Press Releases
Mar 12, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) announced its task forces for the 119th Congress. Each task force is focused on a different aspect of securing a healthy and prosperous American future that SEEC will push for congressional and executive action on this Congress.
Mar 4, 2025
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 and Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Suzanne Bonamici, Sean Casten, Mike Levin, and Chellie Pingree, released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s Joint Address to Congress that painted a dishonest picture of the state of American affairs.
Feb 27, 2025
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 and Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Suzanne Bonamici, Sean Casten, Mike Levin, and Chellie Pingree, sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, condemning his reported recommendation that the White House strike down the landmark EPA Endangerment Finding, which has for over 14 years followed the science and protected Americans from planet-warming pollution.
Feb 27, 2025
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 and Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Suzanne Bonamici, Sean Casten, Mike Levin, and Chellie Pingree, released the following statement in response to the passage of the Republican-led resolutions to rescind the Department of Energy’s (DOE) energy efficiency standards for tankless water heaters (H.J.Res. 20) and overturn the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) methane polluter fee (H.J.Res. 35).
Feb 25, 2025
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 and Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Suzanne Bonamici, Sean Casten, Mike Levin, and Chellie Pingree, released the following statement in response to the House passage of the Republican-led budget resolution for Fiscal Years 2026 - 2034 (H.Con.Res. 14) that raises costs for millions of Americans in order to finance tax breaks for billionaires.
Feb 6, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, members of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chair Paul Tonko (NY-20) and Members Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), and Melanie Stansbury (NM-01), were denied entry at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to speak out against the Trump Administration’s illegal and cruel power grab of American taxpayer money that will increase costs for our families, hurt our businesses and communities, and pollute the air we breathe and the water we drink.
Feb 5, 2025
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 and Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Suzanne Bonamici, Sean Casten, Mike Levin, and Chellie Pingree, released a letter that highlights the real stories Americans have been sharing as a result of the Trump Administration’s recent illegal freeze on federal funds, which has sown chaos and confusion in communities across the nation.
Jan 21, 2025
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 and Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Suzanne Bonamici, Sean Casten, Mike Levin, and Chellie Pingree, and House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jared Huffman, released a letter in response to day one of Donald J. Trump’s presidency that saw him issue a slew of executive actions that benefit polluters at the expense of hardworking everyday Americans.
Jan 15, 2025
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, and Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Suzanne Bonamici, Sean Casten, Mike Levin, and Chellie Pingree, released the following statement in celebration of the Biden-Harris Administration’s historic climate and clean energy wins for the American people.
Jan 8, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, the members of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) voted on its leadership for the 119th Congress. Reps. Doris Matsui (CA-07), Mike Quigley (IL-05), and Paul Tonko (NY-20) were reelected as Co-Chairs. Reps. Don Beyer (VA-08), Sean Casten (IL-06), and Chellie Pingree (ME-01) were reelected as Vice Chairs and will be joined by Reps. Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) and Mike Levin (CA-49) also as Vice Chairs.