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And while you noted the benefits, I thought I was not going to say this, well you noted all about the benefits of the dams, you didn't mention that they also stopped the migration of salmon back to their breeding ground in Idaho which is…
These benefits have impacts beyond individual households to broader communities as well as particularly when we look at the program as a whole.
I read your written testimony last night and several of the innovative programs you're rolling out this year.
That is an interesting topic on itself and its challenge with DOE, especially when you have EM sites and the goal of an EM site is to clean it up and move on.
Our desire is to get as much money out into the program actually as possible.
We have to weigh the benefits of the program versus other things that we are putting money into.
Are there any ways for us to measure success of the program?
We have heard about the benefits of the program, this committee has obviously limited resources, we all do.
Because he is the one that is going to get the benefit, it is improving the property that he is renting out and he is renting it out and making profit off of it. So it seems like there ought to be some type of cost share for the landlord.
I look forward to hearing about your experience with the Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program.
I am just raising questions. Because nothing is as simple as we oftentimes make it. It is always very complicated.
There are too many people in this world who think, hey, I can just plug in my car. This energy comes out of the ethos somewhere, and that is not true.
If you are going to tax somebody for a purpose, and for a need, and you still have that need, why not spend that money on that need?
Politics has stopped us from solving this problem. And we need to just move on and get it done.
Every part of the country has a competitive advantage with something.
If you ever see me in a driverless vehicle, you will know that hell has frozen over.
Electric cars is not the answer. It is a part of the answer.