"Understanding the climate is as critical to public protection as understanding the weather."
"The importance of weather forecasting and the work of NOAA are so important that we are invoking our Rule XI right to ask for a second day of witnesses."
"I think maybe Perry Mason didn't lose a case. But for the most part there are risks involved."
"I support the Paycheck Fairness Act. I hope we can pass that."
"It is a great investment in early childhood education."
"I was pleased a few weeks ago when the Subcommittee on the Environment held a climate change hearing in which all of the witnesses agreed in their testimony that global warming is happening, humans ar..."
"I joined many of my colleagues who know that we must be thoughtful and informed before we give the go-ahead to traverse the thousands of miles of the American countryside with new infrastructure for a..."
"I would never claim to speak for all the Democrats about the Keystone project specifically, we do all agree that our country must set ambitious goals to combat anthropogenic climate change."
"The discussion we are having today is important because the Keystone pipeline project highlights an issue that this Committee has been debating for a long time: climate change caused by human activity..."
"Just in response to your comments, Mr. Chairman, I do want to point out that the president of Canadian Natural Resources Limited recently said long term we do need Keystone to be able to grow the volu..."
"Thirty-five jobs. And just to put that in perspective, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that there will be 750,000 jobs lost because of sequestration."
"I have heard that building the Keystone XL might actually increase gas prices in the Midwest. Is that correct?"