Political Quotes

“Let's have a full and open debate and in the classic way and in the best Senate tradition. Let amendments come forward. We believe strongly that this problem is too real and too urgent to keep saying no, no, no. We have come some distance in the Senate's consideration or discussion off the Senate floor about this. We are now at the place where almost nobody says this is not a problem, that climate change is not occurring; just about everybody agrees it is. Now the question is, What do we do about it? We have tried to fashion--I like what Senator Warner said--a balanced, kind of middle-of-the-road response to the problem of global warming. In dealing with global warming and climate change, there will also be the energy independence declaration program that America needs to secure our future. You cannot cut greenhouse gas emissions unless you cut dependence on oil, and most of that oil comes to America from abroad. This is an opportunity to deal with a big problem with a big solution and truly to secure and better the future of our country and its people. I often say, when people ask why Senator Warner decided to join in on this, that he responded with remarkable brevity for a Senator. He said two words: Science. Grandchildren. The science speaks loudly that we have a problem.”