John Kerry

We believe maybe 15 percent of the available allowances should be allocated to such a program.

Senator Kerry pointed out that the first phase of the European Trading System was considered a trial phase.

You have to be accurate.

Siemens just celebrated a groundbreaking of a wind turbine assembly facility there which will employ approximately 400 people.

For instance, of the top 30 wind-solar battery companies in the world, only 5 are in the United States of America.

What is your plan for meeting a 2-degree Centigrade maintenance of warming on the Earth's temperature? Do you have a plan to do that?

China has said they are going to do a specific energy intensity reduction. It is a 20-percent target.

Let me make it clear: these are practitioners. They are not sitting in a theoretical study group.

The most basic thing we need to do to get American innovation and competitiveness moving is, number one, send a long-term signal that low-carbon energy is valuable, put a price on carbon, and a cap on carbon emissions.

We are not going to let that happen, and other countries are not going to let that happen.

That is not accurate.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

I urge the committee to approve it, as well.

I urge the committee's approval of H.R. 2802.

This resolution is an important recognition of the Park's special significance in the Nation's history.

I'm proud to be a cosponsor.

I urge the committee to approve it.

You can't do it without some sort of credible partner. The whole -- McChrystal says you have to have a credible partner. You have to get this resolved. And it's extremely important to get this resolved in the next few days.

This only affects 2 percent of the emitters. In other words, it is going to exempt the farmers.

So, you're saying you will treat them in the same way? You're planning to, in this next round?

Are you going to treat underserved blocks within an urban area with the same sense of priority that you give to other areas?

Believe me. You can go out there and find plenty of remote communities, which is part of what people love about it.

I want to make it clear, I do not believe we'd be in the position we are in today if it hadn't been for your efforts, and I thank you for championing that.

What's your approach going to be on the anchor institutions?

I think everybody would agree, you know, we can do better, and I hope this list serves as a good motivator.