Today we examine these injustices as we work to achieve a clean energy economy.

not updating standards definitely has an impact on low-income households in this way and doing so could save a lot of money for U.S. families on their energy bills.

Rather than mandate a top-down clean energy standard or a ban on fossil fuels, let us learn from the experience of other States.

I look forward to today's hearing as a first step in ensuring a productive partnership to preserve reliability and opportunity within the energy sector.

The full deployment of DOE's resources is of great and vital importance to our nation's economic recovery.

The recent decline in our nation's economic activity has resulted in a multitude of hardships within our communities and economic sectors.

I commend you for your work filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to the brim, securing the electrical grid.

I was proud to join my colleagues in including provisions to support workforce development, diversity, and clean energy infrastructure investment within the recent infrastructure bill.

It is really an insult to communities of color who have faced the brunt of losses from this pandemic.

COVID-19 has revealed for all Americans to see the deep fault lines that exist in our society.

Stress is pandemic. It is felt in the African American community.

I think that these are issues that we just can't ignore and these are issues that are front and center.