09/20/2021
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"I still remember the blackout of the Northwest in 1996, and there are many issues related to it and other blackouts."
"I am glad we are holding this hearing to discuss real problems of the West, including the issues of wildfires and reducing blackouts."
"I hope the Senators from Florida and Nevada and Texas will join me in saying that this idea of trying to get rid of our State flexibility is dead, dead on arrival."
"I care about what we are going to do to raise the wages of the middle class and grow the economy from the middle out."