I am offering an amendment today to provide a pathway for the curriculum in our elementary and secondary schools to include information on the impacts of climate change. Eighty percent of parents and 86 percent of teachers believe that…

I appreciate the words my colleague from Ohio has started with and shared and the work done by this Chamber not only to cut taxes and grow our economy for businesses and entrepreneurs around the country but for individuals, small towns…

Investing in our nation's infrastructure is an important issue which enjoys broad bipartisan support.

NREL is running out of both lab and office space, including collaborative space where commercial industry can partner.

I've seen first hand the problems federal employees face in buildings over 50 years old which are falling apart.

Any infrastructure package needs to include substantial federal investment in partnership with innovative authorities.

we are only going to be as strong as our weakest link, and in some cases, that could be the local communities.

an issue of growing importance for me is this issue of energy resilience and the development of microgrids

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you for calling this important hearing.

I encourage the Department to prioritize research into effective firefighting chemicals that are free from contaminants.

Well, thank you. Before we go on to other questions and issues, just a clarification on the housing issue.

I don't understand how the Trump administration's proposed budget cuts to this office would help DOE accomplish this enormous mission.

All of us want safe drinking water, of course.

I hope that the military services will be able to sustain higher funding in the out-years.

We understand that neither service has programmed funding to address these challenges.

I remain concerned that EM lacks sufficient staff, expertise, and resources--most importantly, resources--to accomplish the tasks.

We would love to see that.

Cleanup of these sites is critically important. We need to have it happen, and we can't be sitting here again in 5, 10, or 20 years hoping that it will.