Angus King

Well, given my work on Armed Services I hope you will use me as a conduit to that other outfit over there across the river.

I just learned the salary cap is the President's salary. Nobody in the Federal Government can make more than the President.

I think this is something where we can make a real difference.

You would think within the age of computers, we could schedule the Senate so that we didn't have to be three places at once.

The cheapest and cleanest kilowatt-hour is the one that is never used.

People will often make--or usually make--the right decision if they have the data.

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.

About 70 percent of the lithium that we use comes from Australia.

We cannot afford that.

We have had testimony before this Committee that it takes over ten years to permit a pumped storage project.

People will often make--or usually make--the right decision if they have the data.

The cheapest and cleanest kilowatt-hour is the one that is never used.

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.

We have had testimony before this Committee that it takes over ten years to permit a pumped storage project.

We cannot afford that.

About 70 percent of the lithium that we use comes from Australia.

I hope that there is a diversity of research on other technologies.

I think the three essential priorities to getting us to a clean energy future are: number one, storage; number two, storage; and number three, storage.

The cheapest and cleanest kilowatt-hour is the one that is never used.

We really need to talk about how to develop the technology to increase the grid's capacity without starting all over.

We have had testimony before this Committee that it takes over ten years to permit a pumped storage project.

We cannot afford that.

I am very much hopeful that the Department will have a wide aperture in terms of the technologies that you are looking at.

87 percent of the processed lithium comes from China.

I hope, a sense of urgency about this.