"Thank you. I have one last question and one follow up and then we'll, unless a member appears we'll close the hearing."
"Adding several improvements to the appliance standards program proposed by Senator Menendez."
"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."
"It is hard to make the case that we had an adequate job of oversight given those results."
"I look forward, Mr. Chairman, to working with you to try to make this happen, because these community banks are the ones that are actually out there still lending in communities at a time in which we ..."
"You often talked about the energy moon shot as one of the things that you hoped to be able to achieve. I think that is desirable."
"Finally, you know, my understanding is that the Department's 5-year OCS drilling plan does not consider the potential economic impact on a State's tourism industry, for example or its fishing industry..."
"So my question is would you support a plan that would ensure that the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences would provide studies to the Department before they made a determina..."
"It's clear that the level of scientific knowledge needed to proceed with rational decisions about the plan OCS leasing on the Atlantic coast in my view are sorely lacking."
"I want to start off by commending you, Mr. Secretary for acting quickly to extend the public comment period on President Bush's administration's hastily constructed 2010/2015 year OCS oil and gas leas..."