The loan guarantee program was created at 2:30 a.m. in this room in July of 2005 in the conference between the House and Senate.

They may be the worst policy suggestions that have come before this Committee since yesterday.

There are several suggestions out there about how we decrease the debt of our country.

I don't see it as being any different than Freddie or Fannie, where you create that moral hazard.

So why isn't building new transmission for wind and solar also a valid public purpose?

I appreciate Congressman Bishop's attempt to navigate Congress' clear obligation in this matter with the current realities of a profoundly flawed political process.

By law, Western and other Power Marketing Administrations must market power at cost, not market-based rates.

I thank the gentleman from Washington State. We're having 100-year floods every year. We're having tornados rip through Joplin. We have floods in Vermont, in New Jersey, New York. We have hurricanes all across the country. We have 48…

Do you think that Power Marketing Administrations should be required to sell their power at market rates rather than cost-based rates?

The Republicans are providing the American people with a false choice.

Cumulatively, what are the benefits of cleaning up particulate matter?