Bill Flores

We as policymakers should also heed your comments regarding the fallacy of expanding pollution sources in China in order to meet our environmental objectives.

The point that I want to make is that finding a lasting solution to any of our economic, environmental, and energy solutions requires us to use nothing less than all of the tools in our toolbox.

There are no equitable opportunities for recovery for hardworking Americans if the power is out at work or if the lights out at home or school for our Nation's kids.

The goal of this hearing is to determine how we can build a hundred percent clean economy with opportunities for a low-carbon recovery.

I have always referred to basic research as the seed corn for future economic growth and human opportunity.

I want to brag on the Trump administration and the team witnesses that are here today for the response to the SARS-CoV-2 spread.

Right now I am hearing many complaints from small businesses that they can't give their employees back to work, and they would love to have them back on their payrolls.

Our country is suffering three big setbacks right now: one is the death of George Floyd and others like him because of their skin color; we are also dealing with the SARS-CoV-2 virus; and then also the attempts of some to try to take…

I want to echo what Mr. Smith said a few minutes ago about meeting in person, and it seems to me like we in Congress should consider ourselves essential workers.

The entire embankment of Lake Waco on which Lake Shore Drive is located is unstable and in danger of slides.

These projects could enjoy a more streamlined, proactively managed approach to avoid potentially catastrophic mishaps.

I would encourage you to expand the program's flexibility to address the needs of rural water systems.

If these projects do not receive Federal attention, they may end up costing the Federal Government a substantial amount of funding in reconstruction and emergency response.

I would like to take this opportunity to discuss potential improvements to this year's WRDA that would positively impact projects located in the district I represent in central Texas.

In my view, these states like New York are abusing their responsibilities under the Clean Water Act and it is time for EPA to step up to rein them in.

For too long, Governor Inslee and others have turned a blind eye to the issues in their own backyard.

The Governor's focus on these unattainable water quality standards and efforts to tear out the Snake River dams are a distraction.

His Department of Ecology has a heavy hand on Eastern Washington, enforcing these unattainable water quality standards.

We cannot get the permits that we need.

We as Congress need to address the big issues here that nobody wants to address.

So tax reform is clearly not the big issue.

Do they have a budget which shows the true cost to their socialist projects like the Green New Deal, Medicare for All, free college programs that will explode the deficits and debt by over $100 trillion? No.

The tragedy of today's hearing is that the majority of this Committee and the House of Representative has buried its head in the sand.

Our growing deficit and debt represent a huge tax and fiscal obligation for future generations.