We ought to really have some hearing in the future on the status of these auctions as it relates to the minority and small business bidding process.

I agree with him completely.

However, when you look closer at many of the entities that come before your commission, they do not have a very good diversity profile.

I must be quite frank, I sit here as an angry, black American male.

Success is in the eye of the beholder, and from my vantage point, my eyes, my constituents, they are an abysmal failure.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank you for holding this hearing.

I believe that it would be very helpful if the EPA provided States with guidance, technical assistance, and resources to help protect their most vulnerable communities.

Again, I am going to thank you, Administrator McCarthy.

the goal of the Clean Power Plan is to reduce carbon emissions, while also ensuring that States can continue to provide reasonably priced safe, reliable electricity to its consumers.

I would like to commend the leadership of President Obama, yourself, for working to address this serious issue that impacts all of America.

I just want to thank you so much, you and your Agency, for all of the great work that you do in protecting the air, and land, and water on behalf of the American people.

the finalized rule gives new credit to all zero emission sources of energy, which not only includes renewables such as solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal, all of which I fully support, but also nuclear power generation.