These matters are urgent. I am hopeful that we can proceed quickly to consider legislation on these issues in the committee next week.
The administration has laid down a blanket inappropriate, in my view, 6-month moratoria with no end in sight.
Chairman Bingaman, Ranking Member Murkowski, and Members of the Committee, good morning.
I want to express our appreciation for this Committee's ongoing support for electric drive and recognition of its role in a cleaner, more se...
I want to thank you for holding the hearing because, as we move down the road, hopefully with the energy bill...
I am a big supporter of ARPA-E, for example. I mean, I am a big believer.
This legislation is not written in stone. I mean, it needs to be changed here and there.
The President has talked about having a million electric vehicles on the roads by 2015 in this country.
The significant benefit of using electricity to fully or partially power our vehicles, when it comes to oil security, is easy to see.
I am really pleased with this legislation. It is bipartisan. I think it will move us in the right direction.
The manmade disaster unfolding in the Gulf provides an obvious reason to reduce our reliance on oil.