Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, before I address this amendment, as a 46-year automobile dealer no longer involved in the family business but still close to my family, I would like to point out that one in six new vehicles sold in America last year was an electric vehicle. Every one we get is sold right away, and I don't see any of the manufacturers having much problem with that. There is a new statement out from the administration this morning that American consumers saved $1 billion in purchasing electric vehicles last year and are anticipated to save another $2 billion in maintenance costs and gasoline costs during the lifetime of the vehicle. We are moving in the right direction very swiftly, not as swiftly as we would like but still very swiftly. Mr. Chair, as co-chair of the Congressional Endangered Species Act Caucus, I rise today in opposition to amendment No. 23 of the National Defense Authorization Act offered by Mr. Biggs of Arizona. I am shocked that we are considering this unpopular amendment once again after it was brutally defeated on this House floor last year with bipartisan support. The widespread public support for the Endangered Species Act hasn't changed much in the last 11 months, but our current biodiversity crisis has surely worsened. The scientific community is screaming from the rooftops that we face a biodiversity crisis.…”