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.

We must invest in our workers and the growth of our clean energy economy.

This sizeable investment will advance crucial energy--clean energy priorities, good-paying jobs, and the U.S. efforts to deploy technologies to tackle the climate crisis.

The Colonial cyberattack revealed that a secure, reliable, and affordable supply of fossil energy is absolutely critical to our economy and our way of life.

the CLEAN Future Act would achieve net-zero greenhouse gas pollution, combat the climate crisis, put Americans back to work, and rebuild our economy.

we have to do more to protect our Nation's energy infrastructure.

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.

We must take a hard look at Federal strategies to prevent attacks, enforce best practices and compliance, and also to discourage bad actors.

I applaud you for your endurance, and also for your information and for your extraordinary way that you answered these very, very tough questions.

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.

President Biden's American Jobs Plan does just that.

I believe Congress and the Department have an opportunity to work collaboratively to improve cyber response and harden our Nation's critical energy infrastructure.

As I have mentioned, I am currently working on legislation to ensure that cyber attacks do not threaten our energy infrastructure, moving forward.

I, along with my good friend from Indiana, Dr. Bucshon, recently introduced a bill that will require the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to evaluate the performance of crash avoidance systems.

We must invest in the necessary charging and manufacturing infrastructure.

Electrifying the transportation sector is critical to meeting our climate goals.

Thank you very much, Chairman Rush, for organizing this important hearing, and for your commitment to ensuring that all Americans, regardless of their ZIP Code, have access to electric vehicles.

We need to ensure that electric vehicles chargers are built in rural communities too.

We believe we have to work together to find new, reliable, and responsible sources for these materials.

We fully support Representative Clarke's Electric Vehicles for Underserved Communities Act, which directs DoE to support the deployment of EV charging in disadvantaged or underserved communities.

broad vehicle electrification will save U.S. consumers $2.7 trillion by 2050 and create over 2 million jobs by 2035.

We must also guarantee that benefits of electric vehicles are available and accessible to all communities.

These fees are particularly burdensome in rural communities.

technically and economically feasible for all new car and truck sales to be electric by 2035.