I do hope that, in the course of questions, I can amplify just a little bit on the need to being in the Armed Services Committee to be the seventh member of this panel.

But there is no greater honor that any person can have than to serve in this institution.

This country is going to go on doing that.

If we are smart, we will put a price on carbon.

I am convinced enough that I think we ought to buy some insurance, and we ought to do something about it.

We do not have a clean energy policy in the United States or ever a renewable energy policy.

We put in the legislation saying to the Department, begin to look at this situation, begin to do the planning, and see how that might affect the future roles and missions of the men and women of the Armed Forces.

I come back to the simple statement: we have got to lead. And I do believe they will follow.

I came to this effort to try and work on climate change through the combined work in this committee and in our committee, Senator Inhofe, of the Armed Services Committee.

As Senator Warner so ably pointed out, the United States and our young men and women into conflicts over water and other critical resource shortages.

I think that is a solid precedent for arguing today to return, as you have said Senator Alexander, to a greater reliance on nuclear energy to resolve the climate change dilemmas.

We support offshore natural gas exploration. It is low carbon.