"If we don't make sure non-white Americans make a lot of money and pay a lot of taxes, then white America is not going to retire."
"I always say government is the way we recognize our--we organize our responsibilities to each other."
"It is the government's obligation to make sure we do everything we can to make sure they have a decent standard of living."
"I liked what my colleague, Bill Johnson, said at the very beginning about the importance of the father in the household."
"We have the greatest disparity between the wealthiest Americans and everybody else that we have ever had."
"Climate change is an environmental issue, it is a public health issue, it is a national security issue."
"We must plan for the consequences of a changing climate if we are to avoid future catastrophe."
"I hope today's hearing will make clear that we must rejoin our global partners in tackling the threat of climate change."
"There are hundreds of proposals to deal with climate change, and I think a lot of them are very meritorious."
"Oh, the dastardly Republicans, who bury their head in the sand on energy."
"We must rejoin our global partners in tackling the threat of climate change, and commit to substantial reductions in carbon pollution."
"The Trump Administration always prefers political fantasy to science and scientific fact."