And I want to thank Chairman Joyce for including my amendments specifically on ESG and the Zon block Amendment, which two of my amendments are included in this. And These provisions would require [the] Security Exchange Commission to report to the Committee on how credit rating agencies incorporate ESG criteria into bond evaluations, credit rating methodologies, and their effect on the public market. So why this is so important to me, I was previously the state treasurer of West Virginia, and we were facing a downgrade in our bond rating due to factors … (00:17–00:33)
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