Political Quotes

“This bill is being sold as the response to the ongoing gulf oil crisis. Though what has not been mentioned until right now is that it is stuffed with page after page of provisions that are totally unrelated to the spill. This legislation, if passed, will kill jobs. It will raise taxes, and it will increase Federal spending and cause even greater economic pain to the gulf coast and their families and communities. Republicans believe the Federal Government should be focused on permanently stopping the leak, cleaning up the oil, holding BP and those responsible for the spill fully accountable, and then finding out, Mr. Chairman, what went wrong. Republicans believe educated reforms are needed to make American deepwater energy production the safest in the world, but these reforms must be based on the full facts of what caused and contributed to this tragedy. Here in Washington, though, Democrats are exploiting the oil spill as an excuse to impose a job-killing combination of tax increases, government spending, and greater bureaucratic regulations.”