Alan Lowenthal: “I think that the rollout of shore charging and shoreside power systems is vital to be moving in this direction.”

As such, building even one new oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico will deepen the climate crisis, disproportionately imperiling low-income communities and communities of color in the process.

I believe the only response to this is to make sure that the fleet is big enough and flexible enough to meet congressional requirements.

I look forward to the testimony from our witnesses.

There were applications for over $1.3 billion in Federal funds, while we only gave out a total of $239 million.