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

I think the biggest concern is that the interpretation and the inefficiencies with federal agencies and their inconsistencies on how they interpret NEPA and how they allow, as they go through the process, are entirely different from forest…

This Congress cannot repeal the law of supply and demand.

But are they? The New England pipeline proposal was that the ratepayers of all of New England would take that risk.

I am gravely concerned about an exponential increase in the export of natural gas and LNG.

There is rarely a silver bullet but there is often silver buckshot, which means a multiplicity of solutions added together will create a solution to the problem.

Well, I know it worked. I know it happened this winter, because I walked to the shore in my home town of Brunswick and saw on the horizon the Cousins Island oil plant emitting, you know, you could see something coming out of it and I don't…

But on the electrical transmission side, if it goes in at the rate base, the ratepayers are taking that risk.

What happens if natural gas prices return to $6.50, $7.00, $8.00 per billion cubic feet?

I object to the characterization of renewables as making power when they feel like it.

I fear that we are making a lot of investments and a lot of bets based upon what could be an anomalous period of ultra-low natural gas prices.

I think ISO New England has done a very good job encouraging demand response and I think they've, I would commend them for pointing out dual-fuel is the economically correct approach but that the states oppose it so they're left with the…

We need to talk about electrical line capacity as well as pipeline capacity, but I think we also need to talk more broadly about alternative solutions.

I am absolutely delighted to be here today. I think this marks a milestone and an opportunity for us to accomplish something important for the people of this country.

Right now, there is no deterrence. We are entirely defensive and ultimately that is a losing strategy.

We need a cyber doctrine or a strategy to make our adversaries understand that they will pay a price for a cyberattack on this country.

will you commit to me that you will faithfully implement the policies established by Congress and the funding that are established by Congress for this office?

Do you have an overall assessment of how secure the American voting system is going into 2018, which is now 4 months away?

I see a real vulnerability is voting lists and the lists that are maintained mostly at the state level.

What bothers me in your statement is the word 'offered'. The ones who are not asking for it may be the ones who need it.

the best defense is for the public to understand that it's happening and then they can discount it

I rise in advance of the discussion that will be taking place in a very few minutes on the National Defense Authorization Act. I want to compliment and acknowledge the leadership of Senator Reed of Rhode Island and Senator Inhofe and, of…

I wish to commend the Senator from Texas for his leadership both on the juvenile justice provision of the National Defense Act, and also, very importantly, on foreign investment. We often hear around here testimony about all-of-government…

To me the question that really is worth discussing is that we have a price risk and we have an infrastructure risk.

I am gravely concerned that we do not get into exports to the point where it significantly impacts domestic gas prices.