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Almost--more than a trillion dollars of cost has been added because of regulations that have been sent from us, from Congress.

Just not using it wisely, right?

The United States has the greatest military in the world, but, make no mistake, protecting our military technological superiority is the urgent work of today, not tomorrow.

Every year we fail to do so, billions more in taxpayers' dollars will be wasted, and our military will be left less capable of performing its missions.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank all of you all for being here today and your service to our country.

Our constituents are very unhappy about our lack of achieving results here in Washington.

We must not allow any such technology and capability gap to grow.

I really think we have to move not only toward wind but solar, and go as far in that direction as we possibly can.

The poor folks who are still here, they get to hear me talk about Iowa all the time, and how much wind energy we have in the State of Iowa.

If we were to enter a carbon credit trading program in North Dakota, it would be a $400 to $450 million annual tag

The Clean Power Plan 111(d) regulations certainly put regulators at both the State and Federal level in a very precarious position

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I guess to understand FERC, you have to understand how we got here, what are the issues that you have to face.

I think it is actually very important that Congress act first and say to the world, let's be clear, we will not appropriate that kind of money.

If the president wished to produce something substantive from the Paris negotiations - and presumably stronger than Kyoto - there is no way around the Senate.

The president's so-called 'Climate Action Plan' has never been about saving the environment or the world from impending global warming doom.

This administration has shown time and time again that political perceptions carry more merit than any expert assessments.

Whatever is agreed to by the people representing the United States of America in Paris should come back to this Congress for debate.

I hope this Congress, I hope this Senate will act with caution.