"It seems to me that since, in 1990-91, Senator Boxer went over this this morning, when the Government put on the cap-and-trade for acid rain, we had a clear way to deal with it."
"I think the House-passed bill, though is exactly wrong. It is a $100 billion job killing national energy tax that will add another utility bill to every American family."
"I am one Senator who believes climate change is a problem and that humans are causing it, and that we need to deal with it."
"Every time you add utility bills or costs to existing utility bills, prices go up."
"I mean, I don't have a lot of time. Is it true or not true?"
"You think that will change behavior in terms of lowering the amount that people will drive their cars?"
"A 2 cent increase? You are one of the most experienced environmental persons in the city, and you're actually telling me that a 2 cent increase in a gallon of gasoline will change driving habits."
"Why wouldn't we instead build 100 new nuclear power plants over the next 20 years?"
"So you believe that you have sufficient authority now to reinstate a regional CAIR rule by early 2011. Is that correct?"
"Thank you, Tom."
"If we move ahead, Senator Carper has talked about moving ahead with legislation on three pollutants, and I am very much inclined to join him in that, as I have before."