Political Quotes

“I thank Senator Daines for his leadership on this issue. The only thing the previous speaker and I have in common is agreeing that it is high time that we had a Native American woman to lead the Department of the Interior. On behalf of the people of Wyoming, I am opposing President Biden's nomination of Congresswoman Haaland to serve as Secretary of the Interior. As Secretary, she will continue the job-killing, anti-energy attack on Wyoming's livelihood that President Biden started during his first week in office. Let's recap just how bad President Biden's Executive actions are for my State. A University of Wyoming analysis found that Wyoming stands to lose nearly $13 billion in tax revenue if we don't lift the Biden ban on new oil and gas leasing and drilling on Federal lands. To put this in context, $13 billion in tax revenue would educate 60,000 Wyoming students from kindergarten through high school graduation. It would fund the University of Wyoming for the next 59 years. It would fund our public safety and corrections budget for the next 68 years. And it would fund the Wyoming Department of Health for the next 26 years. These are real numbers, and the Biden ban is having real consequences. In Wyoming, we put the tax revenue from Federal land leases to use educating our kids, caring for the sick, and funding public infrastructure. Maybe this sounds like my complaint is just with President Biden. That is how Congresswoman Haaland would have you see it.…”