Climate Change Conference 2009

Sens. Cardin, Sanders, Klobuchar and Voinovich speak on climate change.

By Ryan Teague Beckwith

Four U.S. senators shared their thoughts on climate change Tuesday.

As the Senate prepares to debate creating an open market for carbon emissions permits , Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and George Voinovich (R-Ohio) spoke at the Climate Change Conference 2009 Tuesday morning.

The conference was sponsored by the CQ-Roll Call Group, owner of Congress.org.

Below, watch a replay of all four senators' remarks and other news from the conference. You can read Paul Jenks' live blog from the event here on CQ Politics. We'll also post highlights from the event later.

Sen. Ben Cardin's full remarks:

 

Sen. Bernie Sander's full remarks:

Sen. George Voinovich's full remarks:

Sen. Amy Klobuchar's full remarks:

Videography by Andrew Satter, CQ-Roll Call Group

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