Political Quotes

“today, as part of this week's agreement to process nominations, the Senate will vote on confirmation of the Perez nomination to lead the Department of Labor, and we will vote on the cloture motion on the nomination of Gina McCarthy to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. I hope we can move forward on these matters as quickly as possible. Gina McCarthy is an accomplished environmental official who has served under several Republican Governors, including Governor Romney. She has worked in Democratic administrations also. As a top environmental official in Massachusetts and Connecticut, she has expanded energy efficiency and renewable energy programs. We had a wonderful event yesterday morning where the EPA building was named after President Clinton. He stood and talked about what he and Vice President Gore had done to help the environment, and he stressed time and time again it is important to have a growing, strong economy and to make sure we take care of the environment in the process because those two things are not in conflict. Gina McCarthy is now Assistant EPA Administrator, and it has been her job to come up with creative new ways to keep our air clean and our water safe while growing the economy, as President Clinton said. She was nominated several months ago. I spoke to her yesterday morning, as she was with President Clinton, and she was anxious to have a vote today. She has a proven track record of public service, there is no question about that.…”