Bobby Rush

Mr. Latta's bill, which he introduced along with me, H.R. 360, the Cyber Sense Act, makes important headway in protecting our critical grid infrastructure.

My bill, which I introduced along with Mr. Latta, H.R. 359, the Enhancing Grid Security through Public-Private Partnerships Act, would create a program to enhance the physical and cyber security of electric utilities.

I also don't think the draft goes far enough to prevent cyber attacks and discourage bad actors from damaging pipeline facilities.

The draft would also prohibit direct assessment of pipelines, which is a valuable method for evaluating and managing corrosion threats.

I am afraid the discussion draft before us today falls short in several critical areas.

We owe it to our constituents to have a more open and transparent process, where all the relevant stakeholders have an opportunity to present their views and reform proposals.

I urge you to hit reset. Let's open this process up and work together across the aisle.

I look forward to engaging the witnesses and also the members of the minority and working with all of you to enhance this legislation.

The bill would eliminate the duplicative cost-benefit requirements, which is currently only imposed on PHMSA.

I believe this is a commonsense measure that would help to inform and protect communities surrounding these gathering lines.

I want to be crystal clear.

This morning we will be examining the Safer Pipelines Act of 2019, as well as H.R. 2139, the Leonel Rondon Pipeline Safety Act.

I want to thank you all for attending today's important hearing entitled 'Legislative Solutions to Make Our Nation's Pipelines Safer.'

We believe in it. It is carbon free. It is there. It is an enormous resource.

We can also stick it to Putin, let me be direct and clear here.

I do not want to see FERC stand in the way of that progress.

I did not support FERC putting its thumb on the scale to ambiguously prop up coal and nuclear facilities.

The bipartisan Future Energy Jobs Act... will move my State towards a cleaner, greener, more sustainable energy future.

Elected officials in the States should have the authority to choose the type of energy sources within their own portfolios.

I did not support FERC putting its proverbial thumb on the scale to ambiguously prop up coal and nuclear facilities.

Congressman Bobby Rush from Illinois will be the lead sponsor on that.

Without Community Health Centers, we would be far worse off than we are right now.

It is absolutely critical, Mr. Chairman, that we do not allow the DSH payments to be cut now or in the future.

This is where the money is going to.

This bill will provide enormous help to my constituents, and it goes beyond just the empty rhetoric and partisan posturing.