Thank you, Ranking Member Pallone.

I am just concerned that many endangered communities are being ignored, even as Administrator Pruitt declares the Superfund to be his top priority.

We can't accept this administration's lack of transparency and we can't accept the appointment of people who do not deserve, in my opinion, the public's trust.

I find this lack of transparency unacceptable and I am also concerned that my Republican colleagues on the committee continue to enable this lack of transparency.

the focus of the Superfund program has been and should remain protecting human health and the environment.

This administration has published not one but two new lists of Superfund sites with no public process and no clear explanation of how sites were chosen or will be impacted.

We need a bipartisan deal to raise the budget caps on both the defense and non-defense side so that important investments in infrastructure and innovation can continue.

Mr. Kelly owes this committee and the public a thorough explanation of his past misdeeds.

We must hold this administration accountable but that's not happening with this Republican majority.

Last year, I was repeatedly disappointed by the Trump administration's unwillingness to send agency witnesses before our committee.

Hopefully, he is going to move ahead with that.

It seems to me, my opinion is that Secretary Perry, who had little experience on national energy issues before taking the helm at DOE, and even proposed eliminating the Department all together, when he was a presidential candidate, would…