 lives lost. Nearly 113,000 people have died since May 15, when the House of Representatives passed a comprehensive COVID-19 relief package known as the Heroes Act. As of September 20, the 7-day moving average for new infections was over 41,000.…”