"About 70 percent of the lithium that we use comes from Australia."
"the permitting is a lot easier if you are putting gizmos on existing towers rather than cutting a new path through the people's backyards."
"I hope, a sense of urgency about this."
"I am very much hopeful that the Department will have a wide aperture in terms of the technologies that you are looking at."
"We cannot afford that."
"People will often make--or usually make--the right decision if they have the data."
"87 percent of the processed lithium comes from China."
"We have had testimony before this Committee that it takes over ten years to permit a pumped storage project."
"we really need to talk about how to develop the technology to increase the grid's capacity without starting all over."
"The cheapest and cleanest kilowatt-hour is the one that is never used."
"We do not really think about it, but police, fire, and military, unlike almost any other job in our society, when they sign on the dotted line, they are committing to put their life on the line for us..."