my fame is alison cassidy.is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of mesh through progressive ideas and action. before i jump into the energy diplomacy discussion draft, i would like to highlight a topic of today's hearing and that is climate change which is the most energy issue of our time. climate change has become a priority in international relations because the chime at science is to clear. a failure to act on climate change risks severe irreversible impacts on a global scale. as the committee considers the nation's energy policy and interaction with the rest of the world, cap urges you to put climate change front and center of any policy. so with that introductory context in mind, i will jump into a few thoughts on section 3104 of the discussion draft about cross border energy projects. as you all know under current law, entities wanting to construct or operate a cross border pipeline or transmission line are required to obtain a presidential permit. this section of the bill eliminat

. >> thank you and the next witness is alison cassidy, director of domestic energy policy for the center of american progress, and thank you very much for being with us and you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, chairman whitfield, ranking member rush and members of the subcommittee thank you for the opportunity to testify today. i'm director of the domestic energy. this is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of americans through progressive ideas and action. before i jump into my more specific comments on the energy diplomacy section of the draft i would like to highlight a topic that is not a subject of today's hearing, but i think should be and that is climate change, which, to me, is thee most urgent and challenging energy diplomacy issue of our time. climate change has become a priority in international relations because the climate science is so clear. a failure to act on climate change risks severe irreversible impacts on a global scale. as the committee considers the nation's energy policy and its interaction with the rest of the world, cap urges

. >> thank you, and the next witness is alison cassidy, director of domestic energy policy for the center of american progress, and thank you very much for being with us, and you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, chairman whitfield, ranking member rush, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. i'm director of the domestic energy. this is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of americans through progressive ideas and action. before i jump into my more specific comments on the energy diplomacy section of the draft, i would like to highlight a topic that is not a subject of today's hearing, but i think should be, and that is climate change, which, to me, is thee most urgent and challenging energy diplomacy issue of our time. climate change has become a priority in international relations because the climate science is so clear. a failure to act on climate change risks severe irreversible impacts on a global scale. as the committee considers the nation's energy policy and its interaction with the rest of the world, cap u

. >> thank you, and the next witness is alison cassidy, director of domestic energy policy for the center of american progress, and thank you very much for being with us, and you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, chairman whitfield, ranking member rush, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. i'm director of the domestic energy. this is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of americans through progressive ideas and action. before i jump into my more specific comments on the energy diplomacy section of the draft i would like to highlight a topic that is not a subject of today's hearing, but i think should be, and that is climate change, which, to me, is thee most urgent and challenging energy diplomacy issue of our time. climate change has become a priority in international relations because the climate science is so clear. a failure to act on climate change risks severe irreversible impacts on a global scale. as the committee considers the nation's energy policy and its interaction with the rest of the world, cap ur