Don Beyer actually said...

"Even modest warming is going to shrink the economy by hundreds of billions of dollars with higher temperatures raising costs at an increasing rate."

"Report submitted by Representative Don Beyer, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives 'The Cost of Inaction on Climate Change.'"

"Hundreds of my constituents have expressed to me their frustrations with the slow pace of change following their input to government authorities about aircraft noise."

"The question before us today is are we willing--is NASA willing--to own the challenges, face them head on, and undo any problematic decisions if necessary?"