Political Quotes

“First of all, Madam President, let me say we are very fortunate to have the Senator from Wyoming, with his background, come and give us his second opinion. The ratings are very high on his second opinion, and I am very glad of that. I am also very pleased we had the Senator from Tennessee talking about the big issue of today. There is no one--having been the Secretary of Education in a previous administration--who is more qualified to talk about student loans than the Senator from Tennessee. So I am very appreciative. Ironically, we have talked about two subjects, and I am here to talk about one totally unrelated that I think is equally critical--and I have to be critical--of this administration. I am going to state something that hasn't been stated before. I am going to release something that hasn't been released before, and I think it is very significant that people really listen. You know, this President has had a war on fossil fuels--and when we talk about fossil fuels, we are talking about oil, gas, and coal--ever since before he was in office. He is very clever because what he has attempted to do is to kill oil, gas, and coal when we had the huge supply of it here and yet do it in a way that the American people won't be aware over it. How many people in America, I ask the Chair, know what hydraulic fracturing is? I daresay more people know about it today than knew about it a short while ago.…”