"I am disheartened by the continuing projection of the image and the consciousness of Africa as only being in need of aid..."
"the biggest obstacle that I see to a robust U.S.-African trade policy is the question of the meeting of the minds."
"we don't hear from the Africans."
"the African immigrants are the most educated immigrant group of all of the immigrant groups in this Nation."
"Climate change is an issue that the minority side takes very seriously and we believe that hearing from actual scientists and climatologists rather than industry representatives will benefit and infor..."
"Just because one might not like what the facts or the science is telling us does not mean that we can simply ignore science or facts or wish them away."
"We are here holding yet another hearing on yet another Republican bill designed to gut the Clean Air Act and tie EPA's hands and prohibit this agency from doing exactly what it was established to do."
"this bill defies common sense."
"I don't think that we have to decide between climate change and jobs. I think that is not the issue here."
"It seems as though the environmental community... is downplaying the impact in importance of jobs as it relates to this particular issue."
"I just refuse to close my eyes to the impacts of carbon pollution if we burn those fossil fuels and don't capture the carbon."
"I think you should read the entire article which explains that we are currently heading towards a temperature increase that would be extremely damaging."