Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today with my colleagues in opposition to the Green New Deal. This disastrous plan, cooked up by out-of-touch Washington elites, simply does not work for Minnesota families. According to the Energy Information Administration, 68 percent of Minnesota's energy consumption comes from a combination of coal, natural gas, nuclear, hydropower, and gasoline, all of which are to be banned completely by the Green New Deal in 10 years. Allowed under this radical pipe dream are wind, solar, and biomass, which barely account for 15 percent of Minnesota's energy consumption. Picture a family in Ely, Minnesota, where wind chill temperatures reached 71 below zero this January, waking up in a warm house heated by natural gas. They start a hot pot of coffee, powered by our affordable electric grid; take a hot shower, again, heated by natural gas; drive their kids to school in their van, powered by reliable, affordable gasoline; go to work, possibly at a mine or a local hospital; drive home again in that same gasoline-powered car; make dinner for their family, using their gas-powered stove; and then wake up again and do it all over. The little things that we take for granted every day are powered by conventional energy. The Green New Deal would have a severe impact on our everyday lives, something that northern Minnesotans do not want or need.…”