Why do you not think you can quantify it? Isn't that part of your job?

Do you agree that climate change is happening, that human activity plays a huge role in it and that the consequences of doing nothing could be dire and expensive?

The consequences of doing nothing could be dire and expensive.

But the impact on your ratepayers could be felt through climate change as well as through just the rates that they pay, could they not?

No matter how great the environmental cost?

For what it is worth, the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Business Alliance has called renewable energy an economic opportunity for Wisconsin that will 'result in business growth, job creation, cleaner air and a quicker path to energy…

Irrespective of the amount of damage that CO2 might do? There is no number from CO2 harm that could cause you to change your point of view on that?

I'm concerned that when there is an FDA or other regulatory disadvantage that a company must bear to bring a product online, that hits a lot harder on the small company than it does on the big one.

reserving the right to object, may I say that for many of our States, climate change is a reality and even a daunting one. We look forward to working on the question posed by the Energy and Natural Resources Committee chair: What do we do…

I move to reconsider the vote. Mr. McCONNELL. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader. ____________________

I thank Senator Baldwin for sharing this time with me this evening, and for all the wonderful work she does on behalf of her home State. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the…

I am back now for the 91st consecutive week the Senate has been in session to urge my colleagues to wake up and pay attention to the threat of climate change. I am delighted and proud to be joined today by my colleague and friend Senator…

I think it is important to note the history we began with because it casts a spotlight on whether or not we really have a legitimate discrepancy in scientific opinion.

The question of carbon pollution continues to be debated.

If you go to Earth-Now, it is actually quite easy to load. You can see how that polar vortex measurably brings the cold air down to New England. If you do not want--this is produced by NASA. These are pretty serious people. So you can…

How long is it until they sue the State of Louisiana or the State of Rhode Island or the State of Massachussetts or the State of Ohio? It is up for grabs. This is just a private remedy. Since I am on Senator Warren's subject, and since her…

I thank the distinguished Senator from Oregon. I wish to start by sharing the experience I had when I first started running for the Senate and asking people around Rhode Island to give me the chance to represent them here. One…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cassidy). Without objection, it is so ordered. Climate Change

before we get underway with this colloquy on trade, I wish to respond briefly to what I understand was a presentation made by one of the Republican Senators suggesting that the continued existence of snow disproves climate change. First…

I will yield the floor when the next speaker comes. But while we have a quiet moment, I just want to complete my remarks related to the Senator from Oklahoma and his snowball. I ask unanimous consent to show the Earth-Now Web site on the…

I am here for the 90th time to urge my colleagues in the Senate to take action on climate change. The science is clearly worthy of our trust, and it is indeed time to wake up. The human contribution to climate change is no longer up for…

That includes 48 percent of Republicans as opposed to only 24 percent of Republicans who said they would be less likely to vote for such a candidate. So even among Republican voters, the balance tips in favor of climate action. If you look…

today I wish to thank my friend Senator Bill Nelson for his support of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2014, S. 2839, which I introduced with Senators Portman, Klobuchar, Ayotte, and Leahy in the 113th Congress. Senator…

It doesn't save money to save money on infrastructure. All it does is move costs to the private sector.

We have begun to see... a penchant for taking a piece of legislation that ought to pass... and then adding to it something controversial.