Derek Kilmer

I am very grateful that your budget includes $77 million for flood control and for coastal emergencies.

Thankfully, Congress, I think, has shown strong bipartisan support for the growing investments in ARPA-E.

Thank you, Madam Chair. My apologies. We had a briefing on the coronavirus with the Vice President, and coming from Washington State, as you can imagine, that is a high priority for us.

The research and technologies being developed at the Marine Sciences Lab will play a critical role in our effort to decarbonize our Nation's energy system.

If we are not here to give a voice to people who don't have one, I am not quite sure why we are here.

This is about helping communities that face more severe storms and increased flooding in my region and around the country. This is about the Federal Government upholding its trust responsibility. This is about making a difference for…

The Committee is truly bipartisan, with six Democrats and six Republicans.

I am here today to talk about the important work of the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, which I chair.

Thank you, Chairwoman Davis. I want to thank Chairperson Lofgren and Ranking Member Davis for hosting today's Member Day hearing.

We have been tremendously fortunate to work closely with the Committee on House Administration, and I look forward to our continued collaboration.

Tom Graves serves as the Vice Chair, and we work as partners.

The Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress is the latest incarnation of that.

We are very fortunate to have your Committee's expertise and guidance as the Select Committee does its work.

I have the honor of working with Vice Chair Tom Graves, who has been a terrific partner in this effort.

I want to thank Chairperson Lofgren and Ranking Member Davis for hosting today's Member Day hearing.

I appreciate the work that the DOD has done since then, along with its industry partners to try to right those issues.

I am honored to represent more military veterans than any Democrat in Congress.

The work we do to make sure we have the backs of those who serve is the most important work we do.

We cannot leave frontline communities behind.

Transitioning to a climate-forward economy represents an opportunity to mobilize our economy and create high quality jobs.

These actions are wrongheaded. To protect our communities, our national security, and our economic interests, we have a moral obligation to act.

Sadly, that commitment to science and that sense of urgency have been absent from the Trump Administration.

America should be leading the way in combating climate change--not sitting on the sidelines.

The scientific consensus is that we need to achieve the critical goal of economywide, net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

We have a moral obligation to act.