Coal needs to have a place in this energy mix.
Yes, I am not worried about oil.
I think they're wrong.
I want to thank Chairman Murkowski. Thank you so much and my dear friend, Ranking Member Cantwell, for allowing me to have this opportunity,...
I have been vocal about ensuring the reliability and resilience of our grid for some years, particularly since the Polar Vortex of 2014.
We are very proud of the energy part that we play in this great nation.
I supported the recent Department of Energy grid study and its subsequent proposal by FERC rulemaking.
New England does not seem to have the appetite to permit the pipeline.
We have a natural resource in my home state and region we would love to be selling our natural gas in this country.
Some of the critics say that if we export our LNG, it is going to raise prices. That has not been proven to be true.
This shale gas, the potential that we have from these two formations, could provide all the gas for this country for 58 years.
I just think we can have a dual track in energy dominance.
We are producing 50 percent of all the shale gas in this country, 50 percent.
I applaud Bill Johnson's legislation on LNG. I think this is something we have needed for some time.
Look, Iowa is a success story when it comes to wind energy.
We don't have any nuclear power stations in West Virginia and we have no nuclear sites for disposal either.
There had to be a time, time past, that someone thought that the geological formation, that it would be a proper place, it would be a safe p...
The fact of the matter is the Loan Program Office in ARPA-E has been successful and they still are successful, important programs.
