"do we have a major challenge as a Nation in which we are spending too much money on foreign wars and foreign bases rather than on domestic infrastructure and domestic education?"
"Four Senators have put out a plan as a bill that lays out a pathway to reducing our consumption of oil by over 8 million barrels per day."
"What has been missing, in my thinking, is for the Department of Energy to lay out a plan for how we are going to end our dependence on foreign oil."
"We have proposed, the Senators who have put this forward have proposed having a Department of Energy Security..."
"There are many, many approaches other than a short-term transfer onto the working Americans of health care costs."
"So it sounds like you would recommend spending that surplus to tackle these needed repairs, maintenance, efficiencies, and thereby we would also be creating jobs during this difficult period."
"What I hear repeatedly from communities back home is that the Corps was able to provide this engineering certification far more cheaply, efficiently, and they are being forced into a far higher cost o..."
"I am certainly not satisfied that we have a strategy to address those recertifications."
"And with substantial energy savings as well."
"Thank you very much, Madam Chair, and thank you all for your testimony today to highlight the importance of these projects."
"I can hardly go to a town hall and not have someone speak about the challenges to the community from the recertification process."