Chris Van Hollen

I think we would judge that Putin's attack on Ukraine has been a strategic failure.

NATO, it is not easy to get in, but as all of you have just stated it is really hard to penalize somebody, a member who is not cooperating with the greater objective.

And so, given that, less time to prepare, less time to adapt, less time to insure, less time to build better, et cetera, in so many places that haven't experienced this dynamic before.

Adaptation alone, exactly. Sorry.

There's also a--and you reference this--sort of a new form of climate denial, which is acknowledging what's happening, but arguing that mitigation alone will be sufficient to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

We are seeing a declining habitat due to warming temperatures in the Chesapeake Bay.

And so, given that, less time to prepare, less time to adapt, less time to insure, less time to build better, et cetera, in so many places that haven't experienced this dynamic before.

Adaptation alone, exactly. Sorry.

There's also a--and you reference this--sort of a new form of climate denial, which is acknowledging what's happening, but arguing that mitigation alone will be sufficient to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

We are seeing a declining habitat due to warming temperatures in the Chesapeake Bay.

And so, given that, less time to prepare, less time to adapt, less time to insure, less time to build better, et cetera, in so many places that haven't experienced this dynamic before.

Adaptation alone, exactly. Sorry.

There's also a--and you reference this--sort of a new form of climate denial, which is acknowledging what's happening, but arguing that mitigation alone will be sufficient to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

We are seeing a declining habitat due to warming temperatures in the Chesapeake Bay.

The bottom line is an incentive to ship U.S. jobs and investment overseas.

Many of us, including myself, warned about the provisions that would encourage the offshoring of American investment, and jobs.

Transparency usually works for the best of everybody, so people can't hide what they're doing from investors and the public and others.

The notion that somehow we cannot add additional revenue to meet the needs is clearly inconsistent with our own history.

I've introduced legislation called The Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act, to require the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to mandate that large corporations disclose basic tax and financial information on a country…

The bottom line is an incentive to ship U.S. jobs and investment overseas.

Many of us, including myself, warned about the provisions that would encourage the offshoring of American investment, and jobs.

Transparency usually works for the best of everybody, so people can't hide what they're doing from investors and the public and others.

I've introduced legislation called The Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act, to require the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to mandate that large corporations disclose basic tax and financial information on a country…

The notion that somehow we cannot add additional revenue to meet the needs is clearly inconsistent with our own history.

It ought to be nauseating to us to allow that kind of mischief to take place.