"I also want to thank the leadership of two of our colleagues, Representatives Fletcher and Veasey, who have been tireless advocates for their constituents in this time of crisis."
"Climate change is here, and we need to recognize this reality by taking action to ensure our electric grids are designed with the resiliency and reliability needed in a climate-changed world."
"We have to learn exactly what happened, why it happened, and what we need to do to make sure it doesn't happen again in Texas or anywhere else."
"The magnitude of the damages was foreseeable and preventable."
"The Texas grid must be designed with a full appreciation that climate change is real."
"Any claim that this systemwide failure was caused primarily by the use of renewables is blatantly false."
"What do cities need to do to--and communities need to do--to sort of harden their preparation for these coming storms?"
"I'm hoping, as we develop an infrastructure bill, we can start to think about how we can harden the grid because we know the weather is getting more extreme."
"And I want to thank Representative Rice and others who have pointed out how Texas has dropped the ball."
"And I want to thank Rep. Veasey, Rep. Fletcher for working with me to implement a number of the recommendations from our Climate Crisis Action Plan."
"I hope that this--that this hearing will help bring some light and bring some changes to Texas."
"We have to. We have to for Tom`s son, for those ten people who perished yesterday. We have to keep it up."