I mean, all of us have our problems, and I think the witnesses have illustrated things that can be achieved by working together.

Climate change is here, and it is threatening the ability of our communities to bring water to our fields.

Our job, as lawmakers, is to make sure that we are putting into place all of the changes that are necessary.

As we all know, our rivers and communities have been gripped across the West by a drought this year.

I want to thank you, Chairman and Ranking Member Westerman, for the opportunity to have this very timely hearing.

Is our system near to a complete collapse here soon?

if you fail to study a specific source or route of exposure, could the risk be adequately determined?

What do you answer to those who say we need not rebuild or convert to new fuels any of the existing fleet, but just fix it to keep running until the renewables come on-line?

I think there are several questions that need to be answered.

You agree with me that some of the transformers and the breakers can be taking 1 or 2 years of manufacturing, correct?

How good is our infrastructure right now? Is it going to handle any hurricane?

I would like to know, how is the process expected to be managed, what is the timeline for PREPA and for LUMA to submit for FEMA for those scope of work.

Can it handle any other situation?

If you don't have power in some rural communities, they will not have water usage at the same time.

I ask that the EPA review the relevant science and issue a new standard for perchlorate, if necessary.

I hope this hearing provides better guidance to all of us in addressing this issue, in answering what is going to happen when the people of Puerto Rico are going to have power, and when PREPA is going to submit to FEMA all the necessary…

Four years after Hurricane Maria, 1 year since the obligation of over $10 billion in different funds to build a better grid, 3 months after a much-proclaimed contract for Transmission and Distribution, this has ended the people's patience.

What is going to be the timeline for submitting the scope of work recommendations to FEMA to see the transmission and distribution of funds?

In order for that to happen, we must now, first and foremost, provide the people of Puerto Rico an energy supply that is affordable for the consumer; reliable for both base loads and peak loads for the private sector, as well--our…

Can you identify critical units that absolutely must go offline soon for maintenance?

Hypothetically, if one of my constituents drinks well water but the Federal Government assumes that no one is consuming safe water in their health risk assessments, could the Federal Government adequately assess the risk?

Natural gas is a good bridge fuel, and the future is in wind and solar.

Thank you, Representative Wittman, for yielding, I really appreciate that.

should the Federal Government provide further testing in the instance of private wells when they are located near Superfund sites?

Should the EPA have removed regulatory guidelines for contaminants in some wells that people utilize for drinking water?