John Kerry

Those nations, most likely, some of them are facing extinction, and that is existential for them.

We are trying, Mr. Chairman, to pay very, very close attention.

I look forward to continuing those discussions in the months ahead.

It is ambitious, but it is also essential.

I have always had respect for the oversight role of Congress.

President Biden knows how important it is for the United States to join the nations around the world to meet the challenge of the climate crisis.

Addressing the climate crisis is integrally related to our economic recovery here in the U.S.

We will talk about it.

The Biden Administration has made important and measurable strides just in the first weeks.

The United States is contributing a declining share of global annual emissions.

President Biden identified climate crisis as one of the four historic crises facing our country.

I look forward to answering your questions and having, hopefully, a really good dialog on the subject of the climate crisis that we all face.

The Biden administration policies will give these workers, in his words, better choices.

The very purpose of President Biden's expected global warming Executive order is to 'change the allocation of capital'

If we shift from low-cost fossil energy to high-cost energy, like wind and solar, there will be costs.

It's neither practical nor desirable to immediately cease fossil fuel production.

This is what happens when the Government picks winners and losers based on political considerations.

Green New Deal jobs programs have a history of failure.

We know that when the Government substitutes its judgment for that of the market, it picks winners and losers based on political favoritism.

Every single one of them are life and death. The other reason for doing it now is, the science tells us we have to.

In addressing the climate crisis, President-elect Joe Biden is determined to seize the future now and leave a healing planet to future generations.

No one should doubt the determination of this president and vice president.

Mr. President Elect, you've put forward a bold, transformative climate plan. But you've also underscored that no country alone can solve this challenge. You're right to rejoin Paris on day one. And you're right to recognize that Paris…

This kind of crisis demands that kind of leadership again. And President Biden will provide it.

But in an American election, there are no losers. Because whether or not our candidates are successful, the next morning, we all wake up as Americans.