Nancy Pelosi Declares ‘We Saved the Planet’
By Craig Bannister | September 23, 2022 | 11:39am EDT
“We saved the planet,” House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) declared Thursday.
Pelosi made the claim at her weekly press briefing, touting the passage of Democrats’ $360 billion Inflation Reduction Act:
“And we saved the planet. We're saving the planet with record $360 billion to save the planet, generating jobs and cleaner air and cleaner water and jobs and security for our country.”
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“But I'm not walking away from $360 billion in support for saving the planet for our children and, again, lower prescription drug prices for our families.”
Pelosi has had her heart set on planet-saving for more quite some time. Back in 2008, a year and a half after taking power as speaker of the House, Pelosi announced her intention as she staunchly rejected Republicans’ efforts to make America more energy independent.
“I’m trying to save the planet; I’m trying to save the planet,” Pelosi insisted, as Politico reported at the time:
“With fewer than 20 legislative days before the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1, the entire appropriations process has largely ground to a halt because of the ham-handed fighting that followed Republican attempts to lift the moratorium on offshore oil and gas exploration. And after promising fairness and open debate, Pelosi has resorted to hard-nosed parliamentary devices that effectively bar any chance for Republicans to offer policy alternatives.
“I’m trying to save the planet; I’m trying to save the planet,” she says impatiently when questioned. ‘I will not have this debate trivialized by their excuse for their failed policy’.”
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