Shutting down the entire U.S. coal industry for 100 years only changes the CO2 atmospheric levels by 3 percent.

Even NASA's Jim Hansen, perhaps the most outspoken of those concerned about CO2, labeled the Waxman-Markey bill a 'counterfeit climate bill.'

we don't have a full economic analysis. This isn't just my view.

the people are entitled to know what it is that we have in this massive bill.

let's work together and with the EPA to get the full analysis as well as the CBO score.

Do you think the way they are doing it now in the new plants, the new coal fired generating plants in China is something that is acceptable and that you would encourage in the United States?

India will not accept any emission reduction targets, period.

You can tell them there are several of us up here who want to help them.

Which China does not.

I certainly hope that you folks can get into as much detail as you can in terms of the numbers of jobs, manufacturing jobs, Valero jobs, where you think they would go, how that would affect our economy, and do that for the record.

I think that shows why talking about a postage stamp a day or $100 a year may make sense for our country.

Whatever policy is developed has got to have the support of the consumers.

The last power plant, base load power plant we built in Missouri came on line in 1983.

It does hit the Heartland more, that the costs we are talking about is somewhere between $300 billion and $400 billion a year.

What we see, as we testified earlier, the companies that are in the global commodities business... those are the companies that are going to be in jeopardy because they will have options elsewhere.

In a relatively short span, climate change has turned the already poor nation of Bangladesh into a failed state.

Logically, it could be China. It is my understanding that China is cranking out currently some two coal-fired generating plants a week.

the reason we are is our regulations over here. And if we wanted to be energy independent, all we need to do is get rid of these barriers.