We cannot go down a dangerous path by pushing unfounded conspiracies about Dr. Fauci and other long-serving career public health officials.

Today, there are a variety of views within the intelligence community and around the world on whether the virus originated in an accidental lab leak or whether it occurred from a leak to animals to humans.

I strongly urge everyone on this committee, but my Republican colleagues specifically, from rehashing unfounded theories that Dr. Fauci and other public health experts have blocked investigations into the pandemic origins.

When you talk about climate, because our water challenges and shortages in the West are not driven by the Endangered Species Act.

We want to empower the consumer to be the ultimate arbiter of their data while allowing companies to perform any action that consumers should reasonably expect.

This topic is important and has significant ramifications on public health and safety, our economy, national security, and competitiveness.

I am hoping that this is going to be the Congress we get this done because this subject is so important.

These don't. And I am serious about working with you on real legislation that would do that.

This is problematic.

It would be disastrous for the Gulf's marine wildlife and for the Rice's whale.

Is the extinction of the endangered Rice's whale in your backyard really the price you are willing to pay for unfettered access to seismic testing in the Gulf of Mexico?

I think that is shameful. I think that needs to be fixed.

Deploying zero-emission technologies at scale across the country will be the greatest permitting challenge in generations.

We need an honest conversation about permitting and the implementation of NEPA in the 21st century.

I see one of my primary responsibilities as ensuring that our communities can make a just and equitable transition.

If we are smart, and if we are just, and if we are equitable, we will have a just, equitable transition.

I really want to take this opportunity to lay out a vision for what we can do through this body to lift up our communities.

Too many treat economic security, national security, and environmental security as mutually exclusive goals.

This is why we are here.

Strengthening supply chains for electric vehicles and batteries is a top priority for me. We cannot and will not be dependent on China.

I care deeply about making sure that we are taking care of everybody and that they can afford the energy of the future.

Innovative satellite technologies have proven crucial in expanding broadband access, emergency and disaster response, and 5G adoption.

But we need to keep moving forward.

We have got to keep it that way, and we can't take it for granted.

Is counting the number of satellites sufficient, or do we need other metrics now?