Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate on this matter, and any statements be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 229) was agreed to. The preamble was agreed to. The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows: S. Res. 229 Whereas every State in the United States has been affected by wildfire in 2011; Whereas firefighters and residents have had to contend with extreme and erratic fire behavior and rapid rates of fire spread; Whereas, as of June 12, 2011, more than 32,189 wildfires have burned more than 4,700,000 acres of land, which represents more acres burned than in all of 2010 and approximately 600,000 more acres than the 50-year average of total acres burned in the United States in an entire year; Whereas, as of June 12, 2011-- (1) the Southwestern States have reported more than 1,600 fires that have burned more than 1,700,000 acres; (2) the Southern States have reported more than 27,000 fires that have burned more than 2,400,000 acres; (3) the Northern and Central Rocky Mountain States have reported 818 fires that have burned more than 250,000 acres; (4) the State of California and Great Basin Region have reported more than 7,200 fires that have burned more than 21,000 acres; (5) the Northwestern States and Alaska have reported more than 400 fires that ha…”