This is pretty disturbing. It's very disturbing because this was a serious attack on our democracy, and at the top of the United States government, there ought to be a level of concern.

But put that aside, there is no doubt that the Russians did this and that they're going to do it again. I mean, this is a serious danger to our country.

If the Democrat can win this suburban Atlanta district that has been red for so long, it's going to encourage Democrats in places like this.

Whoever wins this district has to run again next year.

I want to thank you for visiting our beautiful Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument.

We are going to have to change the name of that park to the park formerly known as Glacier.

I want to invite Senator Cassidy to join the climate change caucus.

It sounds like the national park version of trust but verify.

The term I used is deconfliction. It's to be sure that we don't step on each other's investigations.

In the Armed Services Committee we talk about tooth-to-tail. We are talking about more tooth and less tail.

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And that is when we get into these 10-, 12- and 20-year permitting processes which really do not serve any purpose, in my view.

S. 677 looks like a very sensible bill in terms of it providing a coordination of a one-stop shop.

Senator King's Small Dam Exemption Act is an important initial step toward better acknowledging the value and importance of these resources.

So that would definitely be a place where you could pair that with a wind project?

As I recall, most of your hydro is run-of-the-river though, isn't it, or do you have storage?

I appreciate your testimony, and I appreciate your management of those great resources in Maine.

I completely agree and we incorporated changes in our own law in Maine when I was there to do just this.

Hydropower, I think, is often forgotten as one of America's most important energy sources and most important renewable energy sources.

I intend to operate in a totally bipartisan--I should say since I am neither Democrat nor Republican--non-partisan way.

I think this is a problem generally.

We legislate around here for everybody.

You never asked for a briefing or attended a briefing or read the intelligence reports?