In 2007, people in New Hampshire--164 New Hampshire towns--passed a resolution calling on Congress and the President to act on climate change in ways to protect the U.S. economy and environment.

It's critical that the United States be a leader in the world.

I commend the Obama administration for nominating Paul Oostburg Sanz as the next General Counsel of the Navy.

I look forward to voting on your nominations on the floor of the Senate.

I'm, really, especially proud to be here today to express my strong support for Doug Wilson.

I think it's an indication of the high regard with which he holds you.

I fully support his nomination and hope that the committee will favorably report him to the full Senate for expeditious consideration.

I am so pleased to be here to give my unqualified endorsement for Doug Wilson as a nominee to this new position.

I have been a big fan of your public service to the country for a very long time as well as your broad knowledge and expertise in this area.

Your testimony this morning...reinforced the fact that you have a breadth of knowledge and experience to be an outstanding Secretary of State.

From our perspective the Federal authorities need to be involved.

How we address energy policy in the future is going to be a critical part of getting this economy moving again.

We can completely understand why citizens in that state should not feel like they should be paying all the burden when actually everybody in the country is benefiting.

We need to think very carefully about the economic implications of putting forward a Federal mandate that all states must comply with.

I just had an auction with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative which I think is one of the first efforts in the country.

Dick Cheney has emerged from his bunker to engage in partisan attacks, false and distorted attacks.