Frank Pallone

Access to affordable and reliable energy is key to stimulating economic growth and strengthening our global competitiveness.

This budget continues to reflect the President's priority and treat climate change as DOE's overriding concern.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I believe this decision is ill-advised, and it will force federal agencies to either compromise the critical work that they're doing in other areas, or shortchange the federal response to Zika and Ebola.

Unfortunately, the Republican chairs of the House Appropriations Committee have declined to fund the Administration's request.

The crisis in Puerto Rico could become particularly severe as Zika is expected to infect one in five Puerto Ricans.

Zika represents a serious threat to global health and security and we must address that threat decisively both at home and abroad.

I think we still need a strong right-to-know provision in law.

Seems like a common-sense tool for the agency to have. I am kind of shocked that they don't have it already.

Our committee has always produced the best and strongest pipeline safety legislation and I look forward to continuing to work with Chairman Upton, Chairman Whitfield, Ranking Member Rush, Representative Capps, and colleagues on both sides…

While I have great respect for the courts, it is clear to me that the Ninth Circuit's reading of the Pipeline Safety Act was just plain wrong.

It is also critical that we provide the necessary tools--including funding--so the agency can attract the best and brightest inspectors.

I hope the committee will consider adopting the stronger language of H.R. 4578, authored by Representative Brad Sherman.

Yet, two decades and four reauthorizations later, the Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, or PHMSA, has made little progress in my opinion in securing the safety of our nation's pipeline…

I hope that will soon change, and I welcome new Administrator Dominguez, who I believe understands these concerns.

The vast network of transmission pipelines in this country are essentially 'out of sight, out of mind' for most Americans.

While I believe the draft could and should be much stronger, it is a good start and includes some important provisions on underground gas storage, pipeline safety, Technical Assistance Grants, and mandamus.

I appreciate what you are saying, but I hear it so often and it just galls me to think that we have set up a system where people are encouraged to basically get around it.

Well, see that seems to me to make the most sense if we are talking about a public program, extension of Medicare or something else after that 2 years, because otherwise from what I see on the market it is just not worth it.

I wanted to ask Ms. Tumlinson, we will see how much time there is. Maybe the others could respond as well.

To me the biggest scandal, if you will, in this whole system is the spend-down provision.

This simply cannot continue and I hope that today's hearing is the beginning of an ongoing conversation that leads to real action to address this crisis.

Today we face a long-term care crisis that is forcing millions of Americans to drain all of their resources before they get any support from the federal government.

3D printing technology also has the potential to help build a more dynamic and inclusive workforce.

3D printers and the products they produce have the potential to transform and improve our lives.