So I think for anyone to not focus on the cost of transition, you are going down a dangerous path.

That is just an economic fact and reality.

I've been a longtime advocate of the reinstatement of the OTA as a bipartisan, independent source of sound technical and scientific analysis.

This LNG debate is critical. And this--international security issues cannot be subordinated by anti-oil sentiment for freedom and democracy and rule of law in Eastern Europe.

Transforming the American economy to produce net zero carbon dioxide emissions in 30 years...requires forcing dramatic change on a scale that is hard for most people to comprehend.

I think it is short-sighted to cut back those essential functions.

we have to do something somehow to figure out how to raise the level of staff salaries

Paris failed.

I just want to thank the Chair and all the witnesses for their engagement in this.

First, domestic decarbonization goals are not possible to achieve with current technology, regardless of the proposed regulatory programs.

I would just say a word of warning.

When I was going over the testimony and what we have gone--you know, the Congress and where we are at today, it was only 8 years ago that we were trying to move to a cap-and-trade program, and we were moving to national healthcare under…

What is not often discussed is whether this drive to change our domestic energy and economic system is really the most appropriate and effective approach as a matter of U.S. policy to address climate risks.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, as a cosponsor of this legislation, I rise in strong support and encourage its swift passage. By some estimates, nearly 48 billion robocalls were made in the U.S. in 2018, which is a 57…

It goes without saying that the love and respect that I have for my colleague from the Seventh Congressional District of Illinois, my good friend Congressman Danny K. Davis, a man who is such an inspiration to us all, a man who is…

If the justification for not creating the OTA is that in 25 years we haven't found the political will, in 25 years we haven't found the political will to get serious about climate change. That is no reason for inaction.

I think I can say this with confidence but one needs to be careful about superlatives in this line of work. I think I am the only Member of Congress as a freshman who made a campaign promise before getting elected to restore the OTA.

Right now, if we don't change direction, we are at 4 degrees of warming.