Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

The benefits of the Clean Air Act, according to a 2011 EPA assessment, will outweigh its costs by a ratio of 30 to one.

Whitehouse emphasizes the economic benefits of the Clean Air Act compared to its costs.

07/22/2014

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I know our committee will try, as we have in the past, to work together in a bipartisan way.

To protect these vital natural resources and help them adapt in the face of climate change, I would hope we can move this bill forward.

The report was pretty stark and explained the vulnerability of some of these vital natural resources from rising temperatures from worsening...

To me, the No. 1 effort is to do what we can to mitigate the circumstances surrounding climate changes.