Political Quotes

“I come to add my voice to that of Mr. Cruz, the Senator from Texas, about Joe Biden's surrender to Vladimir Putin. Energy is called the master resource for a reason. It powers our country, powers our military, powers this Nation, powers the economy. And yet Joe Biden, on his first day in office, seemed to take us from a nation of energy dominance to energy dependence, canceling the Keystone Pipeline and now approving this pipeline, Nord Stream 2. I come to add my voice to all of those, and there are many who have spoken out against the President in expressing our deep concerns about this administration's unwillingness to fully sanction the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline and to allow it to move ahead. I am sure Senator Cruz, as part of his discussion this afternoon, will talk about the confirmation hearing of Tony Blinken to be Secretary of State. We asked him specifically about the pipeline, and he said he would stop it, no matter what. Even though it was down to the last--I think he may have said--100 yards, they would stop it. That is not what happened. We saw Joe Biden surrender. For years, we have been sounding the alarm about this Russian trap. This pipeline, who built it? Gazprom. Who are they? They are the Russian state-owned natural gas monopoly. We have all quoted and, in the past, have heard Senator McCain talk about Russia, a country acting as a gas station or a gas station acting as a country.…”