Tom Carper

Removing protection for wetlands is especially shortsighted as climate change continues to fuel more extreme weather events, which we witness almost daily.

Before the Clean Water Act, our Nation's waters were subject to indiscriminate pollution and destruction.

Einstein used to say, as I mentioned earlier, in adversity lies opportunity.

We are grateful to the GAO for producing the High Risk List for us every year.

Let's see what we can learn from what you have done in your State and work together.

We have worked hard in our State at the State level to try to spend taxpayer money a lot smarter.

Just last week, we celebrated the anniversary of something called Kigali, which is a ratification, it is an amendment to the Montreal Protocol that phases out the use of super-polluting HFCs, hydrofluorocarbons, in refrigerants.

Dr. Coburn was just unrelenting in going after waste in government.

We must not have had any common sense.

Senator Capito, thanks, not just for those words, but also thank you for your focus on these issues and trying to make sure we use some common sense and save some money.

We are here today to examine the current use of Federal office space, affectionately known as the Federal Real Estate Footprint, and to identify opportunities for improving how we manage these assets on behalf of the American taxpayers.

We have disposed of our business. We did some good work on three bills. That is pretty good morning's work already.

I would say to our witnesses, this Committee has a pretty good reputation for partnerships.

Yes. Well, my colleagues also hear me say, and this is a quote from Einstein that they all say, find out what works, and do more of that.

We are looking at the end of the fiscal year in just a couple of days, and there is a threat of a Government shutdown.

The General Services Administration, GSA, manages more than 363 million square feet spaced across the country in 8,400 buildings.

Now, I am going to call this hearing to order.

It is really important to set leadership by example.

The biggest cause of climate change in this country is mobile sources, including our vehicle fleets.

I want to ask, and we will follow up after the hearing with requests in writing, and ask each of you to share with us your experience supporting tribal communities that lack access to safe, reliable water, and how that affects public…

Just an amazingly strong vote.

I think it was in April of this year, the Environmental Protection Agency released its latest drinking water needs survey and assessment.

One of the things we try to do on this Committee is we want to get good stuff done for our planet, for our environment.

If I could use an aviation term, it is more as a copilot.

I should be able to spell AI. I am not going to give up and will eventually hopefully be able to make some real contributions through this Committee and others as well.