cuts electric power conventional air pollutants by up to 82 percent compared to 2021, and scales clean generation to supply as much as 81 percent of all electricity in 2030.

We need strong air pollution standards and Federal investments to help reduce emissions in these communities, too.

new kind of economic statecraft with the power to inflict damage that rivals military might.

If we are smart, we will be able to help them stay in business and can continue to provide carbon free electricity.

For his efforts in the Vietnam war and I think for his service here in the United States, when John Kerry was nominated to be Secretary of State, he was actually confirmed.

It is not just enough to clean up our air and address the climate change and so forth. We have to make sure that when we do that, we put people to work, and they have good jobs that they can support their families.

According to this report, the Inflation Reduction Act cuts household energy costs, cuts household energy costs, by up to an additional $112 per household on average in 2030 than without the law.

I ask unanimous consent to submit into the record a letter from a major utility's trade and labor organization in support of full implementation of the 2012 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards.

When I drove to the train station today, I went by all these buses, school buses, that over the years to come are going to be converted to electric vehicles.

Clean air is essential to human health, as we know. Unfortunately, far too many Americans are breathing air that is unhealthy, and that burden is not evenly shared.

Thank you for bringing your expertise and knowledge from a previous part of your life to this body.

I am the last Vietnam veteran serving in the U.S. Senate.

Reduced mercury and other air toxic emissions by nearly 90 percent at a quarter of the estimated cost.

We literally served in a war with Vietnam and later on, years later, in a bipartisan way for a Republican President, worked to normalize relations.

One of the things that we have done as a Congress is to provide the resources to help change that.

75 percent of the U.S. customer accounts are served by a utility that is committed to a 100 percent carbon reduction target.

75 percent of Americans, not just Californians, are being served by a utility with a net zero goal.

EPA's mission is to protect public health and the environment. However, protecting public health and the environment also protects and helps our economy to grow.