I think Mr. Simpson makes an excellent point about maintaining this particular program over time.

I am a big proponent. I mean, I really do believe in user fees in a variety of areas.

I am just skeptical if it really is, and this has come to me rather recently.

I would also want to make sure that this is not because we simply are not spending enough money on roads and access.

I know the distinguished Senator from Vermont wants so badly to believe that the science is settled and that anthropogenic gases cause global warming, and the science is not settled.

We can do it overnight. Right now we are the largest--we have the largest recoverable reserves of coal, natural gas and oil of any country out there including China, including Russia. The problem is political.

the idea that the anthropogenic gases are causing catastrophic global warming is probably the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.

U.S. action alone will not impact world CO2 levels.

Creating jobs is America's No. 1 priority.

this would constitute something like a $300 billion to $400 billion tax increase on the American people, that it would destroy our economy.

I believe we can protect the environment while still providing for economic growth.

Phil Jones is the scientist at IPCC. He is the top guy. He was the one at East Anglia, it is kind of the clearinghouse for all of the scientists. He is the one who is under investigation right now.

I think anyone who wants it now, as of this moment, can go to their Web site, or go to the Web site of Inhofe, what is that Web site? Inhofe.Senate.gov.

the U.K. Telegraph, one of the largest newspapers over there, said this is most significant scientific scandal of our generation.

this report is a primary basis for the EPA's endangerment finding for greenhouse gases.

The EPA accepted the IPCC's erroneous claims wholesale without doing its own independent review.

The bottom line is this. We--every effort was made going back to even before the McCain-Lieberman bills of 2003, 2005.

the minority staff found that some of the world's leading climate scientists engaged in potentially illegal and unethical behaviors.