"The Station Fire is only one example of how devastating these fires can be."
"According to the documentation you provided my staff in preparation for this hearing, no aircraft actually flew over the fire on the night of August 26."
"The conclusion in the review that was undertaken, that essentially you can't conclude it would have made a difference if you had used night-time craft..."
"I trust that will be the case when the Santa Anas are blowing this year."
"I am pressing. That's a question."
"Well, let me say--and you know this. You don't need to hear this from me, but this is a big issue in the West."
"If there is another beginning like a Station Fire start, can you get a tanker or a helicopter at night?"
"You're looking at the National Guard units as well. Is that correct? Because that's been a successful model, I think, in the past."
"I want to assure the Committee that SCE would not support this legislation if we believed it would endanger our ability to increase delivery of renewable energy to our customers."
"we want to note the extraordinary cooperation that has gone on between the Obama administration Department of Interior and Governor Schwarzenegger's administration."
"We agree with Senator Feinstein that the nation needs to increase the generation and use of renewable energy as quickly as we can."