I would prefer something like five years to give more certainty to the laboratories and those partners in the Office of Science.

If we want to maintain our leadership and standing in technology and innovation and the jobs that will come with it, we can't afford to continue to cut our research budgets.

If we don't take steps to halt this change, the repercussions for humans and the environment will be catastrophic.

Global climate change is one of the greatest challenges that we face.

Global climate change, though, is one of the greatest challenges that we face.

We must take steps to ensure that we are reducing greenhouse gas emissions and lessening their impact on human health, the environment, and the global climate.

I have repeatedly said that I am for an 'all of the above' approach to energy production as we transition to clean energy technologies.

the consequences of our inaction will be far more severe.

I would hope, though, Mr. McConnell, that you could comment on something I think you and I may agree upon, which is that sequestration has affected our ability to make necessary investments in technology when it comes to carbon capture…

For our witnesses, it is pretty evident now after a number of scientific studies that 97 percent of scientists agree that human activities are causing climate change.

I saw it as a retreat from coal, not a war on coal but an attempt for the United States to eventually one day hopefully pull out of coal and pull closer to more renewable, cleaner energy sources.