mr. jones of north carolina. ms. kaptur, ohio. mr. paul, texas. ms. lofgren. mr. burton, indiana. mr. moran, kansas. mr. paul zen, minnesota. mr. mc-- mr. paulsen, minnesota, mr. mcclintock, california. mr. olson, texas. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from connecticut, mr. murphy, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. murphy: thank you very much, madam speaker. i thank you and the speaker of the house for allowing the 30-something working group, which has been empowered by the speaker's office to come to the house floor every so often and share with our colleagues in the house some of the burning questions of our constituents out there, especially those that affect younger individuals and younger families. and to talk about how this house, under new leadership, with a new face in the white house, is rising to answer those questions and meet those challenges. we'll put this poster up at the end of the hour as well but we are always eager to hear feedback from people who want to know more about the 30-something working group. madam speaker, thanks to members of your

mr. chairman, i yield back. >> thank the gentleman very much. thank the gentleman for his words. chair now turns and recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. mc mr chairman. i want to thank you for holding this hearing. this is a complex and difficult issue. >> i want to thank the panel for appearing this morning. in particular, the chairman of the ferc. i had the opportunity to visit the ferc this week and it was a good use of my time. this issue is complex and difficult, as i just said. it's got economic challenges, technical challenges and political challenges, and i believe the outcome would be best if we do our homework, consider the challenges and devise a rational and bipartisan plan. thank you for appearing and i look forward to your testimony. i hope you can stay most of the time this morning and with that i yield back. >> the gentleman's time has expired and they recognize mr. whitfield. we look forward to this hearing and welcome to witnesses and we look forward to the testimony. >> if the advocates for a renewable energy mandate are successful, there will be large portions of the midwest that did not have solar or wind power sufficie