Unfortunately, the President's budget makes your job more daunting by cutting the environmental management program by over $700 million from last year's level.

The effect of your proposed rule is to take back a standard that would save the average U.S. household about $100 per year.

The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee held a hearing on DOE's growing environmental liability just last week, which, as of this year, has climbed to a staggering $377 billion.

So, again, Mr. Secretary, why is it that at the same time that DOE has missed 17 congressionally mandated legal deadlines for updating a wide range of appliance standards, the Department is spending scarce time and taxpayer money on…

I am extremely frustrated and disappointed that the Fiscal Year 2020 Department of Energy budget is largely the same flawed, out of touch document that we saw last year.

I do really appreciate your being here, but I am still frustrated and disappointed about the fiscal year 2020 Department of Energy budget because it is largely the same, what I call, out-of-touch document that we saw last year.

The electricity generators support the lightbulb efficiency, and 37 electric utilities sent a letter to DOE last week opposing the lightbulb rollback.

Drug prices continue to dramatically increase, while consumers pay more and more out-of-pocket for the medications they need.

This is simply not acceptable. Our constituents are just tired. They have had enough with the pharmaceutical industry.

This is the number one issue that I hear when I go home. People want to know what we are going to do to lower prices.

So today's hearing is an important step in our efforts to fulfill the promise we made to the American people to reduce their healthcare costs.

It is critical that we have a full understanding of how drugs are developed, priced, delivered, purchased, and dispensed.