I want to thank the panel. Last month, the Trump Administration announced the launch of Operation Warp Speed...

communities of color in Maryland have been particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

Hispanic or Latinx individuals are ten percent of the population but represent 33 percent of the diagnosed coronavirus cases.

African Americans are now accounting for 29 percent of the population but 41 percent of the coronavirus deaths.

Investments in the grid are important for grid security and resiliency as well as integrating these new renewable technologies.

Promoting a cleaner and healthier future for all communities is a critical priority.

I appreciate the witnesses' testimony. Obviously, the pandemic has had profound impact on our economy.

There's this whole unseen work force out there that doesn't normally get the attention it deserves.

Thank you for the work that you're doing very much on the front line of this pandemic.

I think your composure today has been remarkable, given the fight you have been waging for 15 years.

Shame on us if we don't learn from this.

Do you believe that if we put our minds to it, that if we collaborate, the private sector and government, to create these manufacturing supply chains, to bring this back from offshore, that we can do what we need to do to keep our people…

I am embarrassed on behalf of the government's failure to respond to these warnings for so many years.

It didn't have to be this way. There was another path. Things could have gone differently.

1 year ago, almost to the day, this House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, the For the People Act, a transformative anticorruption and clean elections bill that would give people their voice back in their own democracy. It would fix…

Our failure to get the testing done early in effect means we missed the containment window and now have to move rapidly to the mitigation stage of this thing.

I want to pick up on this topic of the workforce because I think it is really critical...

I joined my colleagues, Katherine Clark and Hal Rogers in introducing the Substance Use Disorder Workforce Loan Repayment Act.

I completely concur with Maria's remarks. I think, you know, as you look at the existing fleet, we have extraordinary capability to produce large amounts of carbon-free power.

It is really hard to overstate the harm that this rule could cause.

automatic voter registration across the country nationwide would help Americans exercise that right to vote

It doesn't make any sense to me. I urge you to reconsider that.

we brought Congresswoman Norton's H.R. 51 into this committee, passed out of committee, which would provide statehood for the District of Columbia

If we can change what is now really an obstacle course for people getting to the ballot box...

We are at the height of it. We are at this tipping point on this epidemic when it comes to vaping.