Jerry McNerney

This would ensure that more female students participate in and have access to STEM educational opportunities.

LNG sounds good, but LNG has fugitive emissions, both at the wellhead and throughout the system.

Well, it is clear that we should work with industry, government and industry, to create public-private partnerships to make the utilities more secure.

None of these are acceptable, and Congress will create its own budget that looks a lot more like last year's.

The Region 10 memo also states, and I am quoting, 'the EPA is now aware that there are more than six types of asbestos fiber.'

I think it is important to define and ban all forms of asbestos, not just the six we knew about 30 years ago.

This bill makes clear that the ban on asbestos should include several forms that were excluded from the EPA's proposed ban back in 1989.

I think that has the greatest opportunity to create safety.

You can never not take into account the absolute importance of the safety of your constituents.

Are they doing enough?

The consumer is going to need to know what is going on so they can decide which phone calls to answer.

Energy efficiency is a fast-growing field, and it is creating good jobs.

Each of these dredging projects is essential to both the daily lives of our constituents and the regional economy.

We urge you to fully consider these projects in formulating your FY 2020 budget request.

I appreciate the bipartisan nature of the hearing this morning. All the bills we are looking at are bipartisan, and that is a good sign.

Part of your Agency's mission is to protect the quality, the air quality, yet your fiscal year 2020 budget proposes a 46 percent cut in funding for that purpose.

Emerging contaminants such as PFAS demand more investment in science, not the kind of cuts that we are seeing in your proposed budget.

The plan does not deliver drinking water standards, Superfund cleanup requirements, waste limits, water discharge limits, air emission limits, or even report on releases.

I thank the chairwoman, and I thank the Commission for your testimony.

We can create good jobs, provide clean energy, and mitigate the damage from climate change through strong, immediate action.

Fundamentally, we must act aggressively on climate change. I spent over 20 years in the wind industry business, and I am determined on this issue.

Does the agency have the tools to compel these businesses to use their resources to publicize recalls?

I am bullish about the economic opportunity that comes with the transition to clean energy.

We don't do cabbage. That wasn't my district. But we do have farm workers and they put their lives on the line to feed us.

So I think that is a problem. We haven't made progress in the last two years.