without further ado, i would like to introduce our esteemed moderator, ms. rosen, -- ms. rosen mckinney james. advocate and corporate director with extensive history in the private sector, with over two decades of experience in advocacy and regulatory proceedings relative to renewable and clean energy policy. and community outreach and nevada and the u.s.. >> thank you, tara. i am excited to be here. and, i appreciate you and the leadership. i am delighted to join two remarkable leaders for an important conversation on climate, a topic both timely and urgent in the subject of great interest to the audience. please help me welcome secretary granholm and administrator reagan. i'm excited to have you, and delighted to say that our secretary is a clean energy trailblazer an influential leader, becoming just the second woman to lead the u.s. department of energy. prior to that, she was the first woman elected to serve as both attorney general and governor for the great state of michigan. quinn sadly, my home state. where, she has successfully led efforts to diversify the econom

ms. rosen: mr. president, before i begin, i want to take a moment to acknowledge the passing of richard trumka, just as my colleagues have been speaking of him so wonderfully. you know, during his time leading the afl-cio, he was a tireless defender of workers and the rights of working americans all across our country. he recognized the capability of what americans, what they could achieve by working together. he fought fiercely to help build something better for our country and for our country's workforce. my thoughts are with his family and his loved ones, and let us all take an inspiration and lessons from the trail that he blazed. which is why i rise today to discuss a bill that would also help to build something better for our country as well as our country's workers, the infrastructure investment and jobs act. this bipartisan bill is an opportunity for the united states senate to make a major investment in our communities, in our states, in our country. the goal of the g-22 bipartisan working

ms. rosen proposes amendment 2558 to amendment 2137. mr. lee: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah is recognized. mr. lee: in reference to may amendment number 2279, this is what we're trying to deal with here. in order to help expedite the review of projects that are subject to nepa, congress authorized in the fast act for states to assume the duties of conducting the nepa analysis. for example, the federal highway administration has entered into agreements with seven states including alaska, arizona, california, florida, ohio, texas, and utah. to assume this responsibility with great success providing an opportunity for states to leverage their unique understanding of their own states in order to better carry out nepa's requirements, to build on the success, congress should look to expand the ability of states to partner with the federal government for these types of reviews in their state's water infrastructure projects. my amendment would require the department of int