Suzanne Bonamici

A strong economy and a healthy environment are not mutually exclusive. We can have both, and EPA's rule will continue to take us in the right direction.

I also serve on the Education and Workforce Committee, and I'm going to focus at first on some of the workforce issues.

Thank you, Chairman Weber and Chairwoman Comstock, for holding this hearing, and thank you to our witnesses for participating.

What we're focusing on today is a different kind of cybersecurity. It's about securing the electric grid so that a cyber attack doesn't affect grid operations, which could halt our daily lives and threaten our economic security.

As many of you know, October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, so it's a fitting time for this hearing today.

Thank you very much, Chairman Weber, for holding this hearing, and thank you to our witnesses for participating.

I strongly support the right of workers to collectively bargain for fair wages, and reasonable hours, and a safe workplace, health care.

Oregon is not an island, and we've talked about the regional approach, but could you briefly mention the importance of the United States taking a leadership role in international efforts to reduce carbon emissions?

I would like to submit to the record a letter written to the Administrator of the U.S. EPA by the Attorneys General of New York, California, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, the District of…

You give EPA credit for revising the Clean Power Plan to address some concerns of states and stakeholders.

When you have climate scientists and economists agreeing that action to address climate change is necessary and that the benefits outweigh the risks, then it is time for our country to stop dragging its feet and to move forward as a nation…

Oregon is a leader in renewable energy technology and many businesses have developed new products that add jobs to our economy and are energy efficient.

Inaction is unacceptable. The Pacific Northwest faces risks that Oregonians take very seriously.

The goal of the Clean Power Plan is equally important and simple--to cut carbon emissions from the largest source, the power sector, so that we can lessen the effects of climate change on our states, our country, and our planet.

The Clean Power Plan represents an opportunity for American ingenuity that will allow us to benefit from the much-needed transition to a low-carbon economy.

But a recent report by Citi GPS adds to the growing body of evidence showing that this is simply not the case.

Oregon is a leader in renewable energy technology...

These changes are putting additional pressure on the region's water supply.

Inaction is unacceptable.

The mission of the EPA is important yet simple: to protect human health and the environment.

I'm looking forward to learning more about Oregon's work to implement the Clean Power Plan...

Thank you to Dr. Foxx for calling out the issue of elder abuse.

I think we can all agree it's an agreement with a number of member of countries. There are significant ramifications of violating that type of international agreement.

I just want to make, first of all, a point that at our last hearing, Dr. Bill Gale cautioned us as we move forward, that we really need to be careful to not break what's working well, and he talked about a principle known as no degradation…

This unrestricted access to weather data is the foundation of the current billion-dollar commercial weather industry.