Eddie Bernice Johnson: “EPA's Clean Power Plan is a step in the right direction.”

Thank you, Chairman DeFazio, and Ranking Member Graves, for holding today's hearing on implementation of the IIJA.

The $600 billion Democrats provided in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is creating jobs in every mode of transportation.

Communities of color are disproportionately vulnerable to the impacts of climate change caused by increased greenhouse gas emissions.

Reducing atmospheric methane levels is an important way to slow the rate of climate change in the short-term.