Improving lives of so many people around the world through American resources that we take for granted.

Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country.

We need to set demands and mandates that the market can actually meet.

It seems counterproductive, especially since RFS was set to mitigate the dependence on foreign sources.

The market will dictate what is purchased. And if we as an American government want to see more of these products on the market, they need to be cost competitive, cost effective, right?

I thank the gentleman for holding this Special Order and for recognizing South Carolina's role in helping the Republic of Texas. You heard the words from the gentleman from Ohio about the economic impact on his State, and on America, with…

I had served the year before. I had written a weekly column. I was the token conservative columnist for the UT Daily Beacon.

Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for calling this important hearing.

It is time for this nation to follow the law, which is Yucca Mountain. Open Yucca Mountain up and let's get this waste out of South Carolina and out of Hanford and out of Idaho and out of Oak Ridge.

I want to thank the gentleman from Texas, and I want to invite all Members of Congress to join the Sportsmen's Caucus. It is not just about hunting and fishing. It is about access to outdoor property that we own as taxpayers. Public access…

For States that have a Department of Energy cleanup site, the disposal of radioactive waste is a top priority.

They expect our government to be more efficient and I think that's what the purpose of Mr. Griffith's efforts are--to make government and at least the EPA and its permitting process a little more efficient.

In my opinion, the NSR program in its current form seems like a counterproductive policy that disincentivizes companies from pursuing projects that would increase efficiency and mitigate environmental pollution.

I thank Chairman Shimkus for his work on this legislation. I have long been an advocate for nuclear waste policy like this for Yucca Mountain. Since 1982, when the Nuclear Waste Policy Act was created, ratepayers in this Nation have paid…

Despite all the incentives to purchase EVs, they still only represent only 1 percent of all vehicles purchased last year.

I actually like electric vehicles. I like the thought process of it.

If you are a fraud, we will find out, and the authorities will knock on your door.

What kind of scam business thinks this works? I wouldn't in a million years get their extended warranty, health insurance, et cetera.

I am no longer chairman of that subcommittee but this is an issue that I have followed for a long time, the situation in Venezuela but also Russia's involvement in energy, in guaranteeing loans and assets that are American assets.

This flawed regulation sought to expand Federal control over 60 percent of our country's streams, millions of acres of wetlands that were previously non-jurisdictional.

These regulations are emblematic of the aggressive and unconstitutional overreach by the Federal Government under the Obama administration.

I do think it is a significant amount of money. I think, in a deployed environment, it is more difficult than here in the United States, but that doesn't mean that we should not provide oversight and internal controls and ensure that the…

These grants should be spread out. They just shouldn't be given to a small, tiny group of favored individuals.

I hope that you guys are looking at that as well.

I am one member of Congress that hopes we will look at grid hardening as part of the infrastructure package that we do.