This hearing offers an opportunity for the Obama administration to provide details on its intentions with regard to climate change policy and negotiations.

as Senator Lugar was talking about earlier.

Going to Copenhagen without congressional action or without at least some sentiment expressed is going to be very debilitating to your efforts.

if we were to get an agreement in Copenhagen, where you have the developed world agreeing to certain levels of reductions...

I'm hopeful that Mr. Stern will shed light on when the administration will make its submissions, and what it will contain.

China is moving, in many ways, more rapidly than the United States.

common, but differentiated, responsibilities.

Just go to Alaska and walk around and see what's happening to the permafrost there.

The key to me as I see it is seeing demand come down as projected.

It's a resilient force. It is an amazing force. But I have to tell you, it's a tired and stretched force.

I look forward to drafting and passing a climate change bill this year. Let's get started.

Using less to do more is a fundamental economic principle that American industry has practiced with great success.

I never believed that an All-Volunteer Force could do what these guys are doing over there.

PVA supports S.362 introduced by Sen. Rockefeller that will more quickly resolve adverse actions and set deadlines for final decisions.

Our job is to deal you a better hand.

Time is not on our side. The scientific community consistently warns us that the longer we wait to take aggressive action to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the steeper the climb will be to meet our targets.

The number of topics on his plate each and every day, the many crises that face this country and this administration, we're all better served looking forward.

Even as we pursue renewable energy from the wind and the Sun and other sources, we also need a smarter, stronger electricity grid.