SEEC Members Join Policy and Advocacy Day at DC Climate Week
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Vice Chair Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) and SEEC Member Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL) participated in DC Climate Week’s Policy and Advocacy Day to highlight the role of government in shaping a climate-resilient future for America.
"Economic powerhouses in the 21st century were the ones that focused on energy. Clean energy is our future in every possible way. The key challenge we are facing right now in this new era for energy is market certainty. If our businesses don’t know what to invest in. If they are totally confused and concerned by tariffs or what’s happening in reconciliation. They just don’t know whether to invest or not,” said Congressman Beyer. “I will be fighting hard as a Democrat on Ways and Means Committee to preserve all the certainty that was built into the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and the Chips and Science Act. Those are three big, long-term pieces of security, and they’re all at risk right now.”
"If you understand the impact of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act, those were enormous achievements for local communities and an opportunity for the federal government to work together with states. We have to be thinking now about what the next steps are,” said Congresswoman Castor. “It’s really hard because we’re in this political moment with a new administration that is taking a chainsaw to a lot of the pillars we put in place to lower costs for consumers, lower costs for cities, to make sure that we are strengthening resilience in communities. But, if you put that aside and you recognize that many communities across the country understand that — to protect their bottom line, to protect rural communities and farmland — you have to build in resilience in everything that we are doing now.”