Political Quotes

“I call up my motion to instruct conferees, which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from West Virginia [Mrs. Capito] moves that the managers on the part of the Senate at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the Senate amendment to the bill H.R. 4521 be instructed to insist that the final conference report include provisions that-- (1) emphasize that, under current law, the President may not-- (A) declare, on the basis of climate change-- (i) a national emergency under the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); (ii) an emergency or major disaster under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.); or (iii) a public health emergency under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d); or (B) invoke, on the basis of climate change, the authorities of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.); and (2) provide that nothing in H.R. 4521 grants the President the authority to make a declaration or invocation described in paragraph (1). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there will now be 2 minutes of debate, equally divided, prior to a vote on the Capito motion to instruct.”