Jerry McNerney

One of the things I mentioned in my opening statement was cybersecurity, and I know that that is also an issue that is very important to Mr. Waxman.

So when do those standards take effect?

The thing is that smart grid gives us a tremendous opportunity to gather information so that we can become more reliable.

So you don't think the legislation would change that?

Would you comment on how that turned out, Chairwoman.

We need to make teaching cool, because if we don't get the best teachers out there...

Because of increasing production of oil and natural gas, manufacturing is beginning to move back to this country.

I really appreciated Ms. McNelly's comments about making manufacturing a cool pathway for a career.

I really don't blame my Republican colleagues for trying to change the subject from the costly and reckless government shutdown.

I would like to explore two things in my 5 minutes. First is the confidence that you have that climate change is taking place as a significant threat and as caused by a large degree by human activities; and secondly, if actions taken to…

It seems to me that the hearing we are holding here this morning is premature.

Mr. McNerney. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I didn't hear anyone in this panel say do away with the RFS.

I appreciate your remark on the professionalism of the EPA.

Well, they have the flexibility to do that, but last year's drought caused real problems, there were 150 Members of Congress and Governors that asked them to waive the ethanol mandates, and they didn't.

Well, I thank the chairman. Wow, what a diverse set of testimony, and I want to thank you all for your passion on this issue.

It is our duty, it is our job as a committee, as a subcommittee, to try and resolve that conflict.

I would like to thank my friend and colleague Mike Pompeo for spearheading this commonsense bill.

Natural gas is going to be a big part of our energy future, but only if we cut the red tape from the past.

This has been a pretty beneficial hearing. I think it has brought out that there are legitimate concerns on both sides of this piece of legislation.

I think we should take time and look at this in a more deliberate manner than just bringing it up for markup this afternoon.

This is a very important hearing. As we know, the United States, we take a lot of pride in our intellectual properties and our innovation.

I am a very big proponent of clean energy technology.

I believe this is the first public acknowledgment that the Corps is not going to do regional EIRs.

I want to talk a little bit about fracking. We are going to be producing a lot of natural gas and oil using that technique, and that may be beneficial, but there is a significant risk in my opinion of natural gas escaping into the…