Political Quotes

“Madam President, let me thank Senator Markey again for his extraordinary leadership. I want to also acknowledge Josh Klein for the work that he did as our staff person for COP28. Madam President, Senator Wyden is on the floor. I know he is planning to speak on Martin O'Malley to be the next Administrator of the Social Security Administration, but I want to take this time to thank Senator Wyden for his leadership on the climate agenda. We marked up in the Senate Finance Committee the energy provisions that ended up in the Inflation Reduction Act well before the Inflation Reduction Act was put together as a package. And it was the work that Senator Wyden led in the Finance Committee that provides the predictability to the future of our Tax Code to reward renewable energies. We were asked in the COP meetings: What happens if there are changes in elections, will America still be strong on the climate? And we pointed out our Tax Code, which we have been able to continue tax provisions. And Senator Wyden has led the effort to make sure we have a strong tax base to reward renewable energy sources so that we can do exactly what Senator Markey said: transition off of fossil fuels to renewables. I just really want to acknowledge the work that Senator Wyden has done on the climate agenda. And he was a very popular person in Dubai, even though he was not there.”