I know this is an important issue for the Chairman, who has been a long-time champion of a national Renewable Portfolio Standard.
We need to ask ourselves what we are trying to achieve with this program. Is our aim simply to increase renewable energy production? Or is t...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Chairman, thank you for convening this hearing today. This is the first in a series of hearings the Energy Committee will conduct as we ...
I would like to thank Senator Dorgan, Senator Murkowski, and indeed the entire Senate Committee on Indian Affairs for all of their hard work...
We are counting on you to tell us what those needs are, because I can guarantee you that this subcommittee... are going to do whatever we ca...
There are no Republicans and no Democrats, especially on this committee... in the best interests of our country.
You don't have to respond, Doctor. You are----
It seems to me that there are two really, really important things that really have led in a substantial way to this financial crisis.
I think over time it is hard to sustain that. Why? Just simply because one country is going to look at this and, you know, when things stabi...
If we don't figure this piece out, the mechanism won't make a bit of difference.
But to me, that seems to be an important element as we think about what we want to do with the regulatory system.
I wish more of it would go building bridges instead of financial markets.
There was a point in time where someone was compensated based upon the quality of the loan that they wrote.
Some say, though, this could be a preview of the 2012 race.
Mr. Chairman, thank you. And thanks for your testimony. I appreciate it.
I see this hearing as that same sort of opportunity: an opportunity for me to listen; to think about the priorities as you identify them.
The VA is a treasure. We want to protect that, enhance it and do everything we can to improve it.
