I am going to spend most of my time today trying to understand more on a go-forward basis what needs to happen from a regulatory process.
I mean, the fact is that the--all the bills that have been created so far have been about either buying constituencies with money or free al...
I think it's nice of you to say that. I would just say, in the world we live in here today, climate has turned into being about money.
It seems to me that all of you would agree that every dime that's taken out of the private sector slows the economy, generally speaking.
It just seems to me that climate enthusiasts would just wise up to that and focus on that.
the whole notion of these emails that have just come out in the scientific community, what--is that--those of you who are most closely invol...
It seems to me, if one were going to, quote, 'create a world regime,' one would focus on... some carbon tax.
If you look at what the bills have been about, from my perspective, OK, it's been about money, OK.
It seems to me that the cap-and-trade bills before us take money out of the economy.
I think, in my view, the EEOC is way off base on a legal matter.
I think that is an unwarranted policy of the EEOC, and the new Americans have to learn it.
Well, wouldn't you think there would be more urgent cases for the EEOC to pursue than to sue an employer for requiring an employee to speak ...
a U.S. Senator from the State of Tennessee
We're in some pretty intense meetings right now as we're getting ready to work a markup in our own financial regulation.
If we did that, we wouldn't need a national energy tax. We wouldn't need to raise the price of gasoline.
We can do all those things without a national energy tax that is ineffective in any event on fuel, that raises costs, and that runs off manu...
Forty Republican Senators, and we believe many Democrats, believe there is another approach to reaching our climate change goals by 2030.
I want to look toward the future and think about your testimony and that of many others.
