Melanie Stansbury

these pieces of legislation...were really designed to tackle three crises that the United States was facing

What a difference leadership makes. I think we see before us two women leaders who are serving our Nation in the Department of Energy.

It actually made me think of the movie Mean Girls and the quote 'stop trying to make fetch happen.'

the reason that we passed the CHIPS Act primarily...was actually to address our national security risks from China

The investments that we are making through these bills will lower costs, create jobs for millions of Americans, increase domestic manufacturing and energy production, and combat climate change.

the reason why we made that investment is to tackle the global climate crisis so that our planet does not cross a global tipping point

these pieces of legislation... were really designed to tackle three crises that the United States was facing

It includes the Inflation Reduction Act, which not only makes the largest investment in Department of Energy Programs, it makes the largest investment in clean energy and climate programs ever in the history of this country.

to help modernize our national labs, which the Department of Energy oversees, to update our science and innovation

I have been proud to be part of one of the most productive Congresses ever in the history of the United States.

the CHIPS Act to address our national security issues around the manufacturing of CHIPS

the national security implications of these bills

In the Upper Klamath, we have not only over nearing now 25 years of the application of biological opinions that have shown no recovery of species...

When will this violence stop? Our communities are living in fear. Our children are literally afraid to go to school.

Our inspectors general conduct vital work on behalf of the American people. They help to safeguard taxpayer dollars and government operations from waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, and they investigate what occurs inside our Federal…

I think we have well established that not only the premise of this bill, but many of the requirements in it, are dangerous for our Federal law enforcement, dangerous to our constitutional rights, dangerous to the American people, and…

I will take a moment to reiterate that this bill is not as it appears or the majority is proposing it appears to the American public. This bill is not about defending the basic right to free speech and our constitutional rights. This bill…

In closing, I will note one final time that this bill and its proposition are deeply dangerous. It proposes to actually address free speech and censorship when, in fact, it would hamstring our Federal officials. This amendment adds…

I want to just start this afternoon by thanking you especially for the tone you set in this Subcommittee hearing of bipartisanship, of collaboration, and of true oversight.

I know very well the work of our OIGs and the critical work that you do to investigate waste, fraud, and abuse in our agencies.

I am deeply disturbed to see that the Majority is holding a false hearing to spin misinformation.

A just transition also acknowledges that there are many, many people who work in the fossil fuel sector.

President Biden and his Administration took an emergency action to lower gas prices.

We have lowered prices, and our efforts to make America and the planet more secure.

Last year, Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine. Months later, he went to Saudi Arabia and OPEC.