Deborah Koff Ross: “I am prepared to close, and I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Speaker, again, I thank Chairman Lucas for his…”

“I am prepared to close, and I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Speaker, again, I thank Chairman Lucas for his leadership and my colleague, Congressman Carey, for his support of this. We have worked very closely together, again in the last Congress and early in this Congress, on this priority issue. This is a commonsense, bipartisan bill that will address critical vulnerabilities in our national energy infrastructure. We need a strong workforce that is ready to protect our existing energy infrastructure and build a safe, resilient energy infrastructure of the future. Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.”