I hope that the Park Service begins now to think about how to sustain that funding, whether to fold it into the ongoing budget or what the strategy will be because limited funding--the deadline has a way of coming.

I may be the only Senator ever stuck in an RTO queue for a generating plant.

President Reagan said trust, but verify.

I hope that is something that will be acknowledged and taken seriously because, again, we can work very hard here on permitting reform to shorten the term, but if you then have to tack on five years at the end because of this…

I hope that the FERC will encourage reconductoring and technological smart-grid enhancements before having to go to new rights-of-way.

I hope that the FERC will encourage reconductoring and technological smart-grid enhancements before having to go to new rights-of-way.

I hope that is something that will be acknowledged and taken seriously because, again, we can work very hard here on permitting reform to shorten the term, but if you then have to tack on five years at the end because of this…

I may be the only Senator ever stuck in an RTO queue for a generating plant.

President Reagan said trust, but verify.

I give our grade on cybersecurity right now an incomplete. I think we still have work to do.

And I want to know what is being done for verification.

I may be the only Senator ever stuck in an RTO queue for a generating plant.

Is there a way that you can enforce that? In other words, if an applicant comes forward with a proposal for a new right-of-way, you can say, no, wait a minute, have you done these other less expensive and less intrusive steps first?

I hope that the FERC will encourage reconductoring and technological smart-grid enhancements before having to go to new rights-of-way.

I hope that is something that will be acknowledged and taken seriously because, again, we can work very hard here on permitting reform to shorten the term, but if you then have to tack on five years at the end because of this…

stop digging the hole by adequately funding maintenance on an ongoing basis.

we can't afford 10 or 15 years to permit a transmission line or a pumped storage project.

we can't afford 10 or 15 years to permit a transmission line or a pumped storage project.

in order to get where we want to get environmentally, we have to build things.

we are not going to achieve our clean energy goals without permit reform.

in order to get where we want to get environmentally, we have to build things.

we are not going to achieve our clean energy goals without permit reform.

stop digging the hole by adequately funding maintenance on an ongoing basis.

we are not going to achieve our clean energy goals without permit reform.

stop digging the hole by adequately funding maintenance on an ongoing basis.