It is good to have you before the Subcommittee today and good to see you are thriving after your promotion to Cabinet Secretary.

Would you agree that it would be advisable to reduce methane emission more than what we do today and to be able to work with the states?

It authorizes DOE to reduce methane emission from flaring and venting natural gas during production activities.

I would look forward to working with you, members of the committee, others in the industry, to help design programs and policies that might address what I think is a growing national security concern.

Growing nuclear weapons threats and the tens of billions of dollars needed to maintain the nuclear deterrent underscore the urgency for creating efficient, effective, and durable governance and management of DOE's nuclear security missions.

Well thank you, Mr. Chairman, and welcome back to you. And welcome back, Mr. Secretary.

The recent crisis revealed to more Americans the strategic threats of China, Russia, and other adversaries.

Telehealth is a real key. And, of course, we know that there are so many areas around the country that are underserved.

We need to do more. And his friendship, his advocacy with other key players and certainly in our committee really makes a difference.

The President invoked the DPA ordering Puritan to make the swabs we needed.

We quickly went from knowing little about this virus to creating a test for it and testing more than 25 million samples.

Early on, President Trump stopped flights from China, and then, Europe.

I commend our witnesses today for keeping focused on the challenges at hand and for doing everything possible to beat this virus.

I comment the work of my colleagues, Anna Eshoo and Susan Brooks, to modernize the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act.

Some governors chose to ignore that guidance, and they actually forced sick nursing home patients back to the nursing homes.

We need to be careful that we don't jump because of our need to get vaccines for those who need it that we do not definitively prove safety and efficacy before we make decisions about distribution.

It is so critical that diverse populations, especially those with vulnerable populations, be adequately represented in the clinical studies.

Early reports, of course, of deaths from COVID have found a startlingly high rate of mortality among the African American community.

We did a lot of that in the CARES Act in a bipartisan way for Medicare.

The last three months have been a real challenge for all Americans as COVID has taken its toll.

So I think in the Congress, there also has to be kind of a comprehensive look at how we maintain service to all of those unemployed workers.

The energy sector has certainly not been spared.

Thank you so much, Representative Latta, for your long leadership, especially on nuclear issues.

We need to hear about them. We need to build on the CARES Act program and make changes.

COVID pandemic really does underscore the need for affordable and reliable electricity.