we know the burden that implementing the 2015 WOTUS rule would have had on farming, agriculture, energy production, and construction activities across this country and in our State of West Virginia. The legal challenges that followed…

18 rural hospitals across America closed last year--three in my own State. Do any of you have any sympathy for people who live in rural America? Twenty percent of the population in America is rural. We only got 6 percent of the money that…

I also support this and, I think, basically, that transparency is something we all want, and that is all we have asked for--to see the numbers and work from there in an honest fashion. I support it. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from…

I ask unanimous consent for 30 seconds. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia.

Are given the support they need during this difficult time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maine.

In West Virginia we say coal keeps the lights on, which it does, but it also powers a lot of vehicles, and it employs a lot of people.

I think that is very aspirational. I saw where the President said he wants all thorough vehicles to be electric.

Undermining America's energy security will not solve climate change.

There is nothing enforcement about the Paris Accord. That is the problem. There is nothing enforcing it whatsoever.

Can the United States, can China, can all those in the Paris Accord meet the net zero carbon reduction by 2050?

I think that we have used the EDA actually really well in West Virginia most recently on a lot of different infrastructure development and job training and development.

If they are going to say we belong to the Paris Accord, but they are not going to attain any achievements whatsoever in meeting the net zero carbon by 2050, how can we enforce that?

Thank you again for your service to this Committee. I know you will do great work over on Energy.

We should be engaging on how we continue to develop these new technologies from out of the ground to the finished product, because that is good for our economy, it is good for jobs, and it gives us that competitive advantage that I would…

And with that, I want to thank all the witnesses. You all have been wonderful.

I have to see if any other of our witnesses have anything to comment on the Paris Accord, how we hold people accountable.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

American innovation is the key to reducing global emissions and our goal should be to encourage and support that process and that progress.