Brian Schatz

There needs to be both a political and strategic will to adhere to the zoning of environmental sustainability emissions stated in the 1998 Coconut Island long range development plan.

Thank you very much.

Are you--is it social? Is it television and the newspaper like the rest of us? Is it mostly the web?

As leaders, it has been our obligation to not only better the world of today, but also to shape the world of tomorrow.

Thank you again to Senator Schatz for allowing myself and my fellow intern to testify today.

Senator Schatz, the people of Hawaii trust you to be the steward of that political will.

Now you have his complete attention.

How luxurious is Roosevelt?

If I may, the Senator from Rhode Island has elucidated the problem with respect to climate change deniers. I wish to read a few quotes from Members of Congress, unfortunately. They would be funny if they weren't so alarming. These are…

I ask the Senator, what does that mean as a practical matter for the fisheries industry, for people who like to eat fish? What is the impact of ocean acidification? Because the Senator has, in very plain language, explained the science of…

I wish to ask the Senator from Rhode Island to give us a little bit of context. The Presiding Officer and I are new to the Senate. I think it is important to understand tonight in context. From my perspective, having 30 Senators on the…

I would assume that, to the extent that it's tidal energy, it's predictable and therefore maybe not quite firm, but dispatchable.

Thank you very much.

If we can realize this utility scale test facility then we will see small arrays of devices going into places where there's high cost of energy.

Are we moving toward this being firm power? Is this going to be intermittent energy?

Can you just give us a sense for how close we are to commercialization?

I want to make sure that we do together with the Bureau is to develop a, not just a sort of policy tool, but also a management tool that works for you.

So we just don't know yet. That's the purpose of further testing.

The overall objective here is to make sure that money is spent wisely and efficaciously.

Can you give us your preliminary thinking on what you're going to be recommending to the committee as a possible set of amendments?

I agree that S. 1946 is an important piece of legislation.

Senators Wyden, Feinstein and I all agree that public safety is paramount.

For the record that would be a deal breaker in Hawaii.

What I don't understand is that it could possibly take 18 months to develop the tool

Because WaterSMART saves water and money I want to make sure that this program continues its good work.