Political Quotes

“Is it from the damage from carbon pollution to our farming, fishing, and forests? That doesn't meet the test. Frankly, tackling carbon pollution is going to take an enormous amount of international cooperation. Just a few days ago the United States and China entered into an agreement to address the global climate change crisis. The Chinese President announced that China would invest heavily in renewable energy to generate 20 percent of China's energy from nonfossil fuel sources by 2030, seeking to decrease China's CO<INF>2</INF> emissions thereafter. That is the type of leadership the world has been asking for. We can't simply wish for nations to work together. We have to negotiate and do our part. That is why today we should not be talking about how to turn on the tap to the dirtiest oil on the planet, but how to meet the 2025 goals and how to create jobs by investing in energy conservation and renewable energy. Let's remember the test that President Theodore Roosevelt gave us. There is no more important mission than ``leaving this land even a better land for descendants than it is for us.'' This bill fails the test.”