Political Quotes

“I wish President Obama took the threat of radical Islamic jihadists as seriously as he takes the pseudo science behind the manmade climate change threat. Folks, these EPA rules affect jobs and they affect the amount of money in the pockets of moms and dads all across this great country. Now, transportation fuel costs are down for moms and dads, but the power to heat and cool their homes, the power to run the engines of the economy--the cost of that power has gone up because of the EPA regulations and rule writing that we have seen. What does that mean? Well, wholesale electricity prices in South Carolina will spike as high as 13.9 percent. Households will pay as much as $84.19 more a year. Industrial customers will pay as much as $40,200 more a year just in South Carolina. It will cause 11,700 manufacturing jobs to be impacted. Since 2012, 27 coal mining companies with core operations in West Virginia have filed for bankruptcy protection. But you know what? The TPP trade deal will allow West Virginia coal and Wyoming coal to be shipped to China to be burned. Now, where is the hypocrisy in that? Let me tell you this: We rely on 24/7, always on, baseload power to run the engines of our society to heat and cool our homes. We can't do that with intermittent solar and wind. You can do that with nuclear, hydro, and fossil-fuel-fired power plants. Think about the morality of 24/7 baseload power.…”