Some might take exception to the notion that carbon dioxide is a pollutant. But those of us gathered here today know that with American ingenuity we can achieve the reductions in the Clean Power Act without shutting out the lights, |
The president is again proposing a budget that does not adequately fund America's needs and includes new tax breaks that are likely to force disastrous cuts in urgent national programs, and create horrendous future deficits, |
This policy breaks that commitment, ... And it fails to acknowledge that we are responsible for emitting 25 percent of the world's greenhouse gasses. Under this policy our share would continue to grow. |
Those of us that stand in the middle of the political spectrum have an opportunity to do our job as we feel it should be done, and that's to moderate matters when they come to the final conclusion, |
Today's new climate policy is like delivering the final divorce papers to the public and the world, ... And it is divorced from the reality of global warming. |
We know that it will be a tough fight given the economic pressures we are now facing, but I believe it is critical that our farmers get a fair price for their milk, |