John Sarbanes actually said...

"one of the challenges we have in responding to climate change as a matter of public policy is that it can be a very abstract concept."

"Then here comes climate change to raise our awareness to another level and begin to push the public policy."

"This is a critical discussion that we're going to have today."

"I have used for myself as a way of understanding this the metaphor or analogy, I guess, of a levee that we are worried about breaching."