"Why do we have this religious experience with climate rather than using common sense?"
"the greatest predictor of carbon production for the world, the number one indicator for carbon production for the world is a strong world economy."
"Why are my friends in California letting all this water melt, snow melt escape to the ocean when they're overreacting to a species issue rather than water conservation."
"We're concerned about water conservation. We're concerned about floods. So what are we doing in this country to mitigate those?"
"We also want to see responsible spending, and we know we cannot give the White House another credit card."
"Today's White House and the Democrat Party become the European Green Socialist party."
"There's not a single person on our side of the aisle that wants the country to default on its debt."
"There's been no back room deals, no brinkmanship, there's been no blackmail involved in this bill sent to us from our colleagues in the House."
"The deal that the Republicans on the House side have put forward does both of those, responsible spending, and solves the debt limit crisis."
"When we see grocery prices going up 20, 25 percent. Energy costs, oil and gas, utility costs as well, going up over 30 percent, that is an attack on hardworking Americans."
"This administration's policies have been an attack on certainly American energy."
"I want to leave this world cleaner, healthier and safer than we found it."