Still, year after year strong mercury rules fail in Washington under pressure from corporate interests. Why? Not because the risks of mercury poisoning arent real. No, lobbyists for the big industries just say they cant afford to make changes.

Quote by Senator John Kerry

Topics: Corporate Interests Quotes, Pollution Quotes, Washington Quotes

Too many people in America believe that if you are pro-choice that means pro-abortion. It...

Too many people in America believe that if you are pro-choice that means pro-abortion. It...

While we must remain determined to defeat terrorism, it isn't only terrorism we are fighting....

While we must remain determined to defeat terrorism, it isn't only terrorism we are fighting....

Great physicians and nurses, skilled, caring and unparalleled in their training, intervened in my life...

Great physicians and nurses, skilled, caring and unparalleled in their training, intervened in my life...

This budget is like an Enron budget -- smoke the numbers, cook the books, hide...

This budget is like an Enron budget -- smoke the numbers, cook the books, hide...

If America can go to the moon, then in the decades to come we should...

If America can go to the moon, then in the decades to come we should...

I defended him [John McCain] in those hearings when some stupid-ass right-wing idiot accused him...

I defended him [John McCain] in those hearings when some stupid-ass right-wing idiot accused him...

The country and the Congress were misled into war. I regret that we were not...

The country and the Congress were misled into war. I regret that we were not...

The country and the Congress were misled into war. I regret that we were not...

The country and the Congress were misled into war. I regret that we were not...

Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem...

Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem...

While we must remain determined to defeat terrorism, it isn't only terrorism we are fighting....

While we must remain determined to defeat terrorism, it isn't only terrorism we are fighting....

In 22 states parents cant take kids fishing and eat the fish if theyre lucky...

In 22 states parents cant take kids fishing and eat the fish if theyre lucky...

The courage and bravery of our young men and women fighting overseas continues to inspire...

The courage and bravery of our young men and women fighting overseas continues to inspire...

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art...

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art...

This budget is like an Enron budget -- smoke the numbers, cook the books, hide...

This budget is like an Enron budget -- smoke the numbers, cook the books, hide...

Someone has to die so that President Nixon won't be, and these are his words,...

Someone has to die so that President Nixon won't be, and these are his words,...

There is a direct link between the federal tax cut of 2001 and state tax...

There is a direct link between the federal tax cut of 2001 and state tax...

The hope is there. The sun is rising. Our best days are yet to come.

The hope is there. The sun is rising. Our best days are yet to come.

Our government has a simple task: recognize our nations real problems, and address them in...

Our government has a simple task: recognize our nations real problems, and address them in...

Revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude

Revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude

The superiority of the distant over the present is only due to the mass and...

The superiority of the distant over the present is only due to the mass and...

Those [Anti-Cubans] who attack us [Cubans] don't represent more than a fraction of 1 percent....

$Those [Anti-Cubans] who attack us [Cubans] don't represent more than a fraction of 1 percent....$