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

It is an honor for me to come to the meeting and join my colleague, Senator Collins in introducing Emory Rounds.

every morning, across America millions of people get up, get dressed, and go to work. They all have similar experiences. They are getting ready for a new day. They are getting ready for a new set of challenges. They are getting ready to…

I join in thanking the majority leader for, No. 1, going to see Senator McCain and, No. 2, for the comments he made. I came here 5\1/2\ years ago and had never met John McCain, but I have gotten to know him over that period by serving on…

Whenever I hear 'whole-of-government,' I think that means 'none-of-government.'

We've got to solve it. We had testimony there are something like 950,000 security clearances in backlog.

I can't find out a single point in the United States government that's in charge of solving this problem.

I love history, and we have been here before. We were in exactly this place in 1886. Let me read you a quote from Senator Thomas W. Palmer of Michigan on this floor in 1886. I am going to try to channel my 19th century Senator voice: Among…

I hope we don't lose sight of the big picture that Puerto Rico could go from a challenged electrical system to a world leader given the natural assets that the island has and solar prices have plunged 80 percent since 2010.

I want to thank you and Senator Cantwell for arranging this hearing on this important topic and acknowledge the role that, I believe, Senator Nelson played in trying to encourage us to work on and look into this problem.

I thank my distinguished colleague. I want to join with the chairman of the Subcommittee on National Parks of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Senator Daines, to support this resolution which was adopted unanimously last week…

It seems to me that we are in an energy revolution, and rural areas and islands are Bunker Hill.

What we really need, it seems to me, is we need the private sector to come up with a rural electric system in a box that can be scaled.

I think the point you make is very important is that there is absolutely no one-size-fits-all in this area.

But are you seeing, are tests being run? Are communities doing this? Is it happening or are we just still talking about it?

The grid itself, if it is there, can be the battery, to some extent.

Because when you are talking $.30 or $.40 a kilowatt-hour that gives you a lot of running room for alternatives which would look expensive maybe in Boston but are dirt cheap in Cordova, Alaska, or Isle au Haut, Maine.

If we achieve some kind of diplomatic breakthrough it will relieve one of the greatest pressure points in the world. It will relieve an enormous danger to our country.

Secretary of state is pure policy. And I have some concerns about Mike Pompeo's policies in terms of Iran, North Korea, things that he stated historically, climate change, things that will be important in terms of his representation of the…

Russia attacked our country in 2016. It was a -- it was a very serious deliberate sophisticated comprehensive effort to undermine our democracy. And they haven't paid any price.

She doesn't say things casually. And she is not going to look into the camera on Sunday morning and make an unequivocal statement the sanctions will come.

It's a free pass. Why would they worry about doing it again?

Absolutely. I mean and he said it himself on Friday night during the attack. If they deserve an air strike it seems to me they also deserve sanctions.

This is an urgent matter.

What we saw wasn't messing around or penetrating. It was a sophisticated, thorough, comprehensive, malign, and malicious attack on our electoral system.