
I rise today to discuss my opposition to the nomination of Michael Regan for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Now, before I begin, let me be very clear. I really liked meeting and getting to know Michael Regan. He is a…
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I rise today to discuss my opposition to the nomination of Michael Regan for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Now, before I begin, let me be very clear. I really liked meeting and getting to know Michael Regan. He is a…

We need to pass this legislation as soon as possible to ensure our veterans have the access to care that they desperately need.

the Democrats seem to be returning to the Obama mission again, overwhelmingly focused on this war on coal.

If that happened, just hypothetically if we had to complete the elimination over the next year, West Virginia would be devastated.

Clean energy is not just wind and solar power. It includes nuclear energy, low-carbon natural gas, hydropower, geothermal, battery storage.

Well, it happened under a lot of EPAs that ignored it. But it finally came to pass, and it was corrected with it.

We must do better. I am calling on my Democratic colleagues on the Committee to make joining the important piece of legislation a priority.

I see there is a thread that is gone through this. A lot of different themes, but certainly the reliability and affordability issue is extremely important as we look toward the future.

We need to ensure our energy systems are resilient to the impacts, such as extreme weather storms, wildfires, or cyberattacks.

We are not providing parity between active-duty and reserve component service.

Under Trump, they did. They took care of that.

It is cheaper to send a National Guard soldier over to get injured or killed than it is an active duty soldier.

how do we help make sure that they land on their feet and have a bright future as well as we work to reduce the amount of carbon pollution in our Country and our planet.

That is what they are doing. That is the plan, to do away with it.

I don't know how we can get to this aspirational goal of zero emissions in the power sector by 2035.

I think we have experienced mission creep that became a consuming force within the EPA.

So, without objection, Madam Chair, I would like to enter into the record the EPA's 2020 Year In Review.