Political Quotes

“Madam Chair, this amendment would prohibit funding for the American Climate Corps that the Biden administration established through an executive order last year. When you understand that we have the power of the purse and that we are the body that is supposed to authorize and appropriate on that executive order alone, this should be dismantled. The Biden administration describes the American Climate Corps as a workforce training and service initiative for careers in the clean energy and climate reliance economy. As part of the administration's Justice40 goal, the corps will focus on equity and environmental justice. This cost is around $30 billion. Madam Chair, I just want to emphasize that we have a border that is overrun. We have deficits that are out of control. Inflation is at an all-time high. People in our country are struggling, and when I see a line item for equity and environmental justice, I am appalled, just as my constituents are and should be. Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.”