"What kind of impact will that have, maybe not on the middle class or upper class, but on working class and poor Americans, elderly people on a fixed income?"
"But instead of a dream the Green New Deal looks more like a nightmare."
"To me that is very extreme. And this has to do something with the goal of no hydrocarbons by the year 2030, 11 years from now."
"I don't want to talk about climate change, the science behind it, the man-made role. I want to talk about the proposals that are on the table to deal with it."
"Thank you both for being here. And I was on the border a week ago today, in the Brownsville, McAllen area."
"The Committee meets today to conduct an oversight hearing entitled 'The Federal Columbia River Power System: The Economic Lifeblood and Way of Life for the Pacific Northwest.'"
"I want to give a special thanks to Representatives Dan Newhouse and Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who have been passionate and effective advocates for you back in Washington, DC."
"What often gets lost in the conversations inside the beltway is the impact that this Federal infrastructure has on the lives of real people."
"Some people say that they want to protect the salmon, but when it came time to vote to protect the salmon, they abandoned the salmon, in my opinion."
"I want to thank Representative Newhouse. This morning you helped me, you led a tour of the Ice Harbor Dam."
"The Water, Power and Oceans Subcommittee meets today to hear testimony on H.R. 6583, sponsored by Committee Chairman Rob Bishop of Utah; and H.R. 6652, sponsored by Representative Newhouse of Washingt..."