Alan Lowenthal: “I hope that this is an issue that we can look at in more depth this Congress.”

I look forward to the testimony from our witnesses.

We must achieve 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035, and the entire U.S. economy needs to reach net-zero emissions by midcentury.

I have no further requests at this time. I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

The climate crisis is here, and it poses an existential threat to American life as we know it now.