While there are so many vital programs to defend throughout this budget, I am here today to call your attention to several programs that are critically important to creating jobs...

For every $1 of federal investment, the Manufacturing Extension Partnership delivers $32 in economic growth

if this vital economic engine is to be sustained, Congress must continue its investments in programs that help manufacturers compete

I respectfully urge this committee to fully fund these critically important economic initiatives at the levels requested in the President's fiscal year 2012 budget.

The economic recovery of my district, the State of Rhode Island and our whole country demands that we work collaboratively...

The key to jump-starting our economy is to put Americans back to work.

we are looking at over 11 percent unemployment in my State.

Her statement is both warm and enthusiastic in support of this candidate.

I particularly want to encourage the Administration to pursue every possible effort to electrify its fleet of vehicles.

I would strongly encourage you to do that.

One of the great things about the sustainability effort is that it asks us first for data.

The Federal Government spends about $24 billion every year on electricity and fuel and in the current budget climate, anything we can do to help find opportunities for greater efficiency and cost savings for the American taxpayer is worth…

The Federal Government, which you tend to administer behind, is the Nation's largest consumer of electronics.

Let me thank the Administrator for her testimony today. I appreciate very much that you took the trouble to come up and you are excused onto your other duties.

As the Administrator of GSA, I believe you are the largest single consumer of energy in the United States, accounting for 1.5 percent of the Nation's annual energy consumption.

It should put an exclamation point on the national security costs of depending on the Middle East for oil.

E-waste is a huge and emerging critical issue and we are working with the EPA to figure out.

We are also very pleased that a Rhode Island contractor is doing that work and creating jobs.