"I was really encouraged by the conversation that we had last week, or I guess 2 weeks ago now, with President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Secretary Buttigieg on the importance of what we are talking about today."
"Let's not--I will make a deal with you."
"I think I have a good leg to stand on in this, because I live there, have seen it."
"I think those are examples of where you are creating jobs and getting an environmental outcome at the same time."
"I would hope that the transparency pledge would follow through on that, if you reach decisions, who is making that decision and how it was determined."
"In West Virginia we say coal keeps the lights on, which it does, but it also powers a lot of vehicles, and it employs a lot of people."
"I think that we have used the EDA actually really well in West Virginia most recently on a lot of different infrastructure development and job training and development."
"Thank you again for your service to this Committee. I know you will do great work over on Energy."
"I think that is very aspirational. I saw where the President said he wants all thorough vehicles to be electric."
"If we disenfranchise a lot of the power sources that we can make cleaner in the process, I am talking natural gas and coal, that now provides our baseline fuel, I mean our baseline power here in this ..."
"it's time to turn the page and begin new administration."