I know that Ms. Castor mentioned this with her legislation, and it is clear those rules are out of date and no longer provide the intended protections for our kids.

I wanted to start out with Dr. Ameenuddin. My concern is that, you know, you have many of our constituents who work two jobs and have to take care of their family and, you know, just putting food on the table is a challenge.

The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented public health and economic crisis which has greatly disrupted our lives.

Thankfully, it is a new day at EPA.

We embraced the issue of climate change.

I join Governor Whitman in encouraging the Senate to move rapidly to confirm Michael Regan.

But I also think this is a global competition, and China is investing in the new technology.

After 4 years of attacks on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), I am pleased we are holding this important hearing today on how to restore EPA so it can once again fulfill its mission of protecting human health and the environment.

The Biden administration has hit the ground running and taken decisive action to get EPA and its mission back on track.

If those are the cornerstones of how EPA thinks about its work on a day-to-day basis, then it will be able to serve all Americans.

We know that rebuilding EPA will not be an easy task after 4 years of the Trump administration.

Congratulations to you all on Brownfields. We took a nascent idea from a State.