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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 22, 2012

we are by far the largest emitters of carbon, and that is an issue around the world.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 22, 2012

You are going to find a gaggle of judges tripping over each other to force the EPA ... to say you shall.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 22, 2012

I don't believe that it might. I believe it will.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 22, 2012

I would greatly disagree with that reading of it.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 22, 2012

I always enjoy our conversations and I look forward to the potential to have one on this very important subject, sir.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· May 22, 2012

Later this year, part of the health care law that we passed will go into effect in States across the country.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· May 22, 2012

It provides that people who walk into a chain restaurant later this fall will look up on the menu board and see, for the item being served, cost and calories.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· May 22, 2012

Did you say cigarette and a rum and Coke?

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· May 22, 2012

Could the last two witnesses just briefly respond?

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· May 22, 2012

That is just one more tool to help people, encourage people, enable people to take personal responsibility.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· May 22, 2012

The role here for us, and I think for you, and certainly for Mr. Sullivan, is to ensure that we have found out the facts, provided appropriate punishment for those who have misbehaved, and to put in place the policies and the safeguards to…

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· May 22, 2012

some of the best guidance I ever received in my life is 'to figure out the right thing to do and just do it.'

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· May 22, 2012

One indiscretion of the nature that has been reported in Colombia, one indiscretion is one too many.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· May 22, 2012

If it is not perfect, just make it better.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· May 22, 2012

Create in four years by virtue of the policies that we put in place, we get the unemployment rate down to 6 percent or perhaps a little lower.

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