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HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

August 20, 2022 (Saturday)

Earlier this month, on August 2, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a Democratic delegation commanded headlines when they traveled to Taiwan, an independently governed East Asian country made up of 168 islands on which about 24 million people live, and which China claims. Since 1979 the U.S. has helped to maintain the defensive capabilities of the democratically governed area, although it has been vague about whether it would intervene if China attacks Taiwan.

Pelosi’s visit made her the highest-ranking U.S. politician to visit Taiwan since 1997, when Republican speaker Newt Gingrich visited the self-ruled island. Pelosi and a delegation of House Democrats who lead committees relevant to U.S. foreign relations—Gregory Meeks (NY), Mark Takano (CA), Suzan DelBene (WA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL), and Andy Kim (NJ)—visited Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, and Japan. Taiwan was added quietly.

Since then, another, bipartisan, congressional delegation has visited Taiwan. Senator Ed Markey (D-MA); Representatives John Garamendi (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), and Don Beyer (D-VA); and Delegate Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R–American Samoa) visited Taiwan earlier this week. Markey chairs the Senate Foreign Relations East Asia, Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Subcommittee, and Beyer is chair of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC); the rest of the delegation represents people in or near the Pacific Ocean. 

Before visiting Taiwan, Markey was in South Korea to talk about trade and technology, including the green technologies the U.S. is now funding through the Inflation Reduction Act, as well as “shared values and interests.

”There is a larger story behind these visits to Taiwan. Early this year, the Biden administration launched a new, comprehensive initiative in the Indo-Pacific. Beginning with the tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004, the U.S. began to work informally with the “Quad,” the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, consisting of the U.S., Australia, India, and Japan. In 2016, Japan introduced the concept of a free and open Indo-Pacific. 

 When former president Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, he left the participants to continue without the U.S., which they did as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). He also left open the way for a free trade deal in the region dominated by China, called the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, or RCEP, which went into effect on January 1, 2022. 

This left the Biden administration with two politically poor choices: try to reestablish U.S. participation in the region through the CPTPP, which would have been hotly contested at home and thus unlikely to get through Congress, or let China dominate the region, with damaging long-term effects. So the administration found a third way.

After some complaints that the administration had focused its attention too closely on the Middle East and Europe, in February the Biden administration released a document outlining its “Indo-Pacific Strategy,” claiming that the U.S. is part of the Indo-Pacific region, which stretches from our Pacific coastline to the Indian Ocean. The area, the report says, “is home to more than half of the world’s people, nearly two-thirds of the world’s economy, and seven of the world’s largest militaries. More members of the U.S. military are based in the region than in any other outside the United States. It supports more than three million American jobs and is the source of nearly $900 billion in foreign direct investment in the United States. In the years ahead, as the region drives as much as two-thirds of global economic growth, its influence will only grow—as will its importance to the United States.”

The document notes the long history of the U.S. and the countries in the region, and it warns against the rising power of the People’s Republic of China there. The document promises to compete responsibly with China by balancing influence in the world, creating an environment in the region “that is maximally favorable to the United States, our allies and partners, and the interests and values we share.”

Crucially, the document focuses not on the trade deals that made the TPP so unpopular, but on ideological ones, promoting “a free and open Indo-Pacific,” where countries “can make independent political choices free from coercion.” The U.S. will contribute to that atmosphere, the document says, “through investments in democratic institutions, a free press, and a vibrant civil society,” by strengthening partnerships within the region and outside it, such as the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The plan promises that the U.S. will invest in the region through diplomacy, education, and security. 

In May, President Joe Biden hosted the U.S.–Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Special Summit in the U.S. for the first time “to re-affirm the United States’ enduring commitment to Southeast Asia and underscore the importance of U.S.-ASEAN cooperation in ensuring security, prosperity, and respect for human rights.” And the State Department announced that “[t]he United States has provided over $12.1 billion in development, economic, health, and security assistance to Southeast Asian allies and partners since 2002, as well as over $1.4 billion in humanitarian assistance.”

Also in May, in Japan, Biden and a dozen Indo-Pacific nations announced a new, loose economic bloc, one that Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has called “by any account the most significant international economic engagement that the United States has ever had in this region.” The bloc includes the U.S., India, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, but not Taiwan. These countries represent about 40% of the global economy. 

The new plan promised to streamline supply chains, back clean energy, fight corruption, and expand technology transfers. But with no guaranteed access to U.S. markets, there was uncertainty about how effective the administration’s calls for better labor and environmental standards would be.

Meanwhile, Secretary of State Antony Blinken also traveled to the region in early August, making stops in Cambodia, where he attended the U.S.-ASEAN ministerial meeting, the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, and the ASEAN Regional Forum, and in the Philippines. Before leaving, he promised to “emphasize the United States’ commitment to ASEAN centrality and successful implementation of the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific” and to “address the COVID-19 pandemic, economic cooperation, the fight against climate change, the crisis in Burma, and Russia’s war in Ukraine.” Chinese leaders warned the U.S. there would be “serious consequences” if Pelosi visited, and pundits suggested that she was reckless for going. But both Biden and Blinken made it clear that any potential visit would not mean any change in U.S. policy toward Taiwan, and 26 Republican lawmakers made a public statement praising the visit and noting that it has precedent. 

