On January 5th, 2021, not January 6th, but January 5th, the Congress passed a bill requiring reimbursement for domiciliary care.

We should start with the programs to build the staff and maintain the staff that we have, then talk about increasing.

We have got enormous staffing problems, and to say you have got to have a certain--it seems to me that opens up liability questions.

I want to thank all of you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

we really have to talk about being able to construct new transmission.

Actually, we should have been making this transition years ago, and we are trying to make it in a hurry because we are in a crisis situation.

Well, we have got to make decisions here as to--this hearing is about delaying the retirement. I want to know how long and how that relates to the rest of the risk.

we are overly dependent upon China for lithium, which is an essential part of EV batteries.

FERC should have more responsibility in terms of gas pipelines and reliability and cyber protection.

we really have to talk about being able to construct new transmission.

we have to talk about permitting reform in a reasonable period of time to get things done.

we are overly dependent upon China for lithium, which is an essential part of EV batteries.

The American Society of Civil Engineers identify severe weather as the predominant cause of customer outage.

It's not synthetic dispatchability. It is dispatchability. You have batteries plus renewables. That is a baseload plant.

Well, we have got to make decisions here as to--this hearing is about delaying the retirement. I want to know how long and how that relates to the rest of the risk.

It's not synthetic dispatchability. It is dispatchability. You have batteries plus renewables. That is a baseload plant.

FERC should have more responsibility in terms of gas pipelines and reliability and cyber protection.

Actually, we should have been making this transition years ago, and we are trying to make it in a hurry because we are in a crisis situation.

The other point I want to make, Mr. Chairman, we had a very informative hearing just before the break about small modular reactors, and this country is falling behind in that technology.

we have to talk about permitting reform in a reasonable period of time to get things done.

The other point I want to make, Mr. Chairman, we had a very informative hearing just before the break about small modular reactors, and this country is falling behind in that technology.

The American Society of Civil Engineers identify severe weather as the predominant cause of customer outage.

Twenty-eight months is too long for a rule. And by the way, that rule should be retroactive, given the time that has elapsed.

I am going to be submitting several amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act on the Armed Services Committee.