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Michigan House of Representative, Chairman of the Great Lakes and Environment Committee, Representative Rebekah Warren (D - Ann Arbor), Climate change is the "single most important issue for the next session [2009]."
Farmers and ranchers must recognize that "at the policy level, the question is not whether climate change is occurring," according to the director of the USDA's Global Change Program Office, Bill Hohenstein. "The debate is over what to do about it."
Bob Lutz, General Motors' vice chairman, Global warming is a "total crock... I'm a skeptic, not a denier," and added "But among my strongest beliefs is that my job is to do what makes the most business sense for GM."
American Farm Bureau President Bob Stallman, "U.S. agriculture is poised to play a unique role in the climate debate. But, if we don't go about climate change policy the right way, it will be farmers, ranchers and consumers who ultimately pay the price."

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