The proceedings turned briefly comical in one exchange with Schumer. It's as if I asked you what kind of movies you liked, and you say 'I like movies with good acting, I like movies with good cinematography,' ... I ask if you like 'Casablanca,' and you say 'Lots of people like 'Casablanca.'
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Do not let arguments of expediency persuade you. That is the slow road to oblivion. That is the tortured path to undoing step by step, bit by bit, as the river creates a canyon, the way of life that we love.Charles Schumer
This bill is a full-scale retreat when it comes to environmental protection for America, ... To walk away from basic environmental protection in the name of promoting energy is a bad deal for America's future.
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it would cost power plants about 3 billion to clean up. It's estimated that the costs of the pollution in the air to New York are 60 billion in terms of all of the loss and corrosion and everything else that occurs.
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The SEC desperately needs someone who both has a deep knowledge of how the markets function and at the same time possesses a rock-ribbed integrity. Bill Donaldson is such a man. I salute the administration for appointing him and appointing him quickly.
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Anyone who thinks they have a monopoly on truth, and there is only one way to see the world, always gets us into trouble.
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Why this room should be some kind of cone of silence is beyond me, ... It seems to me this is something of an argument of convenience. Senator Specter said it well, you can answer as many questions as you can to get confirmed ... that's not the right thing to do.
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