Political Quotes

“During the past 10 months, the Republican leadership has already tried to pass more than 125 anti- environmental bills, amendments, and riders. We debated yet another anti-EPA bill just the other day, and the majority rejected every single amendment that would have protected public health. I introduced a simple amendment that would have ensured no deaths or increased incidence of illness would occur as a result of the cement factory bill we debated last week. It would seem to be a modest proposition that bills passed by Congress should not lead directly to premature death or hospitalization, yet that's exactly what these anti- clean air bills do. Republicans claim that all these anti-EPA bills will create jobs, but sadly those new jobs would only be created in hospitals. The latest Republican attack on the Clean Air Act is H.R. 2250 before us today, which would block public health standards for industrial boilers. The EPA is issuing these standards in accordance with the Clean Air Act, which was passed in 1970 and signed into law by a Republican President. Since 1970, the Clean Air Act has dramatically reduced air pollution, despite population growth, while America's economy has doubled in size. The evidence is clear: We do not have to make the false choice between a healthy economy and a healthy environment. Yet that is precisely the false choice presented us in H.R. 2250.…”