The CLEAN Future Act contains numerous provisions to make our power sector cleaner, more reliable, and more resilient.

The CLEAN Future Act also incorporates the Energy Resilient Communities Act, authored by Representatives Barragan and Clarke.

The CLEAN Future Act, which I introduced along with Chairman Pallone and Chairman Tonko, aims to upgrade and reinforce our energy infrastructure.

This morning, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing to identify the nature of this problem.

As affected Texans try to piece their lives together, many of us are left asking, how could this happen?

These widespread outages threatened the health and safety of millions of Americans--and particularly Texans--amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

It is incumbent on this committee and this subcommittee to use its broad jurisdiction over national energy policy to identify Federal solutions to prevent a disruption in vital energy services from occurring again.

COVID-19 has revealed a bright light on healthcare disparities, which are too common for Black and Brown Americans in my district and around this Nation.

I was proud, as you were, to vote for the ACA in 2010, which has since become a lifeline for millions of Americans.

Ensuring affordability of high-quality healthcare, as I said before, is a top priority.

The improvements included in the American Rescue Plan and in the legislation that we are considering today are long overdue and cannot come soon enough.