this legislation provides the wherewithal by investing in green infrastructure, by dealing with remedial programs, engaging the States.
I just thank you all for starting. The States, many States, not just Maryland, many States, Madam Chairman have really moved forward aggress...
If we do not take action, and we lose these assets, it is going to cause irreversible damage to my State of Maryland.
if we are successful in dealing with global climate change, if not only the United States acts but we act at Copenhagen, and there is an int...
we need the help our States. We need the work in the private sector. It is a team effort.
We have to act. We can't just talk about this. We have to act.
It is urgent that we act.
We are dependent upon imported oil, which jeopardizes the security of America.
At this critical juncture in our Nation's history, we face an economic crisis, an energy security crisis, and a global climate crisis.
I am confident that the work my colleagues and I have put into the legislation we are considering today will provide the legal framework, bu...
You have put the Environment back into the Protection Agency.
This bill recognizes the role transit will play in reducing vehicle emissions.
The good news is that the solutions to these problems are intertwined with one another.
I thank you for your public service, taking on the incredibly important jobs that you are taking on in the Obama administration.
Transportation represents 30 percent of our greenhouse gas emissions and 60 or 70 percent of our oil use.
I think of Bosnia-Herzegovina today and recognize that 14 years ago it was involved in a war. Genocide was occurring, and hundreds of thousa...
Which gives up hope that we won't slide back to the ethnic fighting that took place just a few years ago.
NATO has taken on a different meaning and a different role, and I just want to engage you a little bit as to what impact this is having on t...
