Paul Tonko: “the Clean Air Act has reduced key air pollutants by roughly 70 percent while the economy has more than tripled.”

It is an honor and pleasure to say thank you, Cathy, and to wish you well. I know there was much celebrating when you were named chair, breaking that barrier, becoming the first woman to lead Energy and Commerce. As we know, we just heard…

I believe that leaves the individual of focus this evening, the chairwoman of the Energy and Commerce Committee. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Washington (Mrs. Rodgers).

I thank the gentleman from New Jersey for yielding additional time. Mr. Speaker, at the moment, China has emerged as the global leader, but its long-term dominance of the global EV market is not guaranteed. Here is what I know for certain…

in 2017, the United States ranked 14th in the world for solar panel manufacturing. Today, we are third. This happened in large part due to Congress providing long-term certainty for tax incentives to both produce and deploy American-made…