Political Quotes

“Mr. President, with all due respect, I plan to support the amendment that has been addressed by my good friend from Iowa. Having come from the small business world, I am fully aware of the cost of these things, and tomorrow I will be introducing an amendment that is going to address something different, but really something with higher figures on it; that is, the cost of the EPA regulations. This is something that is a little bit different than what my friend from Iowa has been talking about. When we stop and think about the regulatory things that are going on right now with the Clean Water Act and the Solid Waste Disposal Act--we are talking about greenhouse gas regulations, things that should be addressed by legislation but are not, so they are trying to do it through regulation: boiler MACT, that is the maximum-achievable technology; utility MACT; ozone, actually the changing of the ozone standards when they are not using--as the law requires--the newer, updated information; and particulate matter and coal ash and some of the rest. But I am saving that for tomorrow. I am only saying that now because there is a cost to overregulation. That is what I know my friend, Senator Snowe, is trying to get at. It is my understanding--correct me if I am wrong--that we are not trying to get recognized and move current amendments aside. Is that correct now? I will not try to do that.…”