I would ask that people judge us, judge me, based on our record, based on what we actually did.

hy is it you can impose a new tax and keep your economy growing? Only if you cut other taxes by exactly the same amount. The problem with carbon taxes around the world has been you dump a new tax onto the economy and it's just adding more tax.

We all say things when we are trying to get elected.

I think you're never going to get somewhere ambitious if you don't start out with great ambitions. What I would say is: we got a start. That to me is a very significant thing. Here we were, a historic meeting to talk about climate change.

We do need the federal government to share information with us. We need local governments to increase supply. We need affordable places for people to live.

The way I would characterize what you said about me is I do try to say what I think as clearly as I can without first thinking, "Uh-oh, which way is the wind blowing and are people going to like this?"

How are we going to know what impact that has on the greenhouse gas emissions? How are we going to hold everybody accountable for doing their part?