The Fed is our first line of defense against another financial crisis.

the biggest banks in the country to continue to receive taxpayer protection for some of their riskiest derivatives and swaps.

I actually just want to add my voice to yours about the importance of supporting public education.

Would you commit if we reduce these regulations to giving a cost estimate and to passing those savings on along to our students?

One of the key purposes of Federal investments in higher education is to make college more affordable for people who can't afford to spend tens of thousands of dollars every year to get an education.

there have been no consequences for the most recent leak.

The impact of extreme weather on the grid reliability is a problem for everybody who uses electricity, and we're facing more extreme weather events.

the grid is a real vulnerability of America, particularly in the cyber aspects of it.

One threat to the reliability of the grid is extreme weather.

over the last two weeks Republicans in Congress have insisted on playing political games with funding for the Department of Homeland Security. The same agency that supports States such as Massachusetts when disasters hit, the same agency…

Let's be clear. If Republicans in the Senate don't change course, they will shut down the Department of Homeland Security and compromise the safety of the American people, and they will have done it because a handful of extremists in the…

The basic design elements of the grid date back to Thomas Edison, and major parts of today's grid were built right after World War II.