David McKinley

We have the jurisdiction where there is Federal money being used to help these individuals.

I think we ought to make it statutory so that it does not vary from state to state to state

I have seen lack of sprinkler systems and I know that if you are going to have a combined-use where you have counseling and housing, there is a requirement to have a fire separation, a two-hour separation, as well as sprinkler systems…

There are just examples like that, Mr. Chairman--of examples where people have not followed the code.

Five people were killed in a Texas shelter.

Quite frankly, Mr. Chairman, I am more interested in the veterans than I am about bureaucracy.

It is a policy, not a requirement. It is a policy. I think this is an omission governing our veterans' homeless program funds.

These men and women sacrificed for our country, they must have a safe home.

Weren't you told it was going to decrease insurance costs?

I think you ought to take a look at that and become more aggressive.

You are entitled to have that opinion about climate change. I am willing to acknowledge that there is climate change going on.

When you said on page three that 'we should keep our coal in the ground where it belongs.' Did you really mean that?

This is a fight about coal. The war on coal continues here in Washington.

I take it very personally when someone says we potentially could ban the exporting of coal and/or natural gas.

What are your goals for the growth of nuclear energy overall and how do you believe the budget put forward by your agency can successfully accomplish all of those goals?

I think consensus has a place in politics but consensus doesn't have a place in science.

I am just concerned with that, not only the direction but also because I found that I am trying to reconcile the information that your office up here only had provided from your predecessor.

I believe that our national labs such as Argonne National Lab in my home State of Illinois can play a key role in devising an enhanced nuclear energy security strategy.

The American dream for millions of Americans is embodied in the idea of owning their own home.

How are we going to get affordable housing for middle-class Americans and low-paid people across this country?

I would like to thank Congress and Congressmen David McKinley and Peter Welch for their leadership on homes, home performance and for introducing H.R. 2128, the Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act, or HOMES Act.

I really don't want to get a point that we tell middle-class America they are not entitled to a new home.

Recently, Representatives McKinley and Welch, both members of this subcommittee, introduced the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act, H.R. 1616.

What encompasses critical infrastructure?

I guess as an engineer, I always like the metrics. I want to see how the metrics work.