"I hope this hearing is the first of many actions we as a committee take, and a key priority of mine, supporting economic opportunity across rural America and Indian country."
"This decision today has real implications for real people and real families, and I want to make sure we know that it just isn't theoretical."
"Whatever the future holds, and for the energy realities of today, we must act now to make sure workers in rural America and across Indian country have every tool to compete and thrive in the new econo..."
"I think urban America has to start to understand what rural America is about, and it is about water, where the electricity comes from, natural resources."
"For the areas where these companies are trying to obviously maximize their return on investment where they need control groups and run tests, can that still happen, Mr. Grimaldi, with more consumer pr..."
"I believe the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Shapiro estimated that the cost of the shutdown of money that we will never get back ended up being about $2.3 billion."
"In your opinion, if we do not reach a long-term deal, what would an additional prolonged government shutdown mean for not just Q1 but for overall economic activity this year?"
"Texas had as oppressive voting laws as any state in the union, including the three deep southern states."
"Texas became one of the leaders in the expansion of voter rights."
"Fossil fuels currently account for about 60 percent of our electricity generation in the United States."
"Reducing these emissions and finding technology solutions to these realities is a very pressing challenge."
"That is why in May I introduced H.R. 5745, the bipartisan Fossil Energy Research and Development Act of 2018."