"It seems like we are rushing to get this done and we are trying to direct DOE, force DOE to do something that may not be in the interest of the American taxpayer in the long run."
"Don't you think that it is within the power of the Members of Congress to ensure that your experience is not realized"
"I want your 1,200 workers to keep their jobs, keep their pension, and for us to repay the extraordinary contribution that they made, to pay them for that."
"But I don't want to just give one company the sole authority to deal with this significant problem that we are faced with as a Nation."
"This bipartisan piece of legislation is identical to the bill that was favorably reported out of the E&C Committee unanimously last year."
"This bill represents the type of legislation that advances the security interests of all Americans and shows what can be accomplished when we choose to work together in a bipartisan manner."
"So it is imperative that we provide those agencies that are responsible for protecting us, protecting our Nation's grid, protecting all Americans with all the tools, all the authority and all the reso..."
"I am interested in the other cities that you named but I am also interested in the third city, the city by the lake, Chicago, and what the threats are to Chicago also."
"In the last Congress, when we worked on this issue in a bipartisan manner, the administration provided the members of this committee with a classified briefing that helped us understand the vulnerabil..."
"What I am hearing here is that in the event of an imminent, severe, catastrophic cyber attack on the electrical grid system here in this country where there could be vast harm done to the American peo..."
"I think we support that."
"Hon. Bobby L. Rush, a Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois, opening statement."