Mike McCaul

I think, Chairman, we heard from my side and your side that China is going to be paramount in the success of your negotiations.

But we are not seeing that right now.

We have other differences on human rights, but those should not get in the way of something that is as critical as dealing with climate.

I hope that you will address these allegations today before Congress, and I hope you will reassure this committee that classified or sensitive information was not shared with Iranian officials.

Our bill acknowledges it is vital we renegotiate the Paris Agreement to create a level playing field.

If we truly want to reduce emissions, we must keep all these options on the table.

It is clear the Chinese Communist Party does not care about the environment, but they have proven time and again they cannot be trusted.

I just do not see how we can truly make an impact if China isn't held to the same standards as the United States.

Yet, the Paris Agreement does the bare minimum to hold the PRC accountable.

The People's Republic of China is the world's leading greenhouse gas emitter, and is responsible for almost 30 percent of global emissions.

However, the answer is not the Paris Agreement in its current form.

I believe the climate is changing. And we must take steps to address it.

Thank you for your courage. Thank you for standing up for so many others around the world.

I think we would not--if we had boycotted Munich during the Nazi regime we would not have seen Jesse Owens prove to Hitler that his Aryan race was not superior.

I think there needs to be some sort of corporate responsibility here.

If that does not speak to genocide, I do not know what does.

The United States cannot deliver a message calling for cultural tolerance if it sounds or acts culturally intolerant itself.

The genocide against the Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party is the moral test of our times.

This committee has always stood with the Burmese people in their struggle to free themselves from military rule, to protect their human rights, and to secure democracy.

How we respond to the crisis of democracy in Burma is going to be a test of how the United States responds to the crisis of democracy throughout the world.

We cannot do it alone, but there is--there is about zero chance that ASEAN or the United Nations or our allies in Europe or any other international body or institution would be doing the things that they are doing right now to help the…

The situation in Burma is going to demand America's attention and this committee's attention for some time to come.

I think the Biden Administration's response--there's more that can be done and we have heard great ideas here.

China, the biggest criminal of all on harmful emissions in this world, should not be given a free pass while we tie ourselves to some unattainable goal.

The No. 1 question I get from Ambassadors around the world that are looking for energy security to overcome energy poverty is how can we get more LNG.