Kendrick Meek: “I ask the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ryan), who would be happy tonight, based on the passage of the bill that passed…”

One of the things I want to bring to the attention of the Committee is that unemployment in Florida is 9.4 percent, and in other parts of the State it's even higher.

When you run into these kinds of situations, and folks start saying, 'Well, I'm more loyal to my own personal principle,' meanwhile, they're not maxed out on their credit cards, they're not waiting in line for a job.

If climate change does have an effect on our economy and our future; and, as you know, as we look at this cap and trade piece, we have to look at some of the extreme weather events that we have experienced in Florida and throughout the…

The bottom line is, you have your back up against the wall, you have to make a decision, you have to do it now.