Political Quotes

“I thank Chair DeLauro for yielding, and I thank her for her leadership of this really great and historic committee. The Energy and Water division makes significant investments to secure the imperative of U.S. energy independence in perpetuity to foster world-class scientific innovation and address the crisis of climate change. Not only does our bill meet the needs of the current moment, it provides a firmer foundation to build back better. Headlines tell a clear story. NBC News reported: ``The West catches fire while the East goes underwater as climate change fuels both extremes.'' As these extreme conditions spread across our country, our goal must be to provide the necessary energy and water assets to help sustain life on our corner of Mother Earth. Our bill invests over $53 billion to provide strategic resources to address these challenges while creating good-paying, middle-class jobs in communities across this country, with a greater commitment to those too often left behind. {time} 1530 Let me walk through key investments in this bill. Madam Speaker, $45.1 billion is for the Department of Energy, $3.2 billion above enacted. Within the Department of Energy, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy--so much a part of our future-- receives record funding of $3.7 billion, $906 million above enacted. In the weatherization programs, they received $398 million, $83 million above enacted. That means thousands more homes retrofitted.…”