John Kerry

What we want to do is find ways to see if China and the United States can advance the cause together for the rest of the world.

Coal is the dirtiest fuel in the world, and emissions that are not captured from coal are the worst cause of the warming of the ocean.

Because China, as the world's second largest economy, and as the world's largest emitter, is critical to our being able to solve this problem.

What we are trying to achieve now is really to establish some stability if we can, in the relationship, without conceding anything.

Now President Biden is trying to get them back. That is the entire purpose of the Inflation Reduction Act, and it is working.

No, I have never, ever prioritized bringing in any solar panel that violates the Uyghur Enforcement Act.

No, of course not. Not only do I not believe it, but I've raised it in my meetings over the years, raised it consistently as Secretary of State, as senator.

We do not want it to become the hostage of some of these other tensions, all of which are real.

The Administration is determined to try to stabilize what has been, particularly recently, a very unstable situation.

We are competing, but everybody has their own approach, which is one of the exciting things here.

No, under no circumstances.

There is no current proposal or plan that has been agreed to which would require us to do that.

People think this is now, you cannot reverse it, it is irreversible.

That is happening not because the government mandated it, because they see that is the future.

How do we know that you're not going to have a change in Administration, they're going to just leave it again?

I think President Biden has really ignited a whole new round of activity that we hope is going to be different from what has come before.

What a shame for our country that that happened.

President Biden's immediate re-entry on the day of his inauguration... is an historic piece of legislation.

No country can solve the climate crisis alone. This requires multilateralism automatically.

It's a matter of mathematics and physics, not politics, not ideology. It is a response to the science.

Every step forward that this Administration has taken has been really to protect our national security, to strengthen our economy, and leave behind a safer planet for our kids and grandkids.

You know what? We need permitting reform.

There is no reason, and no excuse, and no justification for the loss of one more American life there or for the loss of more Vietnamese. This war can be ended, and it should be ended now.

Natural gas is an acceptable transitory transitional energy.

This war can be ended, and it should be ended now.