"I appreciate the fact that we're having this hearing to talk about how critically important it is."
"It is very, very disturbing that the Secretary of Energy would go as far as sign off on these reorganization ideas when they are the antithesis of where we need to go with cybersecurity and electricit..."
"The notion that the President just wants to make electricity more expensive for many, many, many parts of America is just crazy."
"At the top of the list is the idea to sell off transmission from the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and its sister agency, the Tennessee Valley Authority."
"Some of what the President and his Administration have proposed is downright dangerous."
"Certainly efficiencies in government should be strived for, but I find many of the proposals that are on the table in this hearing today very troubling."
"The future is coming whether he wants it to or not."
"To come here with a reorganization plan that is about efficiency but the bottom line is raising electricity rates 30 to 40 percent... is just, like you said, it is a bad, bad, bad idea."
"The President is illogical as it relates to electricity. He is just trying to make it more expensive."
"Both the Energy and Interior Departments seem intent on fixing problems that don't exist instead of solving the ones that do."
"I am concerned that the administration's trade war will jeopardize the jobs and economic impacts supported by our ports."