Quotes About Policy

You have to ask yourself seriously: does this government really want to do things or is it more interested in class struggle?

EPA can and should now focus on getting real results in the fight for clean air, land, and water.

Obama's record on climate issues is not all bad.

In Washington, I will focus on creating a climate that helps create jobs and opportunities for Americans.

Climate change is real and we have to address it.

Energy is one of those things that brings Europe together in terms of our security needs, affordable energy and climate change.

America should lead in addressing climate change.

I believe in climate change.

Whether you believe in climate change or not, we want clean air. We want clean water for the American people.

We believe addressing the risk of climate change is a global issue.

However we choose to leave the E.U., let me be clear: we remain committed to dealing with climate change.

We need a government that takes climate change seriously, one that doesn't shunt it to the side-lines.

On climate change, Britain is leading in Europe.

Certainly the support for research in HIV/AIDS was good in the Clinton administration, good in the Bush administrations. It just was.

At the same time, Clinton was doing a lot things right, like the economy.

I certainly would like to see the war on coal come to an end.

The Arctic is going to be an area of intense interest. Russia has the longest coastline in the world with the Arctic.

In American politics, 'Europe' is usually a code word for 'big government.'

You can't use the tax code as a penal system because you don't like what a country is doing.

For years, people have begged Washington for a tax code that is simple and easy to understand.

In my view, Russia has not been a particularly collaborative player on the world stage.

Every day, I talk to Democratic and Republican colleagues with lots of ideas about the work we should be doing.

Collective decisions about health care and education are best answered on a local level.

I've never seen the Collective Bargaining Agreement.