Political Quotes

“I come to the floor this morning to join my colleagues to speak on the nomination of Scott Pruitt to be Administrator of the EPA. Like my colleagues who have been out here tonight, the great Senator from Illinois, Senator Duckworth, and my colleague from Hawaii who preceded her, we are here to talk about the importance of our environment and what a critical asset it is to each of our regions of the United States. Certainly, you can say for the State of Washington that the environment is our economy--the beautiful aspects of our clean water, the resources of our beautiful mountains and wonderful streams, Puget Sound itself, our mountains that so many of my colleagues ask me about. These are all assets that make Washington State a great place to live, work, and recreate in. Our companies would tell you that one of the great things they have in recruiting people to the State of Washington is that it is a competitive advantage to say their business is located in Washington. People understand what that means to the quality of life and to the opportunities for those workers. It is with that in mind that I rise in strong opposition to this nomination. I had a chance yesterday to discuss Mr. Pruitt and to discuss some of the concerns that I have with his role as Administrator, and in Oklahoma in the attorney general slot, and also his nomination process.…”