ms. murkowski: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. ms. murkowski: i ask unanimous consent the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. murkowski: i ask unanimous consent that the appointment at the desk appear separately in the record as if made by the chair. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. murkowski: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 372 submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 372, congratulating the north dakota state university football team for winning the 2017 national collegiate athletic association division one football championship subdivision title. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate shall proceed to the measure. ms. murkowski: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble b

ms. gross. mr. wimmer, welcome. >> chairman murkowski, senator sab sabinw, senator mansion, and members of the committee. toyota appreciates the opportunity to testify before the committee today on energy innovation in automotive technologies. toyota believes there is no one solution to addressing our energy and environmental challenges. that's why we are developing a portfolio of technologies from advance gasoline and diesel engines to more efficient transmissions to lighter weight materials, hybrid and plug-in hybrid drive systems as well as our zero emission battery electric and fooul cell vehicles. it is our hydrogen fuel cell technology that i am pleased to discuss today. fuel cells are not new. in fact, they were developed in the 1800s and provided electricity and drinking water for our apollo and space shuttle astronauts. systems for on-road vehicles combine hydrogen gas stored in on-board carbon fiber tanks with oxygen from the air to produce electricity that powers the vehicle. a fuel cell vehicle's only emission is a small amount of water vapor from the tail pipe. for toyota, hydrogen fuel cel

ms. clements, welcome. >> thank you. good morning. thank you, and good morning, chairman murkowski, ranking member cantwell, and distinguishing members of the committee. i am president of good grid, a firm that specializes in energy policy and law. in 2016 to 2017, i served on the national academies of sciences, engineering, and medicine committee that produced this consensus report, enhancing resilience of our nation's electricity system. well, i will talk about the report's findings, the views i express today are my own and not the committee's. the national dialogue about resilience comes at a critical moment. the national academy's report notes that the u.s. electricity grid is increasingly vulnerable to the risk of cyber and physical attack and the increased frequency and duration of hurricanes, blizzards, floods, and other extreme weather events caused by climate change. the hurricanes you mentioned, senator cantwell, in your remarks provide the most vivid examples of the health and safety impacts that prolonged electricity outages can have on our population, especially our al