Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the gentlewoman from Arizona (Mrs. Lesko), my good friend, just enunciated the number of jobs that the oil and gas industry provides, and the figure that she reported was 300,000. There are 242,000 jobs as a result of solar energy in this country, 102,000 jobs on wind farms in this country, and the coastline that we are talking about provides 12 times the amount of jobs than the offshore oil and gas industry. Mr. Speaker, I won't be here with you all 20 years from now, but I predict for you that the fossil fuel industry, interestingly enough, the leaders in that industry will own a lot of the solar in this country. It is just a matter of time. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Shalala), my dear and good friend, and a member of the distinguished Rules Committee.”