What we want to do is find ways to see if China and the United States can advance the cause together for the rest of the world.

Because China, as the world's second largest economy, and as the world's largest emitter, is critical to our being able to solve this problem.

Now President Biden is trying to get them back. That is the entire purpose of the Inflation Reduction Act, and it is working.

We do not want it to become the hostage of some of these other tensions, all of which are real.

No, under no circumstances.

People think this is now, you cannot reverse it, it is irreversible.

Back-up baseload, no. But, some primary they could be part of it.

No, that's not acceptable. And I believe it was an algorithm that kicked that out kind of crazily.

It's very obvious that there are huge threats here.

would not it make a lot more sense if we were avoiding that damage in the first place, or minimizing it?

I think we have to look at this beyond the China.

Only one group of people, and they are here in Washington, and some of them spread around the country.

But let me explain to you the vote, because I did manage this on the floor, and I know exactly what happened.

We got massive legislation passed to make a difference for my grandchildren, and their children.

Island States, vulnerable nations, they are the ones suffering the most, but they do not contribute to the problem.

There is no current proposal or plan that has been agreed to which would require us to do that.

It's a matter of mathematics and physics, not politics, not ideology. It is a response to the science.

It's such an insult to every woman who's risking her life for the country tonight to have this even get out of the House of Representatives.