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

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.

We have got to get back to investing in our kids so they get a chance to get a decent education without being crushed by student loan debt.

The cost is too high. Part of the reason the cost is too high, you're telling us, is because of regulations imposed by the Federal Government.

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

These extreme weather events threaten our electricity infrastructure and make it even more important that we invest in upgrading and protecting the grid.

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

But a huge part of our energy structure is the electric grid, the system we use to transmit electricity to our homes and businesses.

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.

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

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.