Rather than mandate a top-down clean energy standard or a ban on fossil fuels, let us learn from the experience of other States.

not updating standards definitely has an impact on low-income households in this way and doing so could save a lot of money for U.S. families on their energy bills.

The gentleman yields back.

if we want to transition to a cleaner energy future, we can't disregard the vulnerability that communities already face

Today we examine these injustices as we work to achieve a clean energy economy.

Today, we examine these injustices as we work to achieve a clean energy economy.

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has exposed a series of daunting truths within our Nation.

It is not my intention, nor has it ever been, to engage in any kind of false dichotomy between poor people who reside in West Virginia and poor people who reside on the south side of Chicago.

I commend you for your work filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to the brim, securing the electrical grid.

I look forward to today's hearing as a first step in ensuring a productive partnership to preserve reliability and opportunity within the energy sector.

I was proud to join my colleagues in including provisions to support workforce development, diversity, and clean energy infrastructure investment within the recent infrastructure bill.

The recent decline in our nation's economic activity has resulted in a multitude of hardships within our communities and economic sectors.

The full deployment of DOE's resources is of great and vital importance to our nation's economic recovery.

It is really an insult to communities of color who have faced the brunt of losses from this pandemic.

COVID-19 has revealed for all Americans to see the deep fault lines that exist in our society.

Stress is pandemic. It is felt in the African American community.

I think that these are issues that we just can't ignore and these are issues that are front and center.

This has been a very, very important and powerful hearing that you are having.

I am looking at it from the legislative approach, and I have some broader questions that I want to ask.

I want to thank the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Bass), my friend, for her long-time and courageous action and leadership on these important issues. Mr. Speaker, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Christopher Whitfield, Chad Robertson…

This bill has been subject to an incredible amount of disinformation and distortions and, frankly, downright lies.

While I totally support a free and spirited discussion, I believe it is also important to recognize that disinformation can have real and significant consequences.

I have introduced the COVID-19 Testing, Reaching, and Contacting Everyone, which is called the TRACE Act.

I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this important hearing.

My personal opinion is $40 million is a start. It is going to need to be a lot more than that in order to reach the people that we need to reach.