Doug Ose: “I just want to refresh everybody's memory about what happened in 2000 and 2001 and to point out the empirical fact that…”

“I just want to refresh everybody's memory about what happened in 2000 and 2001 and to point out the empirical fact that there have been no statewide blackouts or brownouts in California since, frankly, the Republican-dominated FERC got put into place. First of all, the law was very clear. When the previous administration was in control, these same complaints were uttered, the same concerns were brought to the floor, and the same response was given by FERC down to the last period or punctuation mark. You got no more response from the FERC under Clinton-Gore than you are complaining about today. The reason is that the law is clear. If you are unhappy about that, change the law. The prohibition of funds that the gentlewoman is asking for here will not do one thing to create another megawatt of power for California. It will not do a single thing to help us replace the carbon-based, high-polluting facilities that exist in California today with much more efficient and less adverse impact to the environment.”