Having yet another vote on refinery legislation that uses high oil prices as an excuse to weaken environmental protections and to give more legislative gifts to the oil industry is misguided in the extreme.

  • -- Sherwood Boehlert 勒特

再一次对炼油厂立法进行投票,以高油价为借口削弱环境保护,并向石油行业提供更多立法礼物,这是一种极端的误导。

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This legislation confronts the human truth that the need for clean water knows no borders, and proper management and intervention can be a currency for peace and international cooperation.

这项立法正视人类的一个真理,即洁净水的需要没有国界,适当的管理和干预可以成为和平与国际合作的货币。

Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.

我们必须努力确保在起草立法时继续致力于恢复财政责任,而不是等到立法通过后再去恢复。