Political Quotes

“I spoke last night in anticipation of this all-night session that was going to take place. I was not surprised at the general topics that were covered. There are probably five all together that they were stated over and over. I would like to clarify a couple of things that probably are worthwhile this afternoon. One is my good friend from California--this is a quote, we took it down--said: When 97 to 98 percent of the scientists say something is real, they do not have anything pressing them to say that other than the truth. They do not have any other agenda. They don't work for oil companies. And I will tell you, as chairman of the environment committee, every time the Republicans chose a so-called expert on climate, we have tracked them down to special interest funding, those 3 percent. They know where their bread is buttered. That is kind of an interesting and a timely statement to make because what they are not telling you--and I am talking about the Senator from California and the other Democrats--is that the hedge fund billionaire and climate activist Tom Steyer plans to spend $100 million through his NextGen PAC. The NextGen PAC is his political action committee. He has made the statement that he is going to be spending $100 million in the midterm elections of 2014 and is going to be looking very carefully to make sure that all of the Democrats go along with his activist agenda. That was actually a statement that was made, that has been written up.…”