Chris Coons

What more do you need to hear from scientists or military leaders, business leaders, anyone, to be convinced that man-made greenhouse gas emissions pose a serious threat to our economy and our future?

This is part of a thoroughly thought out well developed strategy for supporting manufacturing, one that's been supported in the Senate on a bipartisan basis.

It's my hope that we can work together in a bipartisan way to blunt some of the impact of this proposed budget.

We need to continue to invest in these partnership between DOE and the private sector.

This budget, at least as presented, is the antithesis of that commitment.

We've shown that we can be more environmentally responsible and support new jobs.

This isn't just cutting. This is, in my view, giving up on the clean energy race.

I am very disappointed with the department's fiscal year 2018 budget request.

I think there's a significant evidence that Mike Flynn, the former national security adviser, had very complicated relationships with foreign powers that he failed to disclose, that he had been untruthful with the vice president, which is…

This is an investigation that may have criminal consequences, may have counterintelligence consequences.

Whether that amounts to obstruction of justice is a conclusion for a prosecutor to reach, but an investigation into political interference in an ongoing investigation, that's certainly an investigation into the circumstances that would…

I have no idea what is in the Senate Majority bill that would repeal and replace Obamacare. And frankly, neither do many Republican senators.

I am concerned that this is an arbitrary amount, not the product of thoughtful analysis.

Do you believe the 39 percent limit should still be in place as a barrier to overconcentration in the market?

I look forward to your work on that. It is a predatory practice and I am glad you are working to stop it.

It certainly crashed my phone system in my office as well.

When the FCC first proposed a rule on net neutrality 3 years ago a record-breaking number of Americans filed comments.

Will you commit to responding to all questions, whether from the majority or the minority, that come to you from Members of Congress?

I remain disappointed, but sadly not surprised, that Republican leadership and President Trump have teamed up to side with corporate interests over consumers.

Undermining net neutrality protections harms consumers. It hurts small business and startups looking to enter the market.

I hope you will reconsider your ill-advised decision to undermine the Open Internet rules.

I was pleased to hear from Chairman Pai about progress on the Mobility II funding the Connect America Fund.

I look forward to hearing from the witnesses about how this indiscriminate means of achieving this reduction will be accomplished without impacting the core mission of the agency.

Thank you for being gracious about allowing me to make an opening later in the hearing.

I look forward to working with you on a number of the challenging issues we have in front of us.