Political Quotes

“My friend from Pennsylvania could have heard them talk about the need for action and how you can design a carbon tax that meets the objectives he is talking about, but we never did that. We didn't listen to experts across the spectrum--Republican, Democrat, conservative, liberal, economists, and scientists--to be able to examine the facts. Instead, we have a cartoon proposal that they are arguing against as opposed to something that we could have worked on together that is promoted by most of the independent experts in the field. And someday within our lifetime this Congress will consider and, I think, probably approve. I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Seattle, Washington (Mr. McDermott), who has looked at some of these challenges around the globe. Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, as I come to speak on the floor, I think I am in the House of the deniers. Now, in 2007, that liberal journal, National Geographic, had an article called ``The Big Thaw.'' And it says: ``It's no surprise that a warming climate is melting the world's glaciers and polar ice. But no one expected it to happen this fast.'' That was in 2007. That was 9 years ago. I was taken, along with Gerry Connolly, up to the Arctic with the Norweigian Government. They are worried about what is happening. This resolution is just burying your head in the sand. I think you are thinking that if you put your head in the sand long enough, it will go away and, when you pull your head out, it won't be there.…”