I was proud, as you were, to vote for the ACA in 2010, which has since become a lifeline for millions of Americans.

Ensuring affordability of high-quality healthcare, as I said before, is a top priority.

The improvements included in the American Rescue Plan and in the legislation that we are considering today are long overdue and cannot come soon enough.

Today's legislation also invests over $100 million in clean energy, energy efficiency, clean ports, smart communities and electric vehicles.

Fortunately, the LIFT Act includes $4.5 million for lead service line replacement, with a priority on environmental communities.

The LIFT America Act makes critical investments to combat the climate crisis, expand broadband internet access, and revitalize America's lagging healthcare infrastructure.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and hello to our witnesses.

Much-needed investments in these key areas will support this Nation in building back better--a top priority for both this body and the communities we serve.

Digital inequity and the digital divide have been a concern of ours for a very long time.

given the very positive and inspirational request from the Biden administration in that the vaccinations will be available to all Americans by the end of May

Well, thank you, Madam Chair. And I want to thank all of the witnesses for this superb hearing.

I was part of an organization that created in this nation the first network of free feeding programs named Breakfast for Children Program.

We need to work together to create a more climate-resilient energy system.

Ultimately, this episode underscores the importance of prioritizing clean and resilient energy infrastructure, which is exactly what we aim to do in the CLEAN Future Act.

In October 2018 the IPCC Panel on Climate Change released a special report on global warming.

It is really important for those communities that are the most disadvantaged that we start investing in them first.

I think Congresswoman Blunt Rochester's bill on mission critical and building infrastructure is another important program that can help not only those communities in terms of making them more resilient, but also in terms of jobs and small…

I submit to you that getting the United States back in the lead on the clean energy game is essential.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

The gentlelady yields back.

The Open Back Better Act invests in retrofits to ensure that our Nation's critical infrastructure...are safer, cleaner, more energy efficient.

In the coming days I intend to introduce a bill to establish a Department of Energy office to advance principles of energy equity.

People don't have heat. People haven't had heat for days.

We obviously had failures with all of our platforms in ERCOT, and we need to figure out how we can weatherize these things.

Fast-forward to February 1 of this year and the OIG conducts another audit at the request of Congressman Bobby Rush.