Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I wish to speak for a few moments on behalf of the McConnell-Inhofe amendment. I thank them for their leadership in dealing with governmental regulation of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, amendment No. 183. I want to share a few thoughts about a matter that is important to me. I served several years as ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee. I am interested in our legal system and how it works. I have to say that the Supreme Court ruling that resulted in the situation we are in today is a classic example of how unelected officials--not just judges--can make laws and regulations in a manner that is dramatically contrary to the ideals of the American Founders, and in a manner that is contrary to the ideals on which this country was founded, ideals that require accountability, that require responsibility and that allow the American people to hold their officials responsible and accountable for what they do. For this reason alone I believe the McConnell-Inhofe amendment should be agreed to, because we are talking about a situation in which unelected governmental employees are systematically going about regulating emission of CO<INF>2</INF> in the country under a very attenuated theory. They were never given the explicit authority to do so.…”