"You are going to have to pay for the much more expensive power."
"the folks in my district are facing just enormous costs."
"Absolutely."
"I don't think we are going to grin and bear it any longer."
"I have never seen a single proposal that combines more bad policy in one single measure than what has been advocated by the left to tear down these dams."
"What can we expect to see on our household electricity bills if this lunatic fringe of the environmental left has its way and these dams come down?"
"Skyrocketing electricity prices. Ms. Rowe, what is that going to do to our grocery bill?"
"Every dam must be considered on its own merits."
"That is not cost-effective."
"There is a bill that would cost-effectively deal with and help develop more hydropower."
"No single person, be they an unelected bureaucrat or federal judge, should ever have authority to initiate such an action."