Diana DeGette actually said...

the fact that so many times the science was stifled, not for policy reasons so much as political, has been--really eroded the confidence.

This is an Agency that we simply cannot afford to neglect, and today that is even more true today than ever.

We know that climate change, the climate crisis is an existential threat to the human race.

Rep. DeGette's measure would make DOE the validator of these technologies, thus driving their innovation.