EPA took a critical step forward in this fight when it exercised its existing Clean Air Act authority.

Do not be deterred by the polluters and their Republican allies in Congress who attack the proposal.

I think that it is not just me who thinks the science is settled, NOAA thinks the science is settled, NASA thinks the science is settled.

If you are an accountant, and you are doing the books for a family or for a business, you have to look at two sides of the ledger.

If you look at what happened in early 2010 that might explain why it suddenly ended, you find a Supreme Court decision called Citizens United that allowed unlimited corporate money, unlimited billionaire money to bombard our politics.

We as responsible Members of Congress should not be basing public policy on eccentric fringe views.

The American people are behind you and counting on EPA to stand strong against the polluters.

A recent Washington Post ABC news poll found that 70 percent of other public supports Federal standards to limit carbon pollution.

I believe that a billion dollars of the revenues of the State of Wyoming come into its coffers from its fossil fuel industry.

EPA's mission to protect human health and the environment is one of the most fundamental and popular responsibilities of the Federal Government.

I contend that the costs on our side of the ledger actually outweigh the costs of the other side of the ledger in pure economic value by a lot.

I am delighted that Senator Reed organized for the two of us to come down to the floor today. Newport, RI, is a venue for many wonderful and remarkable events, from the America's Cup of the old day, to the Volvo Around the World ocean…

A lot of what my colleagues have been saying during the course of this hearing, I believe, has only looked at one side of the ledger.

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

If there is that kind of benefit, it would seem to be reasonable that we could find a way, through the politics of this body, to deliver some of that benefit back to the States of West Virginia and Wyoming.

There is no greater environmental threat today than climate change.

I think that EPA has actually tried to look at both sides of the ledger, looked at costs, and looked at benefits.

What I can't have is to have a dialog in which Wyoming gets its concerns ventilated but has no interest whatsoever in what is happening in Rhode Island.

I do a climate speech every week on the Senate floor, at least every week that we are in session.

No, not at all. And Republicans and Democrats that I come across are worried about climate change and the impacts.

Young Republican voters under the age of 35 think that climate denial is, and these are the poll's words, not mine, ignorant, out of touch or crazy.

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We did with the ICU initiative in Rhode Island. It worked really well.

We are working together, along with a few other Senators, on a piece of legislation to address the problem of hospital acquired infections.

Obviously, when you're talking about saving people's lives, saving money is a secondary concern.