John Hickenlooper

I just want to personally thank all of you, and I want you to know that we are with you.

I have raised this topic with Secretary Mayorkas. I have raised it at the White House.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thanks to all of you. I mean, we always hear, those of us in the continental 48, always look with longing to our impression and understanding of the places you live as some of the most beautiful places on earth, but…

We are very much concerned. You are extremely important, as any state is, as far as to all of our success.

Do you have the workforce and the resources to actually put the funds to work, and how could we help accelerate the deployment of these investments?

The United States of America should not depend on any other nation to supply us the energy that we need to defend ourselves and help our allies.

Even if we stopped emitting all CO2 today, we would still benefit considerably from removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

We are going to need cost-effective carbon dioxide removal technologies, and there is a variety of different technologies that are potentially relevant here.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure bill's Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs program is a, I think, generational opportunity for commercializing clean hydrogen across sectors.

My commitment is I have seen these projects from all levels, and if confirmed, I will make sure that equity is at the front of everything that we do.

Let me say that again: Sea levels will rise by an additional foot by 2050.

It is aridification or desertification. It is the consistently drying of our precipitation patterns, which has led to more and more, worse and worse wildfires.

We, obviously, in Colorado, we feel that we are on the front lines of climate change and the climate crisis.

The real question, though, is how much do we lose by delaying the appropriate investments to complete that preparedness work?

The reality is, I think it creates real danger for the probability that new COVID variants or other pathogens like monkeypox can emerge and spread quickly undetected in our interconnected world.

I think it is imperative that we make investments today that will help us better understand and prepare for viruses tomorrow.

We can, and I think really have to work closely with our allied partners to advance scientific and research efforts.

What are you going to do to make sure every kid has a chance to get meaningful work experience while they are still in school, before they actually go out and get a job?

I do appreciate what you are trying to do to go back through the entire process and see where the mistakes were made, and then figure out how do you build back a better structure.

I asked him after 8 years as being President of the United States, what kept him up at night, what was the single thing that most concerned him, and he said cybersecurity, especially the way it would interface with things like health care…

One of the things that we might be missing here is the fact that this technology rolls over very quickly.

I am so proud to be working with Senator Braun on the Partners Act to help small and medium sized businesses with their training efforts.

We are at a critical time in our quest to expand access to high speed broadband internet to literally every American.

We also need to be making critical investments in our workers, and in the successful programs that give them the skills to succeed.

This critical need for skilled laborers, tower climbers, technicians to help build the broadband infrastructure in communities has only gotten worse.