Climate change, I think we know, is a serious and complex issue that deserves our full attention.

This may be the most single significant piece of legislation that has come before this committee, touching every section of the economy.

I can't believe that by increasing that percentage, that you are not going to have a larger impact on the economy...

Following a similar process during consideration of this legislation is important, because we cannot afford to get it wrong.

If we are going to have a comprehensive climate change piece of legislation pass that the people out there... ought to know that this is it.

Wouldn't it be smarter--wouldn't it be smarter to take our time and do it right, like we didn't do it the last time around that we had this legislation before us?

The United States and many other countries have concluded that it is more useful to take incremental steps toward a global agreement rather than try to jam it down through a treaty.

More than a decade ago, Congress began exploring solutions to the growing problem of financing the cost of long-term care.

Thank you, Chairman Kohl and Chairman Akaka, for holding this joint hearing.

We would like to move ahead on a permanent overseas locality pay fix.

Send them in 6 months early or something like that and just put them into the bathtub and immerse them in language training.

I have observed over the years as mayor, governor, and here, that so often, the people that really know what needs to be done are never consulted.