Ninth generation American, ma'am, and I'm the first one in my family born with all my rights. I'm a ninth generation American. And so we have not escaped because I went to Yale all the problems of this country.

We need a national renewable energy goal. Such a goal, sometimes called a renewable energy standard (RES), would spell out what percentage of our power America plans to get from renewable sources.

I'm the guy that's trying to break up that monopoly to introduce free enterprise and competition to the energy sector.

I used to go to all the environmental conferences when I wasn't an invited speaker. I was just somebody in the back taking a lot of notes. It was when I was least visible that I came up with the most cool stuff. Now, because I don't get to be Clark Kent, I feel like my learning curve is slowing way down. I'm always afraid the conversation will move on and I'll be up at the front of the room saying last year's speech.

You put Hillary Clinton up against Donald Trump, I'm scared of the choice no matter what you do.

Clean coal represents a breakthrough in the marketing of coal, but not in the science of burning coal.

We have to accept that some very toxic stuff was marbled into the Trump phenomenon.