John Barrasso actually said...

"I think it was an interesting discussion and then decision in Australia to repeal because of the specific impacts of it on the economy."

"Accepting the connection can lead to the dangerous expansion of U.S. security concerns, inappropriately applied resources, and diversion of attention from more effective responses to known environment..."

"Efforts to link climate change to the deterioration of U.S. national security rely on improbable scenarios, imprecise and speculative methods, and scant empirical support."

"So I say, why should we then spend billions of taxpayer dollars, defense dollars specifically, on climate change predictions about future conflicts due to drought and famine that the Department's own ..."