. >> our next witness is christopher miller. he is president of the piedmont environmental council and the environmental organization focused on conservation issues in the piedmont region of virginia. we thank you for being here, sir. >> thank you congressman markey. i appreciate to testify on behalf of the piedmont council and land trust and land conservation certains across the country. we're working hard on this issue with them and they've asked us to express some of their concerns. i have a couple of maps which i hope the staff can put up because i think it will help instruct this conversation we appreciate the time and attention this committee is taking to take the concepts associated with the transmission. it is part of a broad are energy policy and not as an end in itself. from our perspective, transmission is only a tool for moving electricity from the source of generation to the end user and much more important are the policies that will reduce demand for electricity and modified peak demand so that the need for generat

our next witness is christopher miller. he is president of the piedmont in our mental council, focused on conservation issues in the piedmont region of virginia. we thank you for being here sir. >> thank you congressmen markey. thank you for the opportunity to testify on behalf of piedmont in parliament the council and also for lynn trustingly and conservation organizations throughout the country. we are happy to be a member of the land trust alliance in we have been working hard on this issue with them. they asbestos to express some of their concerns. i have a couple of maps, which i hope the staff can put up because i think it will help construct this conversation. we appreciate the time and attention this committee is taking to consider the complex issues associated with transmission. we appreciate the willingness of the committee to deal with transmission is part of a broader policy and not is an end in itself. from our perspective transmission is only a tool for moving electricity, but much more important are the polic

miller, earlier this year chairman miller took the time from his schedule to meet with phylicia moore's parents, lola and douglas moore, and if i lessia's brother, christopher. chairman miller heard their heartbreaking story. the legislation we have before us today is a testament to his leadership and his christmas -- compassion. i also want to acknowledge the role played by secretary of education, arne duncan, he also personally met with the moores and he and his staff suggested several important improvements to the bill. i'm deeply grateful tortoise -- for his personal involvement. i would also like to thank ranking member, conman mckeon, and my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, for their bipartisan support of this very important legislation. i'd also like to recognize and express my gratitude for the endorsements of the national parent-teacher association, the national education association and the national school boards association for this important bill. phylicia's law bears the name of a young woman from my district who was taken from us much too soon. phylicia moore was an 18-year-old high school student from new jersey who died in april, 2