Political Quotes

“I rise today to talk about a great win for the American people and for America's energy future. I want to start by saying something that I know Vladimir Putin is going hate to hear, and that is that Russia's choke hold on America's uranium supply is coming to an end. Putin's war machine has now lost one of its cash cows. America is finally starting to take back our nuclear energy security as well as our energy future. Last week, this body unanimously passed legislation that I sponsored--bipartisan legislation--to ban the import of Russian uranium. It will soon become law. This victory is tremendous and transformative, and it is truly bipartisan. I am very grateful for Senator Manchin, Senator Risch, Senator Lummis, Senator Heinrich, Senator Coons, and Senator Marshall for their critical work in helping get this bill into law. I also want to thank House Energy and Commerce Chairman Cathy McMorris Rodgers. Together, we all worked to make America safer as well as more prosperous. I am especially pleased because my home State of Wyoming has world- class uranium resources. For years, Russia has used its nuclear monopoly to flood the market with uranium. Russia's monopoly could do so only because it owned, ran, and manipulated the entire situation and had it done by the Russian Government. Putin tried to corner the global market. He used enriched uranium to enrich himself and to further his dangerous ambitions.…”