"Certainly, as policymakers, this is about leadership. It is about making decisions."
"If we are going to be serious policymakers that are going to make decisions that are going to impact this country and are going to impact the world, we have to make decisions based on expertise from t..."
"I am not a climatologist. I rely on climatologists to give me information and then make policy decisions based on that."
"So I get from that testimony that satellite data alone may be inadequate. We need to look at a variety of other measurements of climate indicators."
"how do we adapt, how do we design policy prescriptions to what is a complex, but potentially dangerous change in the climate"
"we need to figure out how not to drive over the cliff, how to change ourselves so that all we have is a bumpy ride"
"the Fed doesn't have the ability to alter that, but certainly you have to respond to that in terms of your policymaking"
"The refugees that I talk to are patriots."
"I appreciate you holding this important hearing on this topic."
"It is just further evidence that this is the friendly Committee that you are willing to defer."
"I have been focused, as I think everybody on this Committee has been focused, on how we make the regulatory environment more efficient."
"Thank you so much for being here and answering all of our questions."