"To put this into context, a recent estimate found that a single bitcoin transaction uses as much electricity as an average household in the Netherlands uses in a month."
"Thank you, Madam Chair, and thanks for scheduling this hearing on the emerging technology in the energy sector of blockchain."
"Do you believe in upholding that tri-party agreement?"
"I hope you're rethinking that, because I think the continued evolution here is we need the FCC to play an aggressive role."
"I cannot emphasize enough the importance of taking care of our cleanup and the workforce that represents that."
"It needs to realize that the future investment in the grid in resiliency from cyberattacks is just so, so important to us as a nation."
"I think we, no doubt, are just going to have to keep upping the aggressive nature of helping here."
"Well, we have had lots of discussions over my time on technology transfer and what works and what doesn't."
"it has to stop."
"I think it's important for the Department to reach out to all stakeholders to get their input in advance of any decisions."
"I think provocation comes from, you know, this kind of hacking of a power plant or a pipeline or something of that nature."