Joseph P. Kennedy III

I am particularly interested in the development of offshore wind resources. We know offshore wind holds an immense opportunity for abundant renewable energy.

I want to thank the witnesses for appearing today and to the committee for holding this important hearing.

if you judge the strength of the law by the power of its remedy and you have got remedies in place but the State just chooses not to enforce it, is there really any regulation to begin with?

There is testimony that is coming on the second panel that indicates that children are still being separated from their parents at the border.

Even for an administration that seems to go out of its way to treat immigrants as less, this seems a new low.

I urge passage of this bill, and I yield back my time.

I applaud the efforts of Representative Chabot, Ranking Member Engel, and Chairman Royce to bring this important bipartisan legislation before the committee.

I have hard time seeing how at this point there is any impetus to have Assad go.

I have a very hard time understanding how that there is not additional or a new authorization for the use of military force that is going to be necessary in terms of outlining what these efforts are going to be.

I think it is important to note that thus far the Administration has invested about $6 billion in support of developing carbon capture and other technologies to try to make coal more efficient and to reduce its environmental impacts.

I hesitate to believe that we here in the United States are going to appropriate the sufficient funding to do that.

This is not something that the United States can do alone.

The situation on the ground in Libya is very complex and very complicated, going to take a period of time.

I echo the sentiments from our colleagues, very much looking forward to any suggestions you might have about how we can crack down on the financing of Hamas and their sources of income.

What we can try to do to build up civil society there to erode support for Hamas in the long term as well.

Whenever, EPA proposes an action that will protect the air we breathe or the water we drink, industry raises alarms about the purported negative impact on the economy.

I firmly believe we can have a vibrant economy and a safe and healthy environment.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I look forward to the testimony today, even though I can't stay for all of it.

I am here though because of some deeply personal ties to the Dominican Republic.

We have got to find ways to get Mexico to take a bigger role in helping Central American nations in partnership with the United States.

What are we doing to try to make sure we are not putting out fires here every day for the next 10, 15, 20 years?

As disappointments go, Libya ranks pretty high on the list.

It is essential that the administration help us make the case to our constituents here at home, that this money is spent wisely.

I am convinced that in the right situations, Congress will continue to do the right thing.