Thank you both again for your leadership. Thank you to each of the witnesses for their testimony.

We don't have to choose between creating good jobs and saving our air, our water, and our way of life. We can and we must do both by growing our renewable energy sector.

The Methane Waste Prevention Act would reinstate the Methane Waste and Pollution Prevention Standards that were established by the BLM and EPA in 2016.

There is no economic or moral reason for the United States... to stick our heads in the sand.

Thank you so much, Madam Chair.

When we say the states are laboratories of democracy, we mean that literally here.

I was glad to see the House pass H.R. 9 to keep America in the Paris Climate Agreement, and I hope the Senate follows suit.

I can assure you that the health risks from the various sources of energy that we have been looking at, solar and wind, of course, pale in comparison to the health risks caused by hydraulic fracturing.

Emissions from oil and gas wells account for about 12 percent of Colorado's total release of greenhouse gases, according to the state's best estimate, which it has acknowledged is flawed.

It is undeniable that companies see a profitable future in renewables, and given the dire stakes, it is our job as policymakers to accelerate the transition towards a cleaner, greener, more sustainable, and more affordable energy future.

One of the reasons that I advocated for the Select Committee to be located here for its first field hearing was because of the 14 cities and towns across our state who have made this commitment to a bold, 100 percent renewable energy…

We want to make sure that we can create a future that works for Craig rather than keep our head in the sand and allow the larger economic forces to hurt not just the workers but continue to hurt the climate.

I know my colleague, Representative Casten, is working on a bill similar to what Colorado has done, so we look forward to partnering on that front.

Among the many reasons for protecting our public lands, of course, is that they are enormous economic drivers of jobs in Colorado.

The oil and gas industry is the top producer of volatile organic compounds along the Front Range, which is a region that has failed to comply with Federal air quality standards for more than 15 years.

We have really struggled with the Trump Administration's rollback of energy efficiency standards, rollback of fuel economy standards for the cars that we drive.

So therefore, in Colorado for example, the oil and gas industry, they comply with the Colorado rules around fracking and emissions; is that right?

Most empirical studies that I have seen demonstrate that unmitigated climate change, if anything, amplifies poverty.