Political Quotes

“Mr. President, to the disappointment of the American public, the world scientific community, and even to corporate giants like Goldman Sachs and Cargill, President Trump recently decided to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement. He cited as justification a slew of alternative facts. Some of the most egregious of these alternative facts came from a National Economic Resource Associates--a group we will call NERA in this speech--report that was commissioned and promoted by a group that calls itself the U.S. Chamber of Commerce but fronts for the fossil fuel industry. ``U.S. Chamber of Carbon'' might be a better and more accurate name for it. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, so-called, is a heavy hitter in Washington. It was the second largest spender of anonymous outside money, or dark money, in the 2016 Federal elections, second only to the National Rifle Association. In addition to all that political election spending, it wields the largest lobbying force on Capitol Hill. In 2015, the chamber dropped over $100 million on lobbying. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is one of climate action's most implacable enemies, as everybody here knows, despite the good climate policies of so many companies on its board. Along with Senators Warren, Sanders, and others, I examined this inconsistency between the positions of the chamber and of its board members in our recent report, ``The U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Out of Step with the American People and its Members.'' Mr. President.…”