Political Quotes

“Madam Chair, this is not political theater, far from it. This is accountability to the American people. I rise today in support of this amendment to reduce the salary of Secretary Granholm to $1 because I cannot make her pay us back. The job of the Secretary of Energy is to secure American energy independence, but she is not securing American energy independence. She is depleting it, and she should be held accountable to the people for failing to deliver on her job. You see, Madam Speaker, before Ms. Granholm was Energy Secretary, she promoted the same failed policies while serving as Governor of Michigan and presided over what is now known as Michigan's Lost Decade, a legacy that we are still paying for at home. She presided over the mass exodus of our jobs and our children from our State. She presided over the crippling of our economy, foreclosures of so many of our homes, and the closing of our businesses. She embarrassed us with the RASCO fiasco when she offered $9 million in tax credits to promote a job program that actually went to a convicted embezzler who lived out of a trailer. You know what she did when she was done gutting and embarrassing our State, Madam Speaker? She left. She got on a plane and headed for California where she took a faculty position at Berkeley while leaving Michiganders at home struggling in the snow. Madam Chair, while this amendment today is not about her time in Michigan, past behavior is the best indicator of future performance.…”