I hope that the misguided task forces and investigation we have seen before, aimed at proving that NEPA and other laws somehow stifle our economy and limit our freedoms, are a thing of the past.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Clark, your testimony is largely complementary of CEQ guidance.

One of the witnesses claimed that a key slide has been unchallenged, and I would like unanimous consent to enter into the record several peer-reviewed articles and reports that essentially debunk the contents and the methodology of that…

The consensus deniers are saying that that is not true, that it is less than that, that it is the consensus--the information put forward is a defense of that robust number of that 97 percent that--the consensus on the basis of human-caused…

I hope this hearing is not intended to undermine and mischaracterize the National Environmental Policy Act, which remains one of our Nation's bedrock environmental laws.

Campaigns to convince the American people we have nothing to do with climate change will not slow the pace of actual climate change at all.

In my opinion, it is long overdue.

I hope with that we have entered a new era with respect to understanding NEPA's value to our communities, our environment, and our economy.

I don't think it is wrong for our agencies to do the same.

This is just common sense.

I want those good paying jobs to be created here, where they can form rungs on ladders out of poverty in a nation where the ranks of the poor are growing.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to congratulate you on your chairmanship of this new subcommittee.