Political Quotes

“I am pleased to hear my friend from Louisiana with his impassioned presentation today; but his presentation, coming on the heels of what we all heard from the Prime Minister of India--calling for a low carbon, sustainable, innovative future--makes me sad. If we would have had our economy take these issues seriously--maybe have a week of hearings--we would have been able to demonstrate to the gentleman with an impartial panel of independent experts all across the political spectrum--Conservative, Liberal, Republican, and Democrat-- that a carbon tax, revenue neutral, is, actually, the key to the innovative future they want. There are all sorts of ways to design a carbon tax, to, actually, enhance the role--the economic status--of low- and moderate-income people, but we never had a hearing on that. It is just simply dismissed as something that we can't do, but they have done it elsewhere in the world. If the committee had done its job, we would be dealing with facts, not hyperbole. {time} 0930 If the committee had done its job, we would have heard that we have very real challenges today to American security, which our Department of Defense has pointed out. Climate change, despite denial from some of my friends on the other side of the aisle, is a threat today to the American military posture. Climate change is disrupting industries like fishing.…”