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“I thank my friends from Oregon and Virginia for their hard work on the Senate Intelligence Committee. I agree with them that oversight by the full Senate Intelligence Committee on these and other intelligence matters is at the core of the Senate's constitutional responsibilities. I, too, agree that the language should not be interpreted to limit that full committee oversight. I also strongly agree with the Senators' views on the critical importance of protecting whistleblowers. The abuses of the outgoing administration have illustrated the urgent need for these legislative protections. Mr. Barrasso. Mr. President, Senator Carper, ranking member of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, Senator John Kennedy, and I, as chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, are the principal Senate authors of section 103 in Division S of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021--the American Innovation and Manufacturing, ``AIM'', Act of 2020, hereinafter ``section 103''. This bipartisan legislation will phase down the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons, HFCs, which are potent greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. As authors, we submit these comments to provide the Senate with additional information regarding the development of section 103. Section 103 establishes a new, national program administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, to phase down the production and consumption of certain HFC substances.…”