Political Quotes

“I appreciate her zeroing in on the notion of how to interpret, read between the lines. We have joked a little bit about having a decoder ring so that people can understand what is being offered, and her points about the disconnect between the budget, which really is a tangible expression of priorities; that is, a budget submission that is antienvironmental and has actually been made worse by the Republican budget resolution; the simple notion accepted by the American public to aid environmental cleanup by having the polluter pay that has been suspended, and abandoning the Superfund, making it very difficult to be able to continue the notion of environmental justice where we have put such a burden on people who often have no alternatives, who are unaware of what is happening, and how the administration is suggesting that we not initiate new activities but, in fact, we pull back from what we are doing now that is, in fact, inadequate.”