I would like you to make that analysis and provide it to the Committee for the record in this proceeding.

You cannot be two people. Do you support the President's budget or do you think ARPA-E has an important mission?

Thank you, Senator Daines. Just as you were in Yellowstone this past weekend, I am going to be in Acadia National Park in Maine next weekend, assuming we are allowed to go home, but I am looking forward to that visit to Mount Desert Island.

I have no objection, whatsoever, to those that you are designating. I just want to be sure that everybody had a fair consideration in terms of these important designations.

It's way beyond elections.

The problem thus far, it seems to me, is that the Russians in this case and others see us as a cheap date.

I shudder when I hear the words 'regulate the internet.' I don't want to do that.

it's more sophisticated than it was in 2016.

there is a massive, sophisticated, persistent campaign on multiple fronts to misinform, divide and ultimately manipulate the American people.

I think there ought to be standardized courses in high school called 'digital literacy.'

I thank the Senator from Oregon for bringing us here today. Mr. President, 53 years ago this week, President Johnson signed the Medicare bill. I believe it to be one of the most important pieces of legislation signed in the last 100 years…

I wish to commend the Senator from Indiana for bringing our attention to this important subject. It is important in all of our States. Career technical education is an incredibly important part of helping to grow our economy, so I wish to…

Our intelligence activities must support our foreign policy and national security objectives.

In an age of terrorism, and we are not out of the age of terrorism, intelligence is the first line of defense.

The grave danger in intelligence is shading the data to meet the perceived policy needs of whoever is in charge.

If you're ever in doubt, the actions of Dan Coats last week are a demonstration of how these jobs should be done.

Oil prices in the future will always be the opposite of what you think today.

I think we can all agree that a disruption in the Strait of Hormuz would be a catastrophe of the level that we are talking about the Strategic Petroleum Reserve being important.

I think the creation of the Cyber Office is a positive one.

I believe research, basic research, is a fundamental purpose of the Department of Energy.

I first want to thank Professor--I mean Senator Whitehouse for the information he shared. It was compelling, important, and very worthy of our deep consideration. To talk about renewing the Magnuson-Stevens Act without talking about the…

I really take issue with your statement about ARPA-E and energy research.

So that is an opportunity that also has to be considered as we are looking for options here.

I wanted Maine to have the most stringent environmental laws in the country and the most predictable and timely environmental process.

I think that what some folks are concerned about is that this will be, kind of, a Trojan horse for opening up regulation of mining, generally, of any mineral, not necessarily a critical mineral.