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I hope we don't lose sight of the big picture that Puerto Rico could go from a challenged electrical system to a world leader given the natural assets that the island has and solar prices have plunged 80 percent since 2010.

I want to thank you and Senator Cantwell for arranging this hearing on this important topic and acknowledge the role that, I believe, Senator Nelson played in trying to encourage us to work on and look into this problem.

I would ask that you keep us informed as that engineering study progresses.

So rather than splitting the project, which significantly increases the risks to the scheduled completion date, would the Navy consider two options?

These modernization and infrastructure investments are desperately needed.

I can assure you that at this particular hearing that you and the Ranking Member are the favorites of all of us here on the panel.

It is, therefore, critical that the Navy carefully manage this multiyear procurement so that both large surface-combatant shipyards have stable and a balanced program workload to sustain the industrial base.

In the fiscal year omnibus bill, Congress decided to authorize the DDG-51 multiyear despite some reservations that GAO and others had brought up.

I commend you for your leadership in eliminating barriers to competition in the prescription drug market.

I think the point you make is very important is that there is absolutely no one-size-fits-all in this area.

The grid itself, if it is there, can be the battery, to some extent.

Because when you are talking $.30 or $.40 a kilowatt-hour that gives you a lot of running room for alternatives which would look expensive maybe in Boston but are dirt cheap in Cordova, Alaska, or Isle au Haut, Maine.

But are you seeing, are tests being run? Are communities doing this? Is it happening or are we just still talking about it?

What we really need, it seems to me, is we need the private sector to come up with a rural electric system in a box that can be scaled.

It seems to me that we are in an energy revolution, and rural areas and islands are Bunker Hill.

It's always been a pleasure to work with you and develop these joint funding bills, which really is the way that it should be.

We know that the Housing First model has been successfully used to reduce homelessness in many communities.

For the first time in 7 years, the nationwide rate of homelessness actually rose last year, and it rose by double the national amount in my State of Maine.