Our security, our leadership, and our economic future are at stake.

the question you raised is answered in the EPA modeling.

The committee will come to order.

I think we have to believe in America's technology ability. I do.

This is going to cost us lives. It is going to cost us the deployment of the American military...

the cost of doing nothing is a very important point to keep on making. It is huge.

Without the certainty, you are not going to have the investments.

Senator Barbara Boxer and Melanne Verveer, the U.S. Ambassador at Large for Global Women's Issues, were among those who participated.

If impregnating a 12-year-old is not an act of violence against a child, I don't know what is.

This issue of violence against women worldwide, it really turns into a national security issue for us.

Your agreeing to broaden the subcommittee to look at this was so important, and I think Ambassador Verveer really took what you did seriously.

But what I do not support--and I say this is in the strongest possible terms--is a single dollar going to enrich the Burmese junta.

I support engagement with the Burmese Government, because I agree with Secretary Clinton that sanctions alone 'have not produced the results that had been hoped for on behalf of the people of Burma.'

The junta went so far as to significantly delay the delivery of humanitarian assistance in the wake of Cyclone Nargis.

We are going to have to lessen the carbon in the atmosphere.

This country can and should be a leader of the clean energy revolution.

We have a President who believes that this is an economic opportunity.

I found this to be extremely important, and I thought the three of you were very direct in answering our questions.

the Supreme Court said carbon is covered under the Clean Air Act, so we are going to clean up.

We shouldn't fear the future, because the future, if we do this right, as our President has said, if we do this reform right, we will see a whole new platform for economic growth going out into this century.

We have to protect our families from pollution.

The Supreme Court ruled that carbon is a pollutant covered by the Clean Air Act.

I would be glad to organize a committee letter, and whoever would like to sign it, we will make it an official request.

But your consumers will be kept whole.

Clean energy legislation is jobs legislation.