your attention to the tribes, not only in the budget but also in your responses to questions today is certainly important.

I appreciate the mentorship and advocacy that has come from Chairman Young in these areas.

I appreciate that transition to transmission.

Do you believe that eliminating Western's borrowing authority would increase or decrease the likelihood of these kinds of transmission projects?

The first impulse of those concerned with regulatory policy should not be to claim 'the science made me do it' or to dismiss or discount scientific results, but rather to publicly discuss the policies and values that legitimately affect…

The proportional amount of scientific innovation that the United States has been contributing to the global scientific community has been diminishing over the last 30 years.

America's dependence on foreign fossil fuels cannot continue at its current rate.

The nation that grows its economy with clean energy will lead the global economy of the 21st century.

Enacting CEDA would be the most important thing in the short run that Congress can do to incentivize domestic manufacturing.

federally funded scientists could be a tremendous resource for small and startup businesses.

I hope that collectively we might be able to be supportive of programs like that going forward.

I think Congress enacted, in 1986, a settlement Act between the Department of the Interior and the Tohono O'odham Nation.