Thank you, jim. Thank you, christine. Christine, you have a good voice. Lets move on. [laughter] let me join jim in welcoming you all to phoenix. I am pleased to see some any western governors here. We have a Great Program planned, and im delighted we can share this time together. Over the next two days we will have visits with Top Administration officials including the secretary of labor , the secretary of u. S. Foreston, service chief who will be visiting with us momentarily. And although he was not able to stay for todays activities, we visited with the secretary of agriculture. We will hear to other keynote speakers. The president of the arizona cardinals, and john ratzenberger. Most of you know john as the clavin from the tv show, cheers. Johnnk we will all enjoy speak about that. Johns comments will touch on one of the greatest challenges our nation faces which is vital to expanding our Economic Vitality in coming years. That is workforce of element. My initiative as chair is foc
Ladies and gentlemen, i am proud to present the 32nd governor of the state of south dakota accompanied here in phoenix by the first lady of south dakota. The chairman of the western governors association, the honorable dennis dugard. Thank you, jim. Thank you, christine. Christine, you have a good voice. Jim, well. Lets move on. [laughter] let me join jim in welcoming you all to phoenix. I am pleased to see so many western governors here. We have a Great Program planned, and im delighted we can share this time together. Over the next two days we will have visits with Top Administration officials including the secretary of labor, the secretary of transportation, u. S. Forest service chief who will be visiting with us momentarily. And although he was not able to stay for todays activities, we visited with the secretary of agriculture. We will hear to other keynote speakers. The president of the arizona cardinals, and john ratzenberger. Most of you know john as the famous cliff clavin fro
Regulatory commission. Its just under an hour. Come to order. Good morning, and welcome. We find ourselves this morning with a bit of challenge. On the house floor. Votes may start within five minutes. Multiple roll call votes. Maybe up to one and a half hours voting on the house floor. In the interest of time, i had the great Opening Statement written by my texas constituent, i will not give it. But ask to put that in the record. Without objection, so ordered. Speakers put your statement in the record. For the record, moving forward we are three witnesses here. We have mr. , miss hofman. You have five minutes for Opening Statement. The head of ferk. You have five minutes. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Ranking member rush. Members for the opportunity to be here today. Before i begin my remarks i want to briefly reflect on the passing of senator. Who passed away yesterday. Former chairman of the energy committee. A leader in the space and he will be remembered. Id like to start by taking a m
Come to order. Good morning, and welcome. We find ourselves this morning with a bit of challenge. On the house floor. Votes may start within five minutes. Multiple roll call votes. Maybe up to one and a half hours voting on the house floor. In the interest of time, i had the great Opening Statement written by my texas constituent, i will not give it. But ask to put that in the record. Without objection, so ordered. Speakers put your statement in the record. For the record, moving forward we are three witnesses here. We have mr. , miss hofman. You have five minutes for Opening Statement. The head of ferk. You have five minutes. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Ranking member rush. Members for the opportunity to be here today. Before i begin my remarks i want to briefly reflect on the passing of senator. Who passed away yesterday. Former chairman of the energy committee. A leader in the space and he will be remembered. Id like to start by taking a moment to acknowledge all those impacted by Hurr
Next, a look at the u. S. Electricity industry and the reliability of the electric grid. Well hear about efforts to strengthen electricity infrastructure and the Energy Departments role in responding to hurricanes harvey and irma. Held by a house energy subcommittee, this is an hour. Well come to order. Good morning and welcome. We find ourselves this morning with a bit of a challenge on the house floor. Votes may start within five minutes. Multiple role call votes may be up to one and a half hours voting on the house floor. In the interest of time, i had a great Opening Statement written by my texas constituent, analise. I will not give it but ask to put that in the record. Without objection, so ordered. Mr. Rush, would you like to put your statement for the record . For the record, okay, guys. Moving forward, we have three witnesses here. We have mr. Chattery, ms. Hoffman and mr. Collard. You have five minutes. Thank you, mr. Chairman, Ranking Member rush, members of the subcommittee