The transportation sector is the number-one source of carbon pollution in the United States.

It is imperative this investment occur here to grow an American EV manufacturing base.

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

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

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It is incumbent upon this body to advance policies that ensure resilient, reliable, and equitable clean energy systems for all.

The Federal Government has a key role in ensuring equity.

Frankly, the poor pays more for its energy needs even though these very same needs are met with disastrous outcomes.

The opportunity to create similar companies started by people of color, by women, by our country's veterans would be greatly assisted by having an Office of Equity in the Department of Energy.

This month Chairman Pallone, Chairman Tonko, and I introduced the CLEAN Future Act to put the Nation on a path toward a clean energy future by no later than 2050.

I applaud the Biden-Harris administration for their work to ensure that underserved and disadvantaged communities receive their fair share of benefits through their Justice40 initiative.

This audit is very, very important to me and to those who are similarly situated just as I am.

Big Tech decisions have real impact on people, and that is why I ask my constituents, using your platforms, to share their experiences on your platforms with me as their representative.

We all agree that social media sites should not be tools for stoking racial division or exacerbating racial injustice.

I thought that you had lied to the committee and you should be condemned for that.

The CLEAN Future Act, which I introduced along with Chairman Pallone and Chairman Tonko, aims to upgrade and reinforce our energy infrastructure.

The CLEAN Future Act also incorporates the Energy Resilient Communities Act, authored by Representatives Barragan and Clarke.

It is also clear that natural gas facilities failed to perform as expected during extreme cold conditions.

The CLEAN Future Act contains numerous provisions to make our power sector cleaner, more reliable, and more resilient.

This morning, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing to identify the nature of this problem.

As affected Texans try to piece their lives together, many of us are left asking, how could this happen?

It is incumbent on this committee and this subcommittee to use its broad jurisdiction over national energy policy to identify Federal solutions to prevent a disruption in vital energy services from occurring again.

These widespread outages threatened the health and safety of millions of Americans--and particularly Texans--amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

It is our duty to ensure that we conduct outreach to African Americans, to Latinos, to Asians, those who are more likely to have negative health outcomes from COVID-19.

COVID-19 has revealed a bright light on healthcare disparities, which are too common for Black and Brown Americans in my district and around this Nation.