Martin Heinrich: “I hope that the outcome of what we're doing here is to make sure that in 2018, and in 2020, and 2022, that by no metric…”

I would be very concerned if this were an engineered pathogen. I don't have any unique information saying that is the case. But if it were the case, that would be cause for alarm.

“will mean more energy on the grid, more good-paying jobs, and lower electricity costs for families and businesses,”

In the short term, what I'd really like to see is a hand-in-glove approach between Russia and the World Health Organization. That would tell us a lot.

Our whole premise as we approached this permitting bill was: How do we create a faster process, not lower the bar on standards.