LAX Leader

I am proud of the work that California has already done to be a leader in renewable energy, and with key investments from the Inflation Reduction Act, our country can benefit from a clean energy market that puts our workers first and brings the United States into the 21st Century.

The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act has already created $242 billion in new investments with $5.45 billion announced in my state alone for clean energy and manufacturing projects.

It has already created 142,000 new jobs across 41 states, red, blue, and purple.

IRA is projected to create 9 million new, good paying jobs for Americans over the next decade.

But that’s not all it will do.

It will help us achieve our climate goals, boost clean technology manufacturing, make EVs more accessible and affordable, ensure families breathe clean air and drink clean water, and make gains toward environmental justice for historically forgotten communities.

What does this look like for my community?

It’s funding for air quality monitoring grants in historically disadvantaged communities, clean school buses for our children, and low-emission public transportation in Los Angeles.

After years of insufficient federal action to address our climate crisis, Democrats came together to enact this historic law – and we cannot go back.

Unfortunately, Republicans prefer to help their corporate polluter friends, roll back environmental safeguards, and are currently working to use our economy as a bargaining chip to erase major clean energy provisions in the IRA through debt limit discussions.

If the Speaker and his ultra MAGA colleagues got their way, they would inflict dire consequences to our efforts to stop the worst of climate change from happening.

They would end renewable energy credits for wind and solar, limit rooftop solar growth in homes and businesses, stop the expansion of electric vehicle sales and EV charging stations, repeal funding for low-income communities that was intended to address pollution, and repeal the Methane Emissions Reduction Program.

These are investments in clean energy that have largely benefited Republican districts even though they won’t admit it.

And Republican actions today will take away the wealth and economic opportunity from everyday American households.

This law is our strongest chance to create a safer, healthier nation for our children and families and regain credibility with allies around the world.

We cannot allow Republicans to take us back to a time where fossil fuels and toxic policy discussions hold hostage our health and economy.

Congress must pass a clean debt limit increase now.