Political Quotes

“Once again, I rise to advocate in favor of the fiscal sanity of the Trump administration. Just like my last amendment, this amendment prevents the Democrats from taking us back to the Obama-Biden era policies of overregulation and overspending. The Obama-Biden EPA brought us thousands of new regulations, tens of thousands of new pages in the Federal Register, and billions in compliance costs for American farmers, small businesses, and families, much of this backed by flawed research with a political agenda. The Office of Science and Technology aids in the regulatory process and is responsible for the faulty research that led to costly regulations like the social cost of carbon and the Clean Power Plan. The American people need transparent research without an agenda. They don't need Obama-Biden era regulations and spending policies. The amendment, once again, simply reduces funding for the EPA to reflect President Trump's budget request. Madam Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to support this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time. Ms. McCOLLUM. Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to the amendment. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Minnesota is recognized for 5 minutes. Ms. McCOLLUM. Madam Speaker, as I said on the other amendment, for 4 years in a row, President Trump has sent us truly appalling budget request numbers for the EPA, and the Congress has overwhelmingly rejected these requests on a bipartisan basis.…”