Mitt Romney

I realized Rhode Island is not quite at the same risk as Utah, and I appreciate your bringing this attention to our entire conference, and Senate.

It takes too long to remediate after a fire.

We don't have enough fixed wing aircraft to be able to respond immediately to fires that could become conflagration.

We need to speed up the process for giving approvals on controlled burns.

Any effort by a news organization to try and portray what happened here was anything other than a vile and disgusting attack on our democracy is outrageous.

Dangerous and disgusting

Sometimes we in Washington think, well, the answer is to spend more. But I would suggest that there must be a different approach.

I think I have an idea as to where the problem lies and would suggest the right answer is, is not more Government.

The backlog of medical professionals that want to come into this country has become enormous.

I think I have an idea as to where the problem lies and would suggest the right answer is, is not more Government.

Sometimes we in Washington think, well, the answer is to spend more. But I would suggest that there must be a different approach.

I have no question about the impact of climate change. It's going to be significant, devastating in some areas more than others.

This is a global problem and the U.S. has to join the global community in creating harmonized incentives to reduce emissions globally.

I would encourage this Committee to put that on their list.

What I'm concerned about is that most of what we do here in the United States is--well, I'll call it virtual signaling.

I have no question about the impact of climate change. It's going to be significant, devastating in some areas more than others.

Sometimes we in Washington think, well, the answer is to spend more. But I would suggest that there must be a different approach.

Let's stop allowing our Government workers to work from home saying, because they have COVID, we can't allow you to come back to the workplace.

We can't get those nurses in.

Legal immigrants, following the legal process, where the State Department does the job, they need to do and doesn't stay home because of COVID, will allow us to dramatically reduce the shortage that we are seeing in this country.

I think I have an idea as to where the problem lies and would suggest the right answer is, is not more Government.

They are the only things we should touch. They are the most important things to touch and I would encourage this Committee to put that on their list.

This is not a U.S. problem. This is a global problem and the U.S. has to join the global community in creating harmonized incentives to reduce emissions globally.

I have no question about the impact of climate change. It's going to be significant, devastating in some areas more than others.

I last year authored an amendment which was passed in the NDAA that requires the United States State Department to develop a comprehensive strategy to address the threat of an emerging China.