"water, the precious water resource that we all depend upon, is going to be one of the most pressing challenges we face in the 21st century with climate change"
"We need to address this issue. Would you not agree?"
"Would you agree that it is time that we really take the effort to update the forest management plans for all of these forests that are being impacted?"
"I think everyone is aware of, that we are in a crisis mode, as it relates to the conditions of American forests caused by not only climate change, but a multitude of factors."
"We spend all the money that we set aside for forest management, and we end up in the billions of dollars spending money for fire suppression."
"We have to fallow, again, a lot of land in California."
"That is the nature of markets, is it not?"
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for holding this important hearing on voluntary--I underline the word voluntary--carbon markets in agriculture, which I think is part of America's agriculture future..."
"thank my colleague, Congresswoman Spanberger, for your important legislation."
"Yes, I think it is the Wild West, and guess what, the Wild West was an opportunity for new development and new opportunities in America."
"How do you expect to create Democratic institutions where corruption in this part of the world is endemic?"