Jerry McNerney: “I support several of these bills, especially the disability compensation COLA offered by you Mr. Chairman.”

I believe fusion development is moving quickly and that, once commercially available, will be an important contributor to our baseload power needs.

I am pleased that the President's job plan and fiscal year 2022 budget request for the Department would establish robust programs to revitalize and strengthen our domestic manufacturing sector.

I completely agree, and that is why I introduced the Digital Equity Act, which would create two Federal programs to address gaps in broadband adoption and digital literacy and skills.

That's why I've introduced the Digital Equity Act. I'm pleased that the bill was included in the LIFT Act and I hope that we will move quickly to pass the critical bill.