Regulatory certainty is of paramount importance.

The key is, as hackers have been getting better about hacking into passwords, we have increased the complexity requirements on the passwords.

These principles are also a key to American innovation to U.S. agricultural production and to addressing global environmental challenges.

Password is bad; passphrase is better; MFA best.

This rule will frustrate U.S. innovation, drive companies to export their staff, investments, and technologies to our international competitors.

No one is suggesting that right whales do not deserve protection. However, there are alternatives to shutting down the entire East Coast.

This hearing goes much deeper and gets into the core of a problem in our system of government today, and that is where we have bureaucrats who are making laws that Congress never made.

Time and again, the Biden administration has proven that they would rather use a sledge hammer than a scalpel.

Thank you to the witnesses.

We talked about using clean American energy, we talked about permitting reform so that we could build new distribution systems.

When we are in a world where we are wanting more carbon-free electricity on the grid, it seems to me that we would be trying to get every ounce of energy out of these hydro dams that we could.

I just wanted to make the point that we do sacrifice some hydropower for renewables.

It is a great example of how you can have a healthy environment and a strong economy at the same time.

I am a huge supporter of more Good Neighbor Authority.

There is a proper time and place for fire, but it is not when your forests are overgrown, overstocked, dried out, and bug-infested.

I think the work that you have put us through is going to make the whole system, including for DoD, for Coast Guard, that much more effective.

I support the move to back off. I think that was wise of you to do, and I think you have got really good support for doing that.

Can you touch on how the implementation for the SERVICE Act is going, and are there any challenges that you are facing that we can be helpful with you?