"Competition is the best protection for consumers and the strongest prescription for a healthy economy."
"I think the better the system gets and more reliable, the less frequently it needs to be tested."
"New England does not seem to have the appetite to permit the pipeline."
"We have a natural resource in my home state and region we would love to be selling our natural gas in this country."
"I can count on one hand how many people have come in my office and said we will help pay for this."
"I think one thing that was a great thing that we did in the last WRDA bill, I think it was the WRDA bill, when the revenue from diesel fuel went up and Congress increased that tax from 20 cents a gall..."
"Well, I think you can look for us to be very aggressive on working to be more encouraging to you either regulatorily or through the legislation to make sure that we--"
"I would also mention that the Ranking Member and I are on a bill together to spur more investment in carbon capture, sequestration, and utilization."
"Absolutely have to do that."
"And I want to thank my colleague Senator Baldwin for working on this issue with the Simcakoski family."
"Well, we should be able to do that."