Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019

Floor Speech

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Mr. McNERNEY. Madam Speaker, I thank the chairman for yielding.

Climate change is accelerating and poses a growing threat to our economy and to our world. We must address climate change with the urgency that it demands, and that means we must all take action.

That is why I am proud to have introduced two bipartisan pieces of legislation included in this package: the Smart Energy and Water Efficiency Act, which I authored with Representative Kinzinger, which aims to create an innovative water and energy resource management pilot program with the Department of Energy.

The Advanced Nuclear Fuel Availability Act, which I co-led with Representative Flores, informed the language in this package ensuring that adequate supplies of domestically produced high-assay low-enriched uranium are available in the United States, something that is essential for some of the advanced nuclear reactor designs that are currently being developed.

The Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act represents the type of strong, concrete steps that we must take to prevent the catastrophic impacts of climate change. I urge all of my colleagues to support this legislation.

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