It is great to be out here with my friends on both sides of the aisle. As many know, I have announced I am not going to run for reelection. One of the successes is because of what Chairman Young was able to do in the last Congress. Mr…

Today, the subcommittee will not only check in on the progress of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program...

This law, then referred to as Section 550, surgically and directly addressed gaps in Federal law regarding terrorism...

Let me make sure I put this in the record, that this relationship with DHS is because we are focused on security, and we want to put that--make sure that is on the table.

I really plead with my colleagues on the other side to help us find that narrow path so that we can be really united as we address and fight with the Senate for the long-term authorization.

Safety is OSHA; security is DHS. It is very two clear lines.

I mean--and we will mention it with the other panel. See, cost-benefit analysis, risk, additional costs, current markets--it is really tough to say what causes a sector to decide to close and to move.

Unfortunately, the early years of CFATS program implementation were marked with several growing pains, some more hurtful than others.

This law--then referred to as section 550--surgically and directly address gaps in Federal law regarding terrorism or other intentional acts against high-risk facilities due to their use or possession of chemicals of concern at levels of…

I think today's CFATS has earned an extension of its program authority.

Thank you for your 24 years of service to the great people of Illinois. As a constituent that lives in your district, you will be greatly missed.

And I think our concern--and I think we all acknowledge the fact that we want to get as long-term a reauthorization as we can.

We have a law--an authorization law on the book that the appropriators failed to fund.

This hearing kicks off the subcommittee's review of policies that would aim to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the United States economy.

We should avoid complex, regulatory, and command and control schemes that the majority sometimes seeks to impose.

Some of these goals are not possible to achieve with current technology-or through renewable energy alone.

Our goals should be to perfect the bipartisan policies that will allow innovation in the private sector to provide the new technologies that will provide the path to lower emissions, especially where this is needed most.

I urge the Speaker to immediately schedule this bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is not recognized for debate. ____________________

This amendment is anything but simple. It is highly complex. Per- and polyfluorinated compounds, there are probably 5,000 different permutations, and my colleagues act like it is one formulation; and it is multiple. So what they want to do…

I claim time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois is recognized for 5 minutes.

I want to start talking about science and jurisdiction and why it is important to go through regular order. We just heard my colleagues talk about PFAS or PFOS or PFOA, three different things that mean three different things. What my…

So we have been attacking the administration of the Department of Defense saying they can't do their job, they don't meet the IG standards, and now we are going to put them in control of air emissions and clean air standards. That is what…

If this amendment were limited to the 18 per- and polyfluorinated compounds that EPA knows about and has rendered a judgment on, we would be having a different debate. Formulations like PFOA and PFOS, for example, have been studied and…

They think we are very dysfunctional here in Washington, and we are, most of the time--we eventually get to compromise.

We must be clear eyed about the impacts on all Americans of the policy we pass because that's what Article I of the constitution requires we do.