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I think the biggest concern is that the interpretation and the inefficiencies with federal agencies and their inconsistencies on how they interpret NEPA and how they allow, as they go through the process, are entirely different from forest…

I think that what some folks are concerned about is that this will be, kind of, a Trojan horse for opening up regulation of mining, generally, of any mineral, not necessarily a critical mineral.

So that is an opportunity that also has to be considered as we are looking for options here.

So if we are talking about legislative solutions to this problem, we should really narrow the focus to those minerals, not all import dependent materials, minerals, but those minerals that come from a source that is at risk for some reason.

It seems to me there are perverse conflicts of interest in the way this whole system works, in addition to a lack of transparency.

It was very unfortunate that the Ranking Member... chose to block those bills.

I know deep down in Mr. Young's heart, he is a Mainer at heart. I know that. I have been to Alaska. It is a good State. Maine is a great State, and, as a result, I know Mr. Young is going to support this amendment.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following: TITLE __--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS SEC. _01. STUDY OF FEES CHARGED TO LOBSTER…

I think ISO New England has done a very good job encouraging demand response and I think they've, I would commend them for pointing out dual-fuel is the economically correct approach but that the states oppose it so they're left with the…

I am gravely concerned about an exponential increase in the export of natural gas and LNG.

This Congress cannot repeal the law of supply and demand.

What happens if natural gas prices return to $6.50, $7.00, $8.00 per billion cubic feet?

But on the electrical transmission side, if it goes in at the rate base, the ratepayers are taking that risk.

I fear that we are making a lot of investments and a lot of bets based upon what could be an anomalous period of ultra-low natural gas prices.

But are they? The New England pipeline proposal was that the ratepayers of all of New England would take that risk.

There is rarely a silver bullet but there is often silver buckshot, which means a multiplicity of solutions added together will create a solution to the problem.

Well, I know it worked. I know it happened this winter, because I walked to the shore in my home town of Brunswick and saw on the horizon the Cousins Island oil plant emitting, you know, you could see something coming out of it and I don't…

We need to talk about electrical line capacity as well as pipeline capacity, but I think we also need to talk more broadly about alternative solutions.