The worst abuses of the insurance companies have been ended. This Republican approach, I believe, is bad for the country.

There are plenty of other infrastructure investments that we can make that would generate good jobs across the country, hundreds of thousands of jobs.

If our goal is creating jobs, Keystone XL is not the answer.

I oppose this tar sands pipeline because this locks us into decades of higher carbon pollution.

Oversight is important and valuable, but the Affordable Care Act oversight of the last 3 years has not been to enlighten the committee or improve the law.

What is your plan? Don't just say no; propose an alternative.

This single tar sands pipeline would increase America's carbon pollution equivalent to building seven new coal-fired power plants.

I think we are going to have success around the country unless Republicans intimidate people.

Today, the Safe Climate Caucus held a remarkable forum. It was the first time in Congress that individuals were invited to talk about the personal hardships they have experienced as a result of climate change. We heard from witnesses from…

Climate change is the biggest energy challenge we face and a clear and present danger to the United States and to the world.

It is easy to criticize other people's solutions. But if all you do is criticize, you are either a climate denier because you don't think anything needs to be done, the science doesn't warrant it, it is not happening, or they are ignoring…

At the time, our bill was criticized for being too generous to the coal industry.

What is your plan? If you don't like the President's plan, what is your proposal?

The President was right. We don't have time for another meeting of the Flat Earth Society.

Last year, I tried a different approach. I wrote an op-ed calling for an emissions fee that would put a price on carbon.

Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask unanimous consent that we put in the record a study by Dr. Benjamin Santer, atmospheric scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he says neither volcanoes nor the sun nor internal…

There is no reason you should be mindful of proposals that even passed the House if they are not law.

If we act now, if we invest in solar, wind, and other clean energy sources, if we unleash American ingenuity, we can stop carbon pollution and protect our atmosphere and create millions of new clean energy jobs.

If we take that path, history will not treat us kindly. We will be the generation that ignored the warnings of scientists and left future generations a violent and inhospitable climate.

Add it all up, what do you have? House Republicans have voted against climate change legislation, they voted against climate regulation, they have voted against climate research and development, and they voted against international climate…

This Congress has rightly been called the do-nothing Congress. But on climate we are doing worse than nothing.

It is unprecedented to have to Cabinet-level officials who have the primary burden of dealing with the climate change issue come before a subcommittee.

We are at a critical crossroads in this country in our energy policy, and if we decide to do nothing, which I sense is what the Republicans want is to do nothing, it is going to lead to more carbon pollution, more droughts and floods, and…

The statement stands that anthropogenic CO2 emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions are a driver at the level of multiple degrees centigrade in this century.

My concern is that we are facing this urgent threat, but all Congress is doing is getting in the way.