the legislation proposed by Senator Reid includes additional safeguards to ensure that new transmission lines serve clean renewable generation.

Sen. Reid is to be commended for bringing this issue to Congress' attention.

We have been gratified to see many of these recommendations reflected in S. 539, introduced last week by Senator Reid.

In Iowa, shuttered factories are now re-opening to build parts for wind turbines.

I also wish to thank Senator Reid for his leadership and interest in this important issue.

The leadership of President Obama, members of this committee, especially under the leadership of Chairman Bingaman, and many elected officials, business leaders, and the American people, gives us reason for hope that the time for solutions…

there's got to be some political will at either the Federal or the State level for those issues to be resolved

I'm confident that the President's plan will help create jobs and lay the groundwork for long-term economic growth in Nevada and across the entire country.

Your bill and Senator Reid's bill touch on these issues quite pointedly.

I appreciate your leadership on this issue and look forward to the testimony from our witnesses.

Senator Murkowski flew all night after really tearing up her knee, to come back and participate in what we are doing here this week.

I think we've established, at least in my mind, that women are tougher than men, or at least as tough as.

Your daughter was on the Rachel Maddow Show last night and she was so good, stunningly good.

The group agreed that a national Clean Energy Smart Grid is an economic, environmental, and national security imperative.

Working together, in partnership with the White House, Federal, State, and local governments, community leaders and the private sector, we can and we must meet this moment with the action it requires.

Senator Reid's proposed legislation provides that the Regional Planning Entity (RPE) will solicit input from regional transmission organizations, independent system operators, States, generator owners, prospective developers and other…

We want to thank Senate Majority Leader Reid and his staff for reaching out and consulting NARUC as he drafted this proposal.

Our nation is in peril. We face the highest unemployment since 1981 and our President is pointing to renewable energy development as a driver for creating millions of new jobs.