"I want to thank the witnesses for coming. I want to thank the chairman and ranking member for an important hearing, very helpful on a number of issues."
"What this legislation seeks to do is to say a two-two tie should enter as a decision so that that can be appealed."
"Clearly, the House of Representatives agreed. It was a bipartisan bill."
"There are long-term safety effects that we also want to make sure that people are going in with eyes wide hope."
"I share some of the concerns that you heard from Ms. Schakowsky around safety and security of our fighters."
"I think we do need to dive it down a bit more."
"one of the great things about representing Massachusetts is, I am kind of preaching to the converted here"
"During my time as a Member of Congress, I have unfortunately become all too aware of the complexities of the electricity markets, particularly in New England."
"What has become clear to me is that there is no simple fix to this challenge, which makes the work that we all are trying to undertake all the more critical."
"I am going to echo some of the comments of my colleagues I think, first and foremost, to say this is really a complex area of a critically important market."
"One of the challenges that we face again that we talked about yesterday is that while those wholesale rates are low, those retail rates aren't."