"they are issues which we must grapple with, they are issues that we cannot afford to fail in"
"we have a new beginning as we attempt to harness the power of the sun, the power of geothermal, the power of the wind"
"I want to thank you for having this hearing, and I want to thank all of my colleagues, mostly from Colorado, but also from the whole West, for being here."
"All of us from Colorado know, Madam Chairwoman, that this is a terrible problem in the West, in particular, in Colorado."
"In fact, in the current draft of the Waxman-Markey Climate Change Bill woody biomass is included in the renewable electricity standard."
"I just want to emphasize something that Congressman Powell has said, which is in Colorado, at least, we are really in a crisis situation."
"What do we do in the longer range? For example, if we pass climate change legislation today, that is not going to help us deal with this crisis situation; but we hope it will help us in the long run."
"It is beyond comprehension unless you see it, and it is beyond avoiding. So now we are trying to deal with it."
"I would feel that woody biomass is an economic value. But we have to save our loggers."
"It seems to us as we do this climate change bill, which ultimately can help with the bark beetles, that we might be able to get incentives for folks to remove some of the downed trees, the woody bioma..."
"It really helps cement Denver as the national model to how to complete major transportation projects."
"All of these projects have been on time, under budget, and maybe most importantly they have had the full support of all of the voters in the regional area."