Thank you. I have one last question and one follow up and then we'll, unless a member appears we'll close the hearing.
Can't regulate if you don't have the authority, so I assume that you're taking the position that you have the authority.
Senator Menendez sent all of the witnesses here at this table some potential amendments to the Standards program.
I just look at the fact that the DOE has, as far as I can see, has never issued a single fine for failure to comply with efficiency standard...
I think this is incredibly important. It's a vital, cost effective way for us to meet our energy challenges.
I want to thank you and the ranking member for holding a hearing on what I think is an incredibly important topic.
We recommend several additions to ASIA including technical corrections to EISA, adding several new product standards, and adopting some amen...
I want to caution both departments that if they don't reach an agreement as they've pledged to that some of us, certainly, I may very well d...
So when is it that you support, if you support, going ahead and including giving DOE the authority to regulate what is about 30 percent of t...
the Federal Reserve, you know, is at the forefront of what needed to be done because they had the ability to set the standard.
I think you were ahead of the curve when others were not and really applaud you for that.