John Sarbanes actually said...

"I assume you all would be supportive of efforts through the reauthorization to try to enhance the partnerships."

"This is a very important hearing. I want to echo the comments of my colleague in terms of how critical is it that we have these kinds of programs and resources and the opportunity for partnerships to ..."

"the public needs to understand that climate change is real, that human activity is a contributing factor to that"

"you have clearly acknowledged climate change and a human activity component to that."