John Hickenlooper

I think this helps ensure that Westerners are going to have a direct say in how the Federal Government oversees much of that Western land.

I would argue that we are going to have to scale up dramatically. We are going to have to make this a national mission for young people to get involved in science and technology in the early parts of their studies.

When I was Governor of Colorado and Matt Mead was Governor of Wyoming, we used to joke about someday getting rid of the boundary between our two states.

We have to remain at the leadership of international economic and financial institutions, not abdicate that role.

In everything that he has done, he has been able to bring people together, resolve conflict, and create progress.

I wholeheartedly support his nomination, and I hope that he gets widespread support from every single person on this committee.

I urge the committee to advance his nomination with an overwhelming bipartisan vote.

And do we think that that's going to get us to another mythic proportion, that single point of contact with the Federal Government?

When I was Governor, we spent a lot of time looking at how to value risk management from the point of view of state, local, Federal partners.

A fully prevented cyber attack causes no damage at all. I would argue that's probably mythical. There's no such thing as fully prevent.

I think, obviously, that presence is a shared value and is of real importance.

I want to express my appreciation and gratitude to you for coming out to Colorado during your confirmation week.

I hope that our hearing today with our distinguished panelists will help illuminate the urgency of getting the data repository up and running.

I think this really is a pivotal time and the potential for catastrophic accidents if we continue with the status quo is real and I think demands action on the part of this committee.

We're just a reflection of how important this is, and I think you all have contributed to that recognition that this is a significant form of commerce

If we don't do this, if we don't have the United States lead this endeavor, then other individuals or entities will...

I'm concerned that we're now 3 years after SPD-3 was published and the Commerce Department has been slow to develop the Open Architecture Repository that is desperately needed.

I think when some workers within an industry are allowed to join a union and others not, again, it creates an unleveled playing field.

I would hope--also one of the things that struck me in the years we fought fires while I was Governor of Colorado, that we never seemed to have the data that one wants...

I was opposed to us going to this thing, and I was wrong.

The truth is, it drove me nuts. There was so much red tape and so much more bureaucracy...

I think through the MicroCap bill that you have introduced this would allow us to reduce the potential time...

This is a time where making sure we protect the taxpayers' dollar, we can make it easier and more efficient for small businesses

The willingness, and actually the desire and the healthiness of mentoring a young entrepreneur once you have already become established and successful, it is not only healthy and pleasurable but it really does create a healthy ecosystem.

I think the key here is we can't stop with what we have seen from the COVID-19 response, and we need to invest in the public health infrastructure necessary to make sure that we not only maintain but expand the contact within these…