Political Quotes

I certainly hope that today's hearing is not going to be perceived as an effort to exploit a tragedy for political purposes 27 days out from an election.

Entitlement reform 2012. Let's see. Wealthy Americans are entitled to tax breaks. Corporations are entitled to billions in giveaways. Arms manufacturers are entitled to bigger contracts. The poor and the middle class? Well, they're…

The burning of coal is the single largest anthropogenic source of mercury air emissions, having more than tripled since 1970.

Will seniors be pushed off the fiscal cliff? Social Security did not cause the deficit, but the White House's plan to lower Social Security cost-of-living benefits could eventually reduce seniors' annual benefits by hundreds of dollars…