Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies (113th Congress)
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Pete Visclosky (IN)
Mike Honda (CA)
Jurisdiction
Department of Energy
Department of Defense-Civil; Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers-Civil
Department of the Interior; Bureau of Reclamation; Central Utah Project
Related Agencies
Appalachian Regional Commission
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Delta Regional Authority
Denali Commission
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
Tennessee Valley Authority
Good afternoon. Dr. Moniz, it is good to see you again and welcome to your first appearance before the Subcommittee.
Mr. Secretary, the early reviews on your tenure as Secretary have been good from most, if not all, quarters but I believe the hardest challenges lie before you.
I have long sited our reliance on foreign energy as a grave economic and national security concern—over the last decade, we have spent $2.3 trillion importing foreign oil, making rich some of the worst global players at the expense of our own citizens.
2013 enacted level (excluding Sandy reconstruction): $33.2 billion
2014 Committee mark: $30.4 billion
2014 Omnibus: $34.1 billion
· $1.912 billion for Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, which is $102 million more than the 2013 enacted level.
· $5.071 billion for the Department of Energy Office of Science, which is $205 million more than the 2013 enacted level.
· $280 million for the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E), which is $15.5 million more than the 2013 enacted level.
· $5.8 billion for environmental cleanup activities, which is $111 million more than the 2013 enacted level.