So it sounds like they have implemented the suggestions, every single one of the suggestions you have talked about?

Thank you. Mr. Ware, you provided such valuable testimony to the Oversight Subcommittee hearing that I chaired in October.

Congress is great at set asides for community financial institutions in order to reach these underserved businesses--data collection reporting we could never know how effective the programs would be at reaching underserved markets or how…

I commend this Committee for its focus on rural connectivity.

I think the first step is, again, understanding the scope of the problem.

About 15 percent of my district does not have access, and it is a problem, to say the least.

many of these benefits are not available to low-income customers and communities of color.

clean energy deployment also improves public health and lowers energy prices.

I led efforts to lower energy bills through residential tree planting.

I have been a strong advocate for clean energy tax incentives, like the investment tax credit.

a statement from Congresswoman Doris Matsui regarding the Sacramento Municipal Utility District.

In October of last year, Mr. Paul Lau was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of my local utility company, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD).

Let me congratulate you on your big announcement today, a plan to completely eliminate carbon emissions from your power supply by 2030.

As we have heard from our witnesses here today, there is an enormous economic upside to climate action.

We are thrilled that the Biden Administration has given us a strong path forward through the American Jobs Plan.

I am committed to ensuring that we do.

I think the question remains whether we, as the United States, will capture here domestically the benefits of developing, building, and exporting the clean energy and transportation technologies of the future.

I think the topic is critical.