In fact, the affordable care act is a tax. It is the largest tax in America's history.

Well, it seems like a commonsense approach in starting to break down some of the silos that so often are difficult for us.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I wanted to direct my questions to Mr. Munro, and thanks again for making the trip from Washington State to be here.

In eastern Washington, hydro plays a foundational role, whether it is conventional, small, conduit, hydro.

I didn't see hydropower listed.

So am I to conclude that President doesn't see a future role for hydropower and that he is actually picking wind and solar over hydropower as a renewable source of energy?

OK, so we will keep working to get hydropower listed. OK. We will keep working on that.

We have really been talking to the administration about having hydropower as part of the overall solution.

We often tell the positive story of hydropower and how it transformed Washington State, the whole Columbia Basin project in many ways.

the FDA can either help make it happen or the FDA can close the doors to an entire industry

Bottom line, we are running out of time and we have to start making it happen.