I thank my dear friend from Michigan and the other half of the unofficial Levin caucus. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of the late Richard Trumka, a fierce fighter for the hardworking men and women of America's labor movement. Rich…

Thanks so much, Mr. Chairman, for your great leadership of this subcommittee and having another important hearing.

Unfortunately, the infrastructure package often discussed under the previous administration seemed to be more about scoring political points and less about actually creating jobs for our constituents.

I continue to believe these policies are critical to our effort to build more clean energy projects.

I have been fighting for the passage of a comprehensive clean energy and clean transportation tax package that will put our country on a path to a sustainable future.

I share his vision. Many of our colleagues do as well.

I applaud the Administration's desire to achieve 100 percent carbon pollution-free power on our grid by 2035, and, certainly, our public lands should be part of that solution.

Can you commit here today that you will listen to my constituents in coastal Southern California before making any final decisions about new offshore drilling?

I have the biggest de-sal plant in the Western Hemisphere in my district.

I think you know that preventing new offshore oil and gas leasing in my state of California is extremely important to me and to the constituents that I represent.

I thank my good friend from Illinois, and I thank Chairwoman Castor for her exceptional leadership of our select committee. My colleagues have done a good job so far of explaining why we need ambitious climate action that follows the…

the decommissioning continues at San Onofre. They`re in the process -- I in fact, was just there a couple days ago -- they`re in the process of taking apart the domes that many are familiar with as they drive down the southern California…

this is an issue that has gone on far too long without concrete action from Republican administrations and Democratic administrations alike, and we`ve got to fix and now is the time to do it.

the problem, as much as a problem as you laid out well at San Onofre exists, it`s really the symptom of a bigger problem, and the bigger problem is we have nowhere to send the waste at San Onofre.

My great hope is that President Biden will lead on this issue. Secretary Granholm will lead on the issue. We want to work with them. we want to figure this out. And we can get it done if we work together.

we designate development zones that are best for certain renewables so that they don't conflict with other land uses.

As we are all aware, the condition and operation of the grid in California has led to repeated catastrophic wildfires in our state.

when I do, it is going to be another union made electric car.

We know when President Biden talks about climate, it is always jobs, jobs, jobs.

Let's work together. Let's find common ground. Let's get it done.

I'm a two-time cancer survivor... this drug price issue has been very personal for my family.

I am here today because I proudly represent the service members and their families at Camp Pendleton.

I thank our great chairman, Chairman Takano, and our ranking member for their great work. It is an honor to continue serving our veterans in a bipartisan manner and to chair the relevant subcommittee. As the Representative for Marine Corps…

It will also improve the VA's communication with veterans about employment placement services. It will clarify veterans' eligibility for housing stipends under the retraining program. And it will ensure the VA works with qualified…

I think the question remains whether we, as the United States, will capture here domestically the benefits of developing, building, and exporting the clean energy and transportation technologies of the future.