Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I have proposed creating within that organization a program to provide low cost financing to do energy efficiency retrofits up front.
I believe that the companion is Mrs. McCarthy's bill that she spoke about this morning.
It seems to me that would be a useful educational tool.
What makes a nationwide ban so important is the fact that distracted driving is a practice that is not isolated within particular States.
I think it is important that aside from all of the votes that we take here in Congress and the legislation we could push, probably one of th...
I certainly am willing to work with the Committee and Secretary LaHood to come to a solution down the road.
I commend the Secretary for making this an issue. Certainly more people are talking about it because of your leadership, because of the work...
H.R. 3535, the Alert Drivers Act, which I was proud to introduce with my colleague, Nita Lowey, I believe represents a strong first step tow...
Well, I want to really emphasize how much potential carbon dioxide savings are here.
One of the questions that I think it is worth wrestling with is whether we should have a coherent national strategy to reduce our importatio...
Thank you, Madam Chair. I appreciate all of your testimony and particularly getting to the nitty gritty of the allocations.
the increase in the allocation for renewable energy and energy efficiency is something that we have worked hard on on this committee.
I believe transportation is about 60 percent of the carbon dioxide, and personal vehicles are about a third of that.
If we move to do two things, increase our use of plug-in vehicles and green up the electric grid... we will have very significant impacts.
If you will, to go at least 30 miles on electricity, that we would reduce 70 to 80 percent of the carbon dioxide produced by personal vehicl...
I think that will dramatically drive change.
the funds that flow overseas when we purchase energy, and those funds that go to Venezuela, that go to Saudi Arabia.
