Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko, Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Matt Cartwright, Sean Casten, Chellie Pingree, and Katie Porter, and Chair Emeritus Rep. Gerry Connolly, released the following statement in celebration of the two-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act.  

Washington, D.C. – House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Members Reps. Kathy Castor (FL-14) and Mike Levin (CA-49) along with the SEEC Co-Chairs — Reps. Doris Matsui (CA-7), Mike Quigley (IL-5), and Paul Tonko (NY-20) — led a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan, urging the agency to adopt strong, comprehensive standards for existing gas-fired powerplants. These five members were joined by 81 of their House colleagues in signing the letter. This follows a March 2023 and July 2023 letter that the SEEC leaders sent in support of strong limits for fossil fuel-fired power plant pollution through EPA’s authority under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act.  

Washington, D.C. – The Co-Chairs of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Clean Energy Deployment Task Force, Reps. Sean Casten (IL) and Mike Levin (CA), released the following statement after Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY) unveiled the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024.

Washington, D.C. – The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko, Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Matt Cartwright, Sean Casten, Chellie Pingree, and Katie Porter, and Chair Emeritus Rep. Gerry Connolly, released the following statement in response to the House passage of the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 8998).

Washington, D.C. – This week, the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) embarked on a two-day climate impact tour of Olympic National Park led by SEEC Co-Chair Rep. Mike Quigley (IL-05) and hosted by SEEC Member Rep. Derek Kilmer (WA-06). They were joined by four additional SEEC Members — Katie Porter (CA-47), Lloyd Doggett (TX-37), Jared Huffman (CA-02), and Annie Kuster (NH-02) — to learn about the significant impacts of climate change on Olympic and all of the Pacific Northwest.

Washington, D.C. – The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko, Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Matt Cartwright, Sean Casten, Chellie Pingree, and Katie Porter, and Chair Emeritus Rep. Gerry Connolly, released the following statement in response to the passage of the Republican-led ‘Refrigerator Freedom Act’ (H.R. 7637) and ‘Stop Unaffordable Dishwashers Standards Act’ (H.R. 7700) that block the Department of Energy’s (DOE) work to deliver cost-savings and home-efficiency wins for American families.

Washington, D.C. – The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko, Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Matt Cartwright, Sean Casten, Chellie Pingree, and Katie Porter, and Chair Emeritus Rep. Gerry Connolly, released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce that upends the interpretation of federal statutes under the long-held Chevron doctrine.

Washington, D.C. – The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko, Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Matt Cartwright, Sean Casten, Chellie Pingree, and Katie Porter, and Chair Emeritus Rep. Gerry Connolly, released the following statement in response to the House passage of the Fiscal Year 2025 Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 8774), Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act (H.R. 8771), and Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act (H.R. 8752).