"I have never said we don't need to reduce carbon emissions, and this bill actually focuses on reducing carbon emissions and sequestering carbon."
"The answer is trees. Unequivocally, the most pragmatic, proactive, economical, and large-scale solution to reducing atmospheric carbon levels is sustainable forestry."
"This policy will result in reduced carbon emissions."
"Americans want Congress to act. According to the Pew Research Center, most Americans currently list the environment as one of the top policy priorities."
"the actual emissions are decreasing in the same time period."
"It is wonderful that when you try to satisfy special interest groups, you can't satisfy them all without actually destroying all of them at the same time."
"If indeed the goal of the first bill, which is to end all leasing, were to come into fruition, or at least allow litigation to make sure that the rest of it is stopped at some point, it will have the ..."
"No, and I challenge anybody in the room or outside the room to tell me a better way to get the existing carbon that is in the atmosphere at 411 parts per million, to get that out of the atmosphere."
"Not hardly. I consider planting trees and taking care and being good stewards of the forests that we have sound environmental stewardship."
"Despite public misconception, the United States leads the world in reducing emissions while we are growing our economy."
"My legislation represents a pragmatic, science-based first step in addressing global carbon emissions, emphasizing natural carbon sequestration through reforestation, forest management, and sustainabl..."