ms. mccarthy's role. quote, to our knowledge, the first senior person to express concerns was ms. ccarthy. so i stand by what i said. now let me turn to the president's climate action. in his plan released on june 2013, president obama called for action to fight climate change. so we don't condemn future generations to a planet that is beyond repair. i couldn't agree more. because climate change is a catastrophe that is unfolding before our very eyes. the president's plan lays out a plan for action. it calls for a wide range of reasonable steps to reduce carbon pollution, grow the economy, through clean energy, prepare for future impacts such as rising sea levels and storm surges, and lead global efforts to fight climate change. when the president announced his climate change plan, many companies issued statements of support. including wal-mart. honeywell. dupont. dominion resources. american electric power. and other business leaders. more than 500 companies such as g.m., nike, nestle, une lever, have stated that tackling climate change is one of america's greatest economic opport

ms. mccarthy, thank you very much for your very kind condolences over the problem we had. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you so much, senator inhofe. and we turn to -- let's see. who is next? senator booker. >> first of all, i want to say thank you to the ranking member and to the chairwoman for this opportunity. this is my first hearing on this committee. it is a privilege and honor to be here, especially with committed activists on both sides of the aisle who have a passionate concern for our country. it's an honor to be here as i begin my senate career. chairwoman, it was a long time ago that i was the mayor of new jersey's largest city. that's back in october. what frustrated me is i am a guy who believes very strongly in the power of markets, in the power of private enterprise and industry to help poor communities, creating jobs, creating economic activity, lifting people up. that's the idea of this country. but what i get frustrated with about being a mayor, having been a mayor, i look at the landscape of my city and frankly the landscape of the state of new jerse

ms. mccarthy has had a long time to hog the stage alone.the question were asking all of our participants is, the one thing you learned last night about president obama was blank, was what? >> was that is going to reach out to congress and continue to ask the republicans to find common ground, but that after five years of trying to do that, we have a lot of progress that we need to continue to make a decent going to wait on the deck is going to take the actions that he needs to take to ensure that we continue to move america forward and help more people reach the middle class. and the ball is in their court. >> so as you listen to ms. mccarthy and these fine folks just it, he said there's a bunch of bills, present much to streamline the job training program, that sitting in the senate, the skills act the house republicans passed the house republicans are saying they have done all the stuff on the president and harry reid has ignored. what is your response? >> my response is how we have to make sure that when we are trying to find common grou

ms. mccarthy, and on the record of this committee, we've asked the epa to provide the data backing up these two statements, the two statements made by the president, but they didn't have the data and refers us to the unippc, the enter governmental -- and their scientists, apparently the epa thought they were the source of this. we went there and they had nothing to back it up. apparently the president made that up. i think it's very important. because when you get statements that are made that are supposed to be based on logic and on truth, you have to check them out. last week's record cold temperature brought global warming debate back to the public's attention. that's only important to the extent that it's bringing more awareness to the uncertainty of the science around the debate. when you go back and look at the temperature projections from climate models and

mccarthy, mr. jenkins, ms. polos my. hoyer, mr. crawley, mr. isreal, and ms. delaro. members of the committee on the part of the senate to escort the resident of the united mr. reid, mr. durbin, mr. mcconnell, mr. cornyn, mr. blunt. >> the members of the escort committee will exit through the chamber doors through the lobby. >> acting dean of the diplomatic orps. >> mr. speaker, the chief justice and the associate justices of the supreme court.

mccarthy, the gentleman from oregon, mr. walden, the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. lankford, the gentlewoman from kansas, ms. jenkins, the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. fox, the gentlewoman from california, ms. pelosi, the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer, the gentleman from south carolina, mr. clyburn, the gentleman from california, mr. becerra, the gentleman from new york, mr. crowley, the gentleman from new york, mr. 's reel, and the -- israel, and the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delahr row. >> the president appoints the following senators as members of the committee on the part of the senate to escort the president to have united states into the house chamber. the senator from nevada, mr. reid. the senator from illinois, mr. durbin. the senator from new york, mr. schumer. the senator from washington, ms. murray. the senator from colorado, mr. bennett. the senator from michigan, ms. stabenow. the senator from alaska, mr. begich. the senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell. the senator from texas, mr. cornyn. the senator from south dakota, mr. thune. the senator from missouri, mr. blunt. and th

mccarthy. the gentleman from oregon, mr. walden. the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. langeford. >> just a procedural talk now. >> gentlemenwoman if north carolina, msfox. >> he made a point of reaching out and calling for civility and respect. he made the very optimistic speech about the need for american leadership in the world. and he actually complimented his kr critics in congress and said some of the criticism had been constructive and it helped. we've not heard that kind of rhetoric from president obama. we certainly didn't hear anytime second inaugural. >> i think he's spent many speeches calling for civility. as president bush knew calling for it doesn't make it so. >> you expect tonight to hear him reaching out? >> i think he'll definitely reach out. i know he will. reach out to both parties and real will he urge members of congress to work with him wherever he can. he'll cite republican ideas as models of working together in cooperation. i think it will be very similar -- >> john does that matter reaching out in a speech like this? >> i'm sure in part because they're about to run campaign ads beating up the president, beating up his agend