"I feel pretty strongly that going forward all the countries of the world, China and India included, have to be included in a carbon plan to reduce the emission of carbon."
"Simply trusting China to--they have their own internal needs to have high rates of growth."
"I think you said that the U.S. will take the first step and hopefully China will follow."
"without China participating, it is not going to work."
"I have raised this with, hopefully, the Secretary-to-be, currently Senator Clinton, about the need to engage in robust diplomacy."
"I thank my friend, and I always miss hearing Senator Whitehouse on the budget, and I will catch up."
"CBO has correctly identified health care spending as the biggest driver in long-term Federal spending growth."
"It is absolutely key that it be changed because it rewards inefficiency and is regressive in nature."
"Democrats have fought--and, in my view, correctly so--to get everybody covered. It is the moral thing to do, and it is also the economic thing to do."
"I mean, certainly if you are well off, there ought to be some copays."
"CBO essentially outlines some options like that."
"none of that comes close to the kind of market-making, incentive-changing activity that you will see by reforming the Tax Code."