John F. Kerry: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this important hearing today.”

And America stands with oppressed people on every continent--in Cuba and Burma and North Korea and Iran and Belarus and Zimbabwe.

There is this moment of opportunity, for whatever reason.

Only with a mandatory set of greenhouse gas emission targets will we make any meaningful progress in winning this crucial war with carbon.

This is the most important part of this hearing, as far as I am concerned, so I apologize for not being able to listen to each of you.