I understand the emergency situation. Things are stressful. I understand all that and also the cost on the island.

Well Senator, when 80 percent of the people, on average, can't turn on their lights---- they're willing to do anything to get their lights back on.

I am very much committed to renewables in Puerto Rico.

It is insane to rebuild the way it was.

There is a fundamental problem with removing the authority of the grid from the people and handing it over to an unelected oversight board.

Thank you again for having this hearing on this.

I really appreciate the fact that the commissioner and Pruitt all are working together to try to find a secondary source on this--a supply.

We are going to get to the bottom of this, if it takes a long time. Why? Because we never want to see this happen again.

I think, as a nation, we could have done better, and we must do better.

The welfare of the Puerto Rico people, to rebuild the island, is my number one concern, but I will not stop making sure that the U.S. taxpayer is not gouged in this process.

If we are able to break through that this time here, to really, to get to where we can give you a more----

I look forward to discussing how these narrow, straightforward relief bills will benefit American workers, consumers, and families because the cost to all of our constituents is real.

Let me clarify, too, that this bill simply asks for a 3 year extension. You are not asking to not comply with Step 2?

I don't think anyone can argue that the volume of Federal regulation has grown over the decades.

West Virginia University was very, very instrumental in detecting the emissions defeat devices. We are very proud of that in our State.

I ask unanimous consent that the remarks that my colleague, Senator Pat Roberts, made at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Eisenhower Memorial on November 2, 2017, be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was…

For the last years, from this dais, I have asked that our voices be heard at the EPA.

I think that your company through the years, and the credit bureaus in general, have realized that this is an enormous problem for the American consumer if there's a false entry on their credit report.