Peter Welch actually said...

"Thank you. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. First of all, I want to say one of the best experiences I had in Congress was going to a coal mine in West-by-God Virginia with David McKinley."

"I stand ready to work with him to enact comprehensive climate legislation, and I hope my Republican colleagues will join us in that effort."

"What failed here was an energy sector that didn't consider fully our changing climate and the extreme weather that comes with it."

"We can't allow the Texas crisis to be used as an excuse to discourage movement towards renewables."