Global climate change is one of the greatest challenges that we face.
I will continue to work with our chair to find a future of coal that is clean and good for our environment.
I saw it as a retreat from coal, not a war on coal but an attempt for the United States to eventually one day hopefully pull out of coal and...
This hearing is an opportunity to demonstrate the value of a true 'all-of-the-above' approach to energy production.
For our witnesses, it is pretty evident now after a number of scientific studies that 97 percent of scientists agree that human activities a...
Still, fracking requires large, large volumes of water to successfully release shale gas.
In California, we are beginning an expansion of fracking for shale gas that may create an economic boom for the State.
As I have said before over and over in this Committee, I do support an all-of-the-above approach to energy production and I do believe that ...
However, in any technology, if we cannot make it safe, we should try and fix it to make it safe, and if not, certainly not expose consumers ...
That said, when it comes to fracking, I still believe we need to proceed with extreme caution.
There is simply no place for politics when it comes to making sure that the water that our families rely upon is safe and that the homes tha...