. >> madam chair, i would ask two articles by jody friedman and richard lasch is being put into record they provide a clear and thorough explanation. >> without objection. >> thank you so much. we are in a big moment pope francis is about to issue a report on climate change. they named a jesuit who taught chemistry as the pull. so pope francis believes science is attached to a person we have to look at this modest way we can do with us to reduce the danger that growing greenhouse gases going to -- and i think it's important for us to find ways to accomplish that goal. so back in 1990 we worked on the clean air act. i was on the committee that drafted it and put that law on the books. and added action energy efficiency section to the clean air act to give more flexibility to the administrator at the epa. and there were ways that utilities could comply with the requirements by undertake activities beyond what was occurring at their power plants come and i can assure you that my intent and that of my congressional colleagues was to encourage utilities to look at the energy system in total