Political Quotes

“Reserving the right to object. My colleague whom I am pleased to work with on a number of issues has come to the floor with a unanimous consent request that would constrain the power of our President to protect our public lands. So while we may agree on a number of things--and I hope that doesn't hurt his reputation back home--on this particular proposal, I do bring a different perspective. I think in my role working on the Interior Committee--and understanding that the authority we have granted the President is so essential to making sure that the lands that are publicly held remain a treasure for every single American. It was not that long ago--well, it seems like quite a few years now, maybe a decade, I attended a hearing in which a number of folks came forward to explain different damages that had occurred to the water table in their community from fracking. Now, in this case, my real concern here is about constraining the President's ability to protect our treasures, our public lands, from these types of effects. I think Americans who have traveled to our national parks and our BLM land and our Forest Service land understand that this is a responsibility that we in the Senate take very seriously, but there is also a little bit more to my concern here as well. One is that if we are going to tackle climate chaos, we have to have international cooperation.…”