I want to thank you, Madam Chairwoman, for this very outstanding and provocative and informative hearing.

Today the Subcommittee on Energy convenes for a hearing on the CLEAN Future Act as well as other legislation to address electric transmission and the delivery of clean, reliable power.

We need a major expansion of the electric transmission system to establish our net-zero clean energy economy.

Speaking frankly, we need a major expansion of the electric transmission system to establish a net zero clean energy economy.

A fundamental instrument that is key to the--employment of reliable and affordable clean energy is electric transmission.

The energy sector is the second largest source of greenhouse gas emission in the U.S.

I recently introduced the Farm Subsidy Transparency Act (H.R. 3794/S. 1980), along with Senator Booker, which will require USDA to track and publicly disclose the race and gender of all individuals who receive or who are denied farm…

It strengthened my belief that when it comes to agricultural innovation in our workforce, America is not only competitive in the global economy, but it is indeed the best in the world.

Last April, I published an op-ed in the Chicago Sun-Times entitled, When white America catches a cold, black America catches pneumonia.

It is clear, in my opinion, that rural America is in the same boat as too often left behind by our recovery efforts.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I yield back the balance of my time.

If we are going to break that cycle, we must take this current cold deadly serious, and we must ensure that the needs of the black community as it relates to COVID-19 are taken just as seriously as well.

the time is right now, and we should move to bring this matter to a markup.

this is an agency that can't justify its existence, especially in terms of the results that it has achieved for the American people.

I humbly submit to you that it should be scrapped and that you don't put new wine into old wineskins.

If you want to be a shepherd, then you have to smell like sheep.

Food security is also personal to me for other reasons.

You can't teach what you don't know and you can't lead where you won't go.

If it worked on a sliding scale fee, then they took away 50 for every extra dollar that I made, I would be able to more work myself off of SNAP benefits.

I stand ready to work with you to alleviate these issues.

In March 2021, Rep. Frank Pallone, Rep. Paul Tonko, and Rep. Bobby Rush introduced the Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation's (CLEAN) Future Act (H.R. 1512).

My bill, H.R. 3119, The Energy Emergency Leadership Act, will assign cybersecurity, energy security, and emergency response functions to a new DOE Assistant Secretary.

Today the Subcommittee on Energy will hold a hearing on the President's Fiscal Year 2022 discretionary budget request and the Department of Energy's critical mission to transform and secure the Nation's energy system.

I am also working on legislation to prevent future incidents.

That is why I, along with Ranking Member Upton and other esteemed colleagues, have introduced bipartisan legislation to further strengthen DOE's ability to respond to physical and cyber security threats.