"It is not right to do that without a hearing. It is not right, so I cannot give you a quorum because it is just unfair."
"California created a budget surplus with cap-and-trade."
"I think this is a vote the American people deserve."
"California's overall monthly energy bills are among the cheapest in the country."
"Of course we are not. Maybe a couple of us are, but not many. That is why we need to listen to 97 percent of the scientists and discount the ones who work for the oil companies."
"A Stanford poll in January of this year found 83 percent of Americans... say if nothing is done to reduce emissions, global warming will be a serious problem."
"It shocks me that this committee... could lead the charge against a clean and healthy environment."
"This is real to us."
"If we went to the doctor... and 9 of them said immediate surgery... you are going to listen to the nine."
"Those who deny it and try to stop our progress, as this one bill does, are on the wrong side of history."
"If they vote no, they are siding with 3 percent of the scientists versus 97 percent. They are siding against the American people."