I look forward to today's hearing to examine the challenges and opportunities to modernize our electric grid.

Children can't learn if they are hungry. Well, I also believe that children can't learn if they can't breathe.

That is a form of structural racism. If you look at who is impacted, it is low-income communities.

I thank the Congressional Black Caucus. I want to recognize and say how much we appreciate and how much Congress has benefited from the bold leadership of our chair, Joyce Beatty. I thank her for hosting, with the Congressional Black…

Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman. I so appreciate this hearing because credit scoring has been something that impacts my community directly, as the third-poorest congressional district in the country.

transmission and generation projects exist to support customers, again going from the bottom up, as you have said.

Instead of the majority's Green New Deal wish list, we ought to start with proven bipartisan issues.

I think moving it from 7 to 4 years can directly, dramatically, help our communities.

So, when we talk about structural racism and we talk about this hearing, we have to really talk about the human impacts of what this means.

I have seen it firsthand growing up in southwest Detroit.

I really appreciate you recognizing me, and I do appreciate the Chair holding this important hearing.

I thank the chairman for yielding. I am here to speak in favor of S.J. Res. 14, a resolution I co-led with Representatives DeGette and Lamb. We need to address methane emissions for several reasons, and today, I want to mention three…

I just want to respond to a couple things I heard. One is this tip of the iceberg idea that we are doing something beyond methane by doing this. Of course, that is not how it works around here. The laws are specifically written around what…

We know it is expensive to be poor in our country; that we live in a country with a system that continues to put profit before our people, and it must stop. In my home State of Michigan, communities that are more than a quarter Black and…

I have 8 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

I rise once again in support of Jen Easterly's nomination to be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, commonly referred to as CISA. Yesterday, I came to the floor to urge my colleagues to swiftly confirm Ms…

I rise today in support of S. 1251, the Growing Climate Solutions Act. I first want to thank my partner in this landmark legislation, Senator Braun, and my partner and ranking member on the committee, Senator Boozman, for his leadership…

I rise today to speak about how far our Nation has come in the past 6 months. Just for a moment, think back to where we were in January. Every day, hundreds of thousands of Americans were being diagnosed with COVID-19, and on many days…