Frank Pallone

I especially want to thank our Olympic athletes, who have faced circumstances outside of their control when it comes to doping within their individual sport.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

We are looking at, and hopefully on a bipartisan basis some major infrastructure initiatives for both water infrastructure, Brownfields, Superfund.

My Laurence Harbor Superfund site is contaminated with lead and other heavy metals that were used to build the seawall.

So, I only mention that because it illustrates what we have seen at numerous Superfund sites: when more funding is available, these cleanups can be done more quickly and more efficiently, which is so important to the communities around the…

And I have more of these sites than any other state in New Jersey, and more in my district than any other part of New Jersey.

I have been a strong proponent of the Brownfields Program from the start and have always welcomed bipartisan support.

Democrats will continue to fight for the federal investments our communities need.

Repealing air quality regulations will not only eliminate vital public health protections, it will also kill those jobs.

Any efforts by Republicans in Congress and President Trump to remove environmental protections will have lasting consequences.

The benefits of environmental protections far outweigh the costs, and so repealing those protections would hurt far more than it would help.

But that approach is dangerous and shortsighted.

Our nation's crumbling infrastructure is a pressing issue that we must address.

I firmly believe that we should be focusing on setting aside Federal funding to repair our aging gas pipeline distribution system.

Infrastructure modernization is too important to our economy, to the public and to workers to become a partisan issue.

Democrats strongly support modernizing our energy infrastructure, much of which is either outdated, on the verge of disrepair, or inadequate to today's needs.

Protecting individual land owner rights as a sacred compact between our Government and our citizens.

I think one of the things we are looking at is how to share lessons learned across the industry.

It took an incredible toll on the electricity grid. More than 8.5 million households and businesses had outages.

We need new hardware, new software and new thinking - work that can and should be done in America by American workers for the benefit of all the American people.

We need new and revitalized infrastructure to deliver energy, industrial feedstocks, and information safely, reliably, and efficiently.

Infrastructure modernization is too important to our economy, to the public, and to workers to become a partisan issue.

The most important question today is not whether we invest in our infrastructure, but what types of infrastructure we prioritize.

Democrats strongly support modernizing our energy infrastructure, much of which is either outdated, on the verge of disrepair, or inadequate to today's needs.

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