
During your testimony, you said you have had discussions about agriculture and climate change with John Kerry.
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During your testimony, you said you have had discussions about agriculture and climate change with John Kerry.

This Administration has found a way, has seen fit to have a special envoy for climate change.

So, we could shut down affordable energy here in America, and it will do nothing on the issue that is before us.

So, if the greatest threat to the planet is climate change, and the greatest success in world history is the United States' transition to natural gas, how can those two things co-exist?

Extreme weather, fueled by global heating, is affecting energy, water, insurance premiums, and food, and housing costs.

The greatest reduction in emissions have already been banked. The strategies that you are talking about are dream world.

For every one ton of emissions we have reduced in the United States, China has increased by four.

If we truly care about climate change, and we care about this environment and we care about this planet, that we are moving forward based on decisions that actually make sense.

None, zero. It didn't reduce emissions at all.

My home State of North Carolina is particularly vulnerable to extreme weather events, hurricanes on our coasts...

California has had 12 atmospheric rivers since late December. Damage to homes, communities, infrastructure is widespread across California.

Climate change means that these atmospheric rivers coming over and over again may be the new normal and with the warming climate.

The People's Republic of China is the world's leading greenhouse gas emitter, and is responsible for almost 30 percent of global emissions.

Deforestation has surged to record highs as the Government has rolled back environmental protection mechanisms.

We all know climate change is not free, it is not going to pay for itself.

Yet, the Paris Agreement does the bare minimum to hold the PRC accountable.

I believe the climate is changing. And we must take steps to address it.

If we truly want to reduce emissions, we must keep all these options on the table.