the working people in my district in Rhode Island are going to be asked to help pay to build the infrastructure to deal with these water shortages.

Yes, I think that is an important point, that we stick with this principle that the average person not see increases under a system for fear of pricing.

And do you also agree that if we don't do anything, if man-made climate change continues unabated, that the problem is likely to get worse?

Why don't we ask the oil and gas companies that made over $300 billion of profits last year to chip in to help solve the climate crisis that they have profited from?

I think that is an important point, that we stick with this principle that the average person not see increases under a system for fear of pricing.

Climate change is contributing to water scarcity.

I believe members of this Committee have called climate change a hoax or a scam.

Do you agree that climate change is impacting the availability of water out West?

The classification of a country as a State sponsor of terrorism should always be led by the facts, not politics.

I hope very much that that will be seen as a welcome step by the administration and one that we can try to meet and match.

I worry in this context that the steel-aluminum arrangement that you are working on gets proposed as an alternative and is used as a stick.

Quonset State Airport is very critical both to commercial travel and our National Guard.

We are trying to electrify our transit system. We have a statewide system. I think we might be unique in the country.

I hope very much that that will be seen as a welcome step by the administration and one that we can try to meet and match.

I worry in this context that the steel-aluminum arrangement that you are working on gets proposed as an alternative and is used as a stick.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Mr. Secretary, for joining us today. As you probably know, Rhode Island is the leader in offshore wind energy in the country.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Mr. Secretary, for joining us today. As you probably know, Rhode Island is the leader in offshore wind energy in the country.

We are trying to electrify our transit system. We have a statewide system. I think we might be unique in the country.