"They just haven`t been held accountable for the last couple of decades now."
"And as it was -- as it`s been stated, we were literally seconds away from this entire grid crashing and us not having power for who knows how long."
"They have to stop thinking that they can do whatever they want to, and that they can mess over Texans however they want to, and keep getting away with it."
"There`s just -- there`s a lot of trickery that`s involved, like trying to hide people -- trying to hide from people the name of the agency that regulates oil and gas in the state."
"If politics are not holding Republican leaders accountable, what then?"
"And I have to tell you, Joy, that, as long as they keep getting elected statewide in Texas, incidents like this are going to continue to occur."
"I would say a hundred percent of the blame goes to Greg Abbott and Republicans just for years and years of neglect and mismanagement."
"We have talked a lot about healthcare and energy and education and environmental issues."
"It seems like it would have been very helpful for us to have this research, considering we know very little about COVID-19."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman."
"Yes, I do have questions for the witness. Can you hear me?"
"And Rob and Kelly asked a question that I wanted to address earlier on diversification in the energy sector."