"I want to welcome everyone to today's hearing entitled 'Investing in America's Energy Infrastructure: Improving Energy Efficiency and Creating a Diverse Workforce.'"
"This bill would provide much-needed assistance to State Energy Offices to plan for and respond to energy disruptions from both physical and cyber threats."
"H.R. 1315 is in essence a jobs bill designed to train underserved groups, including women, minorities, veterans, unemployed energy workers, and returning citizens."
"It is my hope that following this hearing the minority side will finally accept my repeated offer to work with my office on this bill."
"It is my hope that following today's hearing my Republican colleagues will finally agree to discuss actual substance with my office so we can move this much-needed bill forward."
"H.R. 1315 is a jobs bill designed to train underserved groups, including women, minorities, veterans, unemployed energy workers, and returning citizens, among others, for the energy jobs and careers o..."
"It is my hope that following this hearing, the minority side will finally accept my repeated offers to work with my office on this bill as we move it through the legislative process."
"the agency, DOE, has the affirmative responsibility to work on increasing opportunities for all."
"Chairman Rush, Ranking Member Rush, the numbers are not as good as they should be. We need to do more."
"Director Campos, while I appreciate your traveling around on, quote, listening tours, my objective is to get beyond the talking and the planning stages."
"Let's get to work, Director Campos, on these issues so that we can start enacting serious proposals such as my workforce bill."
"The Chair thanks the gentleman for yielding back."