"there is not a single climate denier in this room."
"I agree with something Secretary Kerry said, and Mr. Hagel. China has installed about four times as much solar panels as we have this year in this country."
"Here is the worst thing that can happen or some of the bad things that could happen by forcing a transition to renewable energy too soon."
"We must not use a single dollar of the Department of Defense budget to address the climate change issue."
"One of the big misconceptions--so let's get rid of that misconception, that we're not nation building in Afghanistan."
"We are nation building in Afghanistan on steroids, okay, to what effect, I'm not sure."
"This notion that we've routed them and they're all gone and if we leave they might come back, that sounds a little dubious to me."
"I've quit preparing for these hearings, because this is like 'Groundhog Day.'"
"I do hope you keep your job, though. I know there's a lot of people that don't want you to have this job because you are putting daylight on this issue and to good effect."
"I show up every 18 months and ask the same questions and we get the same answers, but the numbers are bigger every time I ask the question."
"That sounds a little dubious to me if there are 60,000 of them still there."