the budget that was submitted by this Administration cuts energy efficiency and renewable energy by 70 percent

The coincidence of that rise in CO2 and the rise of the burning of fossil fuel is unmistakable.

there seems to be no real, serious effort to coordinate the way these things work together.

But I presume since it has already been authorized in law, if it's appropriated you would spend it according to the appropriation?

There is a famous story about the man who lived on the Maine-New Hampshire border...

The idea, I think, as we all agree is to allow traditional clamming, worming, and periwinkles, as has been used.

We have had quite a bit of discussion about this with the National Park Service and also with the House.

Well, we will have to discuss that position further with the Department.

I think my only comment is we love what you do. The national parks are one of the greatest aspects of this country, and they mean so much to so many people.

I think that is a provision that, perhaps, should be in different legislation or there should be a different way to approach it.

80 percent solutions that are on time are better than 99 percent solutions that are late.

It seems to me the real issue is what ships, and it's a strategic issue of what do we need, where do we put our effort, and we have to try to project ourselves.

Frigates are essential because the real threat is submarines.

If we're talking about a 355-ship Navy, we're talking about procurement.

I would encourage this committee and the Congress to say, yes, we think that's a good idea, and we'll give you a multi-year authorization or multi-year support

Well, I would respond in the negative.

That's an issue that we need to look at. But right now, we don't have enough evidence.

We need to make sure we continue to give our States and cities and towns across America a very low-cost way to borrow money.