John Thune actually said...

"if such climate legislation is to pass, it should not result in a rural state, like South Dakota, being required to take impractical steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions"

"I'm interested, too, in something that was raised in--and I'm not sure which of your testimony--but, it had to do with this."

"I can see where that would be fairly complicated, and certainly be an imposition on pilots."

"Obviously, everybody here, and all of you, want to make sure that we're taking whatever steps we can to make airline travel as safe as is humanly possible."