Sen. Mike Lee tore into the Green New Deal on Tuesday, stating on the Senate floor that the only thing needed to combat climate change is for Americans to “fall in love” and have “more babies.”
“I rise today to consider the Green New Deal with the seriousness it deserves,” he said tongue-in-cheek, before displaying a series of fantastical images on a nearby easel meant to suggest that the Democrats’ proposal shouldn’t be taken seriously at all. The resolution also seeks to reduce greenhouse gases emitted by the agricultural sector ― factory farms account for a large percentage of methane emissions ― but it does not call for the elimination of cows, as many Republicans have claimed. Critics of the proposal also falsely contend that it calls for a ban on airplanes.
— CSPAN March 26, 2019 “Climate change is no joke but the Green New Deal is a joke,” Lee said. “It is the legislative equivalent of Austin Powers’ Dr. Evil demanding sharks with frickin’ lasers on their heads.”“The solution to climate change won’t be found in political posturing or virtue signaling,” he said. “It won’t be found in the federal government at all. You know where the solution can be found? ...
The true heroes of this story aren’t politicians and they aren’t social media activists ― they’re moms and dads and the little boys and girls that they are at this very moment putting down for naps or helping with their homework, building treehouses and teaching them how to tie their shoes.
1st a repeal of trump and republican's tax/con ! robbing money from medicaid, medicare, social security , and others to pay for 1.5 trillion tax cut for corporations and ultra rich is simply immoral and remorseless as it gets !
'american' is code word to his fellow racists
why? you not' going to give any, family leave relief' just go lose your seats please! nvrdrmp; 99%
IDIOT.
Remember you people voted for these people!
Sometimes I wonder what planet Republicans come from.
I think the quality of our elected officials is trending backwards toward the Paleolithic era. Neanderthals were brighter.