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Frank Wolf

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Frank Wolf is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Virginia's 10th congressional district from 1981 to 2015. During his tenure, he was known for his work on issues related to transportation, education, and human rights. Wolf served on several committees, including the Appropriations Committee, where he played a significant role in shaping federal funding priorities. He was also a strong advocate for religious freedom and international human rights, often focusing on persecuted minorities around the world.

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Mar 2, 2009

I think we need to make sure that they are participants.

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Mar 2, 2009

And we have genocide that has been going on for five years. China goes to Darfur and says what they are going to do is build a new embassy and a palace for Bashir who has been indicted by the ICC.

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Mar 2, 2009

I think you have to have all of the major emitters involved.

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Mar 2, 2009

I think one of the challenges for our technology is as we go to alternative energy systems, we have to restructure the electrical grid so that it can handle these types of energy sources that may come on and go off.

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Mar 2, 2009

I have a bill in with Congressman Cooper. We put it in yesterday. There were 26 Republicans on the bill and 26 Democrats.

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Mar 2, 2009

Well, that would be disastrous. We lose our triple A bond rating, according to Moody's, in year 2012.

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Mar 2, 2009

I mean, we are broke. It seems that the Congress does not know it and no one else knows it, but everybody knows it.

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Mar 2, 2009

Clearly, it is going to make it more difficult to grow food in those regions that are going to see less rainfall.

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Mar 2, 2009

I honestly believe that separating the science basis for what you do from the value judgments that enter into a political decision is a healthy way to go.

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Mar 2, 2009

But I think that there are many people that really do not believe the United Nations is very balanced.

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Mar 2, 2009

I think, though, frankly, there may be some exceptions, but my sense is most Congressmen do not know what to do either.

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Mar 2, 2009

The answer is to dramatically increase research and development so that solar panels become cheaper than fossil fuels sooner rather than later.

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Mar 2, 2009

I think the failure of this institution is that we are not prepared to do what is necessary for them.

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Mar 2, 2009

I think we have big problems. There is an example, a bright spot right there in this country that the rest of us could learn from.

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Mar 2, 2009

I think we are playing with fire in this country in terms of losing our position.

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Mar 2, 2009

I think as a nation we are just disregarding some of the fundamentals.

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Mar 2, 2009

If this country crumbles, and he is a Brit so he sees it from outside, it will crumble from within.

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Mar 2, 2009

I mean, we would move to paper. Government paper will be junk bond status.

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Mar 2, 2009

There is something wrong here. And I know a lot of politicians don't want to say anything about it. But there is something wrong.

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Mar 2, 2009

We are broke. And when I listen to some of the witnesses, if it was just a question of us buying another printing press, I think we could fund that right away and get more paper from.

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Mar 2, 2009

We are closing factories faster than opening them. They are opening them and we are closing them.

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Mar 2, 2009

This is the country that has 30 Catholic priests in jail and has plundered Tibet and is spying on us.

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Mar 2, 2009

I think it is important to recognize that there is the question of how much climate change we think we are prepared to accept.

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Mar 2, 2009

To put together a group of men and women who are experts in the field, well respected to come up with a proposal or an idea, rather than this being a political issue to be a scientific issue.

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