Political Quotes

“this Sunday we will celebrate Earth Day, a day when we should reaffirm our commitment to a clean, safe, and healthy environment for our children and future generations. We have made a considerable amount of progress since Senator Gaylord Nelson established the first Earth Day thirty-seven years ago. We implemented the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act, both landmark bills that have made our beautiful country a cleaner place to live. We no longer have rivers so massively polluted they actually catch fire and burn. We no longer have unchecked amounts of toxic pollutants being pumped into the air we breathe. We should be proud of these accomplishments because they show us that we can pass meaningful and effective laws to protect the environment and public health without sacrificing our economy and economic productivity. We still have serious threats to the safety and health of our environment. Obviously global climate change tops that list of threats. No other single issue has the potential to devastate our future and change the entire world so completely. We have an opportunity, if we get smart and take serious actions, to stop the cataclysmic changes that are just around the corner for this planet. The time to act is now. And I mean right now. Every year that we delay enacting a strong bill that forces us to make mandatory reductions to our carbon emissions the cost goes up. We simply cannot afford to wait.”