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 and Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Suzanne Bonamici, Sean Casten, Mike Levin, and Chellie Pingree, alongside SEEC Member Rep. Kathy Castor, released the following statement in response to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin’s decision to repeal strong pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants.

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 House Republican Tax Scam (H.R. 1) that raises costs on every aspect of American life while adding more than $5 trillion to the national debt.

Washington, D.C. – Today, environmental champions in the House of Representatives held a press conference at the Capitol blasting House Republicans’ Tax Scam as a massive giveaway to billionaires and mega-polluters, funded entirely by selling out our health, economy, and children’s future. This corrupt Republican scheme is an attack on every American who values reducing costs, clean air and water, public health, and a thriving American economy.

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 on the passing of founding member and former SEEC Co-Chair Congressman Gerry Connolly.

Washington, D.C. – This week, House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) members on the House Energy and Commerce Committee slammed House Republicans’ obscene budget reconciliation plan to gut life-saving pollution reduction programs, raise Americans’ electricity bills, cut off critical support for high-tech American manufacturing, and legalize corruption for oil and gas companies. These members included SEEC Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui (CA) and Paul Tonko (NY) and were joined by their fellow SEEC colleagues Reps. Nanette Barragán (CA), Kathy Castor (FL), Yvette Clarke (NY), Debbie Dingell (MI), Jennifer McClellan (VA), Kevin Mullin (CA), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY), Scott Peters (CA), Kim Schrier (WA), and Darren Soto (FL).

Washington, D.C. – This week, House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) members on the House Ways and Means Committee, including SEEC Vice Chair Don Beyer (VA) and SEEC Members Reps. Judy Chu (CA), Lloyd Doggett (TX), and Jimmy Panetta (CA), blasted House Republicans’ mega bill that gives trillions in tax cuts to billionaires, while taking a sledgehammer to American clean energy production and manufacturing. The bill effectively fully repeals the whole spectrum of clean energy tax credits, under the guise of simply phasing them out. This amounts to selling out the American people to our foreign competitors, who are watching eagerly for America’s clean economy boom to fizzle out.

Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) members on the House Natural Resources Committee rejected House Republicans’ scorched-earth plan to sell off our lands, waters, and wildlife to fund tax cuts for billionaires in the Committee’s portion of the Republican reconciliation package. While House Republicans stayed silent throughout almost the entire proceeding, terrified to defend their giveaways to polluters, Democrats fought for our public lands and the American taxpayer. These members included Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee Rep. Jared Huffman (CA) and his fellow SEEC members Reps. Yassamin Ansari (AZ), Julia Brownley (CA), Maxine Dexter (OR), Debbie Dingell (MI), Sarah Elfreth (MD), Val Hoyle (OR), Teresa Leger Fernández (NM), Seth Magaziner (RI), Dave Min (CA), Darren Soto (FL), and Melanie Stansbury (NM).

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 House Republican’s passage of three resolutions (H.J.Res. 87, H.J.Res. 88, and H.J.Res. 89) that eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Act waivers for California’s Advanced Clean Trucks, Advanced Clean Cars II, and Heavy-Duty Low NOx Omnibus rules.