Frank Pallone

EPA has proposed a workable plan to reduce emissions of carbon pollution from power plants.

We know this warming is due to carbon pollution from fossil fuels.

Unchecked climate change continues to reshape our world.

With the appropriate policy and regulatory issues, with the right--the will to support it, we can easily integrate more and more distributed generation.

The fact is that the old hub and spoke model that we currently have is inherently flawed.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Fortunately, advanced technologies exist to address these challenges, with substantial benefits for both the electricity sector and, in most cases, consumers.

The National Academy of Sciences has referred to the U.S. electricity grid as the greatest engineering achievement of the 20th century.

How we unleash that innovative spirit and at the same time ensure overall system reliability is the challenge for the grid of the future.

I am very concerned about consumers being hit with fraudulent charges on their monthly communication bills through scams like cramming.

We should not make such a mistake again here. Instead, we should take the long view to ensure we fully understand the enduring consequences of our actions.

In today's world it is no longer wise to consider energy policy as distinct from environmental policy.

I believe it is entirely fair to consider the merits of a policy that was enacted in the wake of the 1973 oil embargo.

The current low oil prices benefit us all in many ways.

Our energy picture is rapidly evolving.

Currently there is no manner in which an entity, public or private, can be fully protected without simultaneously destroying its value.

Investing in drinking water infrastructure protects public health, creates jobs, and boosts the economy.

Customers of all public water systems, large and small, wealth and disadvantaged deserve safe affordable drinking water.

The patent system plays a crucial role in promoting innovation. It provides an incentive to inventors to make costly and time-consuming investments in research and development of new inventions.

I would urge support of this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Investing in clean energy infrastructure can actually produce terrific advances for our economy.

There is polling that indicates 70 percent of Americans favor stronger limits on the amount of carbon that is emitted by power plants.

I want to salute your Agency, and the administration generally, for the Climate Action Plan, which addresses climate change.

I think we need to act on climate change, and the Clean Power Plan is a key part of that, but some just want to criticize.

I appreciate that. I think this funding is so important for health safety and the economies of these communities.