"We do a terrible job social and economically engineering through the tax code. So, stop doing it."
"It ends up being incredibly complex."
"Let's simplify this thing. Let's rationalize this."
"we've already spent $5 to $6 trillion, that's $5,000 to $6,000 billion, trying to mitigate climate change, and we haven't made a dent in it."
"But fixing climate change isn't the solution."
"One quick comment, closing comment is this hearing ought to be called Riskier Business, How Massive Deficit Spending Which Caused Inflation is Challenging the Insurance Markets."
"The Administration's rush to transition to an electric vehicle fleet appears to be driven more by political postering rather than military strategy."
"Climate change is hardly one of the most important challenges that the Defense Department ought to focus its attention on."
"My final comment, just imagine the human suffering we could've alleviated spending five to six trillion dollars trying to alleviate that, rather than hold back the tides which we're not--we won't be a..."
"We've seen from the disastrous results of the Obama Administration's lead from behind strategy that America's weakness only invites global instability."
"I do believe that we need to be investing more in the infrastructure of our DOD installations."