"I think that we have fought Afghanistan on the cheap."
"I do think that one of the things we can all do is to be more honest about the issue."
"I hope that this is not being done in a vacuum."
"the reason that I think this is such an important issue is the relationship between addressing climate and energy security, in general, and our economic security."
"the purpose of cap and trade is to drive up energy prices from things--from energy that's generated from fossil fuels."
"It's very good testimony, and I'm really glad you're having this hearing."
"We really do need to go through the process we're going through right now."
"It's going to take a lot of tough sledding, if you will, to actually come to an end that makes sense."
"We still want private equity to take risk, right?"
"We have a moment now where there is broad-based will to change things that people did not want to change in the past."
"I think it would be one of the worst mistakes we could possibly make to put in one person's hands that ability."