Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlewoman from Arizona for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule that is before us today. As Democrats in the House bring forward legislation in the name of supporting the environment and climate, I would like to talk a little bit about the process. My good friend Chairman McGovern and the Democratic majority of the House Rules Committee received a total of 91 amendments submitted for consideration on the legislation that we have before us, and as you just heard from Mr. Cole, of the 45 Democratic amendments, more than half were made in order, 26 of those; but of the 44 Republican amendments submitted for consideration, only 3--let me repeat that--3 of those were made in order. Myself, I offered 2 of those 44 amendments. They were noncontroversial. They were ruled germane to the legislation before us by the House Parliamentarian, and all they did, simply, was recognize the clean, renewable benefits of hydropower and the clean emissions- free benefits of nuclear power, but Chairman McGovern and his committee refused to allow this recognition. So we have got to ask ourselves, Madam Speaker: Why? Why, if we are supposedly here to debate policy affecting our environment and our climate, why would they not want to discuss the clean energy that comes from hydroelectric dams like those in my district along the Columbia and Snake Rivers?…”