"I want to look toward the future and think about your testimony and that of many others."
"Forty Republican Senators, and we believe many Democrats, believe there is another approach to reaching our climate change goals by 2030."
"We can do all those things without a national energy tax that is ineffective in any event on fuel, that raises costs, and that runs off manufacturing jobs."
"I have a problem with the solution. I think the economy-wide cap and trade is taxes, mandates, surprises and unnecessary."
"It will undermine the global competitiveness of America's manufacturers, it will weaken America's national security, and it's an energy tax that will be paid for by the Heartland."
"If we did that, we wouldn't need a national energy tax. We wouldn't need to raise the price of gasoline."
"I think the fine was fine. I think they should be fined for killing 85 birds."
"My objection to this bill is--I see the problem. I agree with the problem. But I see no need for us to send manufacturing jobs overseas by deliberately raising prices of electricity by putting a cap a..."
"If we build 100 nuclear plants, the President led us to do that, if you led us to electrify half our cars and trucks, if we had mini-Manhattan Projects on alternative energy, we could reach our carbon..."
"A 30 percent increase."
"So basically, all we have done with this bill is raise the price of gasoline and fuel."