"Let me join Senator Alexander in thanking you all for your testimony today."
"We need to start making a plan right away so that we do not leave our children in area of devastation: no water, no energy and no plan."
"President Obama has issued an Executive Order concerning trying to base our decisions on good science."
"We need to look at the cumulative impact. I do not think that we have been doing a good job of doing that at all levels."
"Well, let me thank you for your testimony. We appreciate it very much."
"We do know the value of forest. We do know the values of vegetation."
"The bill that may be on the House floor tomorrow that deals with global climate change invests a great deal of resources in coal."
"Coal is important to America. It is an important mineral that we have."
"This is the first hearing that we have had in the Senate in 7 years on mountaintop recoveries."
"It seems to me that some of the environmental risks and public health risks are counter to the economic opportunities of this region."
"I do not believe we know the answers to those questions, and I think we need to do a better job."