Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, I will close by starting with something that Mr. Carter from Georgia just reminded us all of: A Democratic-controlled Senate passed S.J. Res. 11--a Democratic-controlled Senate. Democrats in the Senate said that this rule is unnecessary and too onerous. They passed the CRA, and they have asked us to do the same. I heard several things today that I want to put an exclamation point on. I heard from my colleague and my friend, the ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, that the EPA's job is to protect the air and water, the environment. I actually agree with that, but let's look at the environmental facts that surround this particular rule--a 98 percent reduction in NO<INF>X</INF> emissions since the late eighties and early nineties. Look at the cost that this is going to place on the American economy: $39 billion to $55 billion. Many trucking companies are not going to be able to comply with this, so they are not going to buy the new trucks. Instead, they are going to continue to use the old trucks. It is going to defeat the very purpose that this rule was set out to do in the first place. They are just going to keep driving those trucks until they drive the tires off of them. I heard one of my Democratic colleagues say earlier that if we overturn this rule by passing S.J. Res. 11, we are going to create an unlivable future for our children and our grandchildren. Mr.…”