Jerry McNerney

For lawmakers to encourage and enable innovative advancements that we can improve the security and reliability of our Nation's electric grid, we must work on a bipartisan basis.

A reliable grid is also crucial to our national security and for a clean energy future.

It is an incredibly important issue that we needed to care a lot about and make good policy on.

While the planet is continuing to warm up and I believe we are going to blow past the 2+ centigrade marker that people say is the limit of tolerability, we need to be looking at all the potential tools in the climate solutions toolbox…

I'm going to yield back the three minutes that the prior speaker took.

Do you think it is OK to continue business as usual with carbon dioxide emissions?

So will you commit to not finalizing the proposed rule until the Science Advisory Board has had time to complete its review?

Four former EPA Administrators testified before this committee last week. All supported upholding the science in deciding Agency action.

Also, regarding cybersecurity, Mr. Latta and I introduced H.R. 359, the Enhancing Grid Security Through Public-Private Partnerships Act.

But the question is, are you putting high standards in for these pipelines?

But it is not just carbon. I mean, natural gas emissions are very much stronger in terms of greenhouse gas effects than carbon.

Thank you. That is pretty exciting if we can reach 80 percent with renewables, you know, in a reasonable time frame.

California has long been a leader in energy and technology, and now we want to apply that innovation to water modernization in our water systems.

Moving on to water infrastructure, the Smart Energy and Water Efficiency Act proposed by Mr. Kinzinger and myself is included in this LIFT Act.

My constituents and Americans across the country need broadband access to fully participate in our society.

Legislation has been introduced by Congressman McNerney and Congressman Webster authorizing these activities by NIST in H.R. 2393.

Thank you for your time.

Opportunities abound to build a more resilient tomorrow and should not be wasted.

I hope all Members will consider supporting this important measure.

I want to thank you, Dr. Cordova, for your leadership in science.

Well, there are strong arguments in favor of H.R. 2605 introduced by Representative Stevens to list PFAS as a hazardous air pollution under the Clean Air Act.

I am sure this can be a difficult hearing for you. But there is common ground to move forward on the legislation.

A free and independent press is the foundation of our democracy.

I am deeply concerned about President Trump's repeated attacks on journalists and broadcasters.

Nuclear waste, I have been a strong voice in dealing with nuclear waste. We have nuclear waste, a lot of nuclear waste, around the country sitting in poorly secured sites.