Bobby Rush

I also have grave concerns over the global perception of the credibility of the United States when neither our friends or allies nor other foreign powers can depend on the sincerity of the U.S. Government.

I do have concerns over the constitutionality of a President singlehandedly changing or overturning a trade agreement that was passed by Congress.

I have held several meetings with relevant stakeholders concerned with the Trump administration's ill-advised decision to try and unilaterally change or get rid of existing agreements, existing accords, and treaties.

Protecting these communities is an essential aspect of the EPA's mission and is one that appears to have been, in my opinion, summarily neglected.

The administrator plays an important role regarding environmental justice.

I have heard and some of our researchers have said in some parts of our Nation, it is very common that young girls particularly are forced into marriages.

I certainly want to thank you, Madam Chairman, for your courage in terms of having this hearing, and I want to commend you for your work and leadership in this particular matter.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois will be postponed.

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining on both sides. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois has 5 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Michigan has 7\1/2\ minutes remaining.

This bill that we are considering is not only unnecessary but it would also turn a good program into a bad program.

I oppose disrupting this program by moving it from EPA to DOE.

I appreciate the effort of Mr. Latta to maintain the development of energy efficiency appliances through Energy Star by preventing the need for class action, something he and I worked on.

I support H.R. 3477, the Ceiling Fan Energy and Conservation Harmonization Act, and I strongly oppose the Energy Star Reform Act of 2017.

I can only imagine the howls and the growls and the threats that we would have heard from your side of the aisle if former EPA administrators, Gina McCarthy or Lisa Jackson, would have simply refused to even show up in person or even send…

I think it does not do us well for us to continue to accept these refusals to come before this subcommittee, to continually accept this restraint and disregard for this subcommittee.

It is highly unusually and wholly unacceptable that we are now in the month of November and the administration witnesses have been allowed to repeatedly thumb their noses at requests made by this subcommittee to get them to come here and…

Mr. Rush. Mr. Chairman, I want to restate or reiterate my request that PREPA be subpoenaed and that we have FEMA before this subcommittee in the near future.

I amazed at the lack of proper attention by those in our Government in determining their response to this American tragedy in Puerto Rico.

I am amazed at the breadth of the tragedies that are occurring, even as we speak, in Puerto Rico.

I strongly request that we use our subpoena authority to demand that PREPA come to this subcommittee.

I simply smell a rat here. I really smell a rat.

I am concerned about Puerto Rico because their electric grid was in pretty bad shape even before.

We ought to get to the bottom of this, and we have got to know what happened.

It is essential that we fund the Corps of Engineers, FEMA, and other related agencies in our next supplemental.

Do you trust PREPA? Do you trust them?