We are proud of the legislation that we passed. We are very proud that it was a bipartisan bill.

I am pleased that we were able to deliver significant, historic reforms by passing the bipartisan Postal Service Reform Act, which Ranking Portman and I authored.

The Federal Government can accelerate this so much by policies and by the things that we incentivize.

At a time when America's energy costs are tied to the whims of dictators like Vladimir Putin, our hearing today will explore how our Nation can promote American energy security.

We can tell Russia we don't need their oil any more than we need their caviar.

This is Putin's oil spike, there is no doubt about that. This is Putin's price spike.

We have a moral obligation, when people lose their livelihood, to help them transition to something new.

I have proposed that the companies at least split that excess profit with consumers and send that money back to consumers' pockets.

We need policies that help our economy smoothly transition toward cleaner, American-made energy.

I sense there is a fair amount of consensus here.

I joined forces with my Republican Colleague, Senator Ernst, to introduce the Homefront Energy Independence Act.

We are all recognizing that, and something needs to be done here.

We need to take immediate steps to ease the pain for consumers at the gas pump right now for the American family.

Protecting hardworking American families from corporate greed, in my view, should be a bipartisan goal.

Secretary Mabus, you are a hero for a lot of Americans, and we are grateful for all of your service and for being with us today.

I like to quote Einstein, who said, among other things, in adversity, lies opportunity.

Taking advantage of a global crisis to the financial benefit of an industry is immoral behavior.

The economic impacts that Americans are experiencing from the Russian invasion of Ukraine pale in comparison to the economic devastation we can look forward to if we fail to properly address the climate crisis.

We must retain our domestic capabilities to produce and refine the motor vehicle fuels that help power our lives.

We need to ensure that low-income communities have access to clean technologies and that no community is left behind.

Investments in clean energy and energy efficiency are the greatest long-term solutions for energy security.

If we want to get real and move to our greatest strength in our Country, it has got to be plug in, baby, plug in.

That just can't be how we protect American security, the American economy, the environment of our Country.

Thank you for opening up our witnesses' testimony. Great to see you. Welcome.

If you think you can, or you think you can't, you are right.