"That is why I introduced S. 213, the Airline Passenger Bill of Rights, to ensure passengers can no longer be trapped on airplanes for excessive periods of time without adequate food, water, working restrooms, properly ventilated cabins, and medical treatment while a plane is delayed."
"We have relied on the airline industry before to regulate itself on this issue and it has failed."
"This hearing will come to order."
"What do you think the California experience has been? Are you familiar with that?"
"But by reducing peak demand, we reduce the cost to the ratepayers."
"I urge my colleagues to swiftly confirm him as the next Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics at the United States Department of Agriculture."
"I think it is very important. When you are dealing with interconnection standards, you are dealing with safety."
"I have one last question about baseload because--I will let you off the hook on this one, Mr. Kelly, but Chairman Wellinghoff was recently quoted as saying baseload capacity is going to be anachronism..."
"Again, just before we close out, there is nothing about the introduction of more smart grid technology or distributed generation that really gives preference over one energy source or another."
"But there is no source that takes inherent advantage of the fact that we would create more of a national infrastructure here."
"you actually create a lot of jobs, I would assume, by doing this as well."