Despite public misconception, the United States leads the world in reducing emissions while we are growing our economy.

If indeed the goal of the first bill, which is to end all leasing, were to come into fruition, or at least allow litigation to make sure that the rest of it is stopped at some point, it will have the net effect of destroying Western…

The answer is trees. Unequivocally, the most pragmatic, proactive, economical, and large-scale solution to reducing atmospheric carbon levels is sustainable forestry.

I have never said we don't need to reduce carbon emissions, and this bill actually focuses on reducing carbon emissions and sequestering carbon.

Did you know the oldest structures on Earth are wooden structures.

Mr. Westerman has a bill that actually is a common-sense solution that you can solve carbon, either by limiting how much goes into the air, or trying to pull it out of the air.

I wish we had longer to have that conversation.

It is wonderful that when you try to satisfy special interest groups, you can't satisfy them all without actually destroying all of them at the same time.

I will take all I can get.

No, and I challenge anybody in the room or outside the room to tell me a better way to get the existing carbon that is in the atmosphere at 411 parts per million, to get that out of the atmosphere.

I am sure this is going to be a fascinating--another series of ongoing hearings, first on climate change.

This policy will result in reduced carbon emissions.

Much of the legislation that we want to see passed this year has been held up because of this insistent threat that we have to fully fund LWCF.

Americans want Congress to act. According to the Pew Research Center, most Americans currently list the environment as one of the top policy priorities.

I want to stress again that this is not just a carbon sequestration bill, it is a carbon emission reduction bill.

the Disabled American Veterans is celebrating 100 years of helping military veterans, and I rise to recognize this remarkable occasion. Throughout its history, the DAV has been influential in identifying ways to best support our…

this week the Senate has another chance to vote on basic pro-life protections for babies, both born and unborn. This week we have another choice to live up to our Nation's highest principle--that every person has the right to life--or to…

this is not about the Basque, and this is not about the IRA. This resolution applies only to the Government of Iran. This is, indeed, only about the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Let me tell you a story about the last 17 years in…