Rob McKenna Quotes

The outgrowth of conservation, the inevitable result, is national efficiency.

I reflect back 35 years ago, and look how far we have come in America with our environmental policy to improve the conditions of our air and water, and we have had some real successes.

I have always been a strong champion for New Hampshire's environment.

If conservation isn't conservative, then words have no meaning at all.

If you're a Conservative, why aren't you behind conserving the land?

Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business.

All the conservation efforts in the world won't be enough to make a dent in the oncoming sustainability crisis our planet faces.

I am an environmentalist, but I'm not a wacko environmentalist. I believe that mankind and nature can live side-by-side for the mutual benefit of both.

I would go to them and I would explain this is the price of going forward. We're going to move ahead in all these other areas. We're moving ahead in tax reform and GST, we are moving ahead on trade, but this will not be done at the cost of the environment.

We have vastly increased the amount of funding that is available for conservation partnerships.

House passage is good news for the Northwest corner and our environment.

EPA can and should now focus on getting real results in the fight for clean air, land, and water.

Over and over, we hear politicians say they can't spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile.

I've always been a strong supporter of environmental protection and initiatives in that area. But I'm willing to set priorities. If we have to make reductions in one place, we'll have to-in order to increase another place, I'm willing to do that.

Yes, the Green Party is committed to a healthy environment. But the Green Party is not solely committed to just that.

This Nation has realized significant environmental improvements over the last three decades.

We had some major successes and we did so because the country embraced the spirit of Earth Day and embraced this concept that we have to have forward-looking, visionary environmental policy and energy policy in this country.

Protecting all this land, working with the President to establish all these monuments, to, you know... I think the President has a land protection record that's second to no one in this century, maybe Teddy Roosevelt.

Further devastation of the air, land and sea is obviously a very real possibility, unless the attitudes of politicians and all who irresponsibly exploit our natural resources change significantly in the very near future and all collaborate and sacrifice for the good of the planet.

I really hope that we'll have a sustainable future on this planet, I really do. So I probably geek out mostly about learning more about how potentially we can hopefully make that happen, hopefully we're not too far lost.

Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.

So I'm going to go on and work on preserving the ozone layer, encouraging everyone to recycle.

To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.

The environment will continue to deteriorate until pollution practices are abandoned.

Good environmental policy is good economic policy.