Pelosi’s visit seemed to echo Biden and Blinken’s focus on world democracy. She championed Taiwan as a leading democracy, “a leader in peace, security and economic dynamism: with an entrepreneurial spirit, culture of innovation and technological prowess that are envies of the world.” She explicitly said her visit was intended to reaffirm “our shared interests [in]...advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific region.” “By traveling to Taiwan, we honor our commitment to democracy: reaffirming that the freedoms of Taiwan—and all democracies—must be respected.” 

When Pelosi’s plane landed, China immediately announced live fire operations nearby and cut certain diplomatic communications with the U.S. But Director of the Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies Theresa Fallon noted that the Chinese blockade/live fire exercise “is likely to boomerang on Xi. This will…scare just about every other country in Asia,” she wrote on Twitter. Yesterday, U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns, six months into the job, did his first television interview. Emphasizing that Pelosi’s visit was in keeping with longstanding history, he said, "We do not believe there should be a crisis in US-China relations over the visit—the peaceful visit—of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to Taiwan...it was a manufactured crisis by the government in Beijing. It was an overreaction.” 

Burns added that it is now "incumbent upon the government here in Beijing to convince the rest of the world that it will act peacefully in the future” and observed that “there's a lot of concern around the world that China has now become an agent of instability in the Taiwan Strait and that's not in anyone's interest."

As drought, coronavirus lockdowns, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine hamstring the Chinese economy, China’s domination of the region seems wobbly. Apple is currently talking to Vietnam about making Apple Watches and MacBooks, moving production away from China. Vietnam already builds Apple products, but these new contracts would upgrade the Vietnamese technical sector in advance of what are expected to be more contracts. 

(note - WHY NOT HAVE THESE MADE IN THE US??????)

This week, the EU and Indonesia launched their first ever joint naval exercise in the Arabian Sea, with an announcement that “[t]he EU and Indonesia are committed to a free, open, inclusive and rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific region, underpinned by respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty, democracy, rule of law, transparency, freedom of navigation and overflight, unimpeded lawful commerce, and peaceful resolution of disputes. They reaffirm the primacy of international law, including the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).”The U.S. and Taiwan, which was not included in the earlier economic organization, will start formal trade talks in the fall.

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Excerpt from this story from Bloomberg Environment:

New bipartisan legislation seeks to tackle a tough climate challenge: reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S. industrial manufacturing sector.

A group of lawmakers in both chambers introduced legislation July 25 to target climate-warming emissions in a broad swath of manufacturing industries—including the production of materials like steel, iron, cement, and petrochemicals, as well as fuels for shipping and aviation.

And the effort already has the backing of major industry trade groups such as the American Chemistry Council that haven’t typically supported climate change legislation. It also has the support of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and National Association of Manufacturers.

“There are fewer obvious solutions in the industrial sector because there are so many differences in the way things are built, powered, transported, and so forth,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), the lead sponsor on the bill, told Bloomberg Environment.

But that also means a lot of opportunities for emissions reductions, and “to have the experience at the [Department of Energy] to prowl through that forest of opportunity and find the best ones and help the industry propagate them will yield good results,” Whitehouse added.

Along with Whitehouse, Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), who is vying for the Democratic presidential bid, are cosponsoring the bill. Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.), Rep. David McKinley (R-W.Va.), Del. Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-American Samoa), and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas), who chairs the House Science committee, are introducing the House companion.

The bill—known as the Clean Industrial Technology Act of 2019—would create a program within the Energy Department dedicated to developing technologies to cut emissions from industrial processes.

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A second US congressional delegation visits Taiwan : Inside US

A second US congressional delegation visits Taiwan : Inside US

The new five-member delegation is visiting the self-governing island in an effort to “reaffirm the United States’ support for Taiwan” and “will encourage stability and peace across the Taiwan Strait,” a spokesperson for Markey said in a statement. The delegation includes Democratic Reps. John Garamendi, Alan Lowenthal and Don Beyer, and Republican Rep. Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen, the statement…

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U.S. lawmakers arrive in Taiwan with China tensions simmering

U.S. lawmakers arrive in Taiwan with China tensions simmering

In this photo released by the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from left, U.S. Democratic House member Alan Lowenthal from California, Democratic House members John Garamendi, Donald Yu-Tien Hsu, Director-General, dept. of North American Affairs, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Democratic House member Don Beyer from Virginia and Republican Rep. Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen, a delegate…

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U.S. lawmakers arrive in Taiwan with China tensions simmering

U.S. lawmakers arrive in Taiwan with China tensions simmering

In this photo released by the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from left, U.S. Democratic House member Alan Lowenthal from California, Democratic House members John Garamendi, Donald Yu-Tien Hsu, Director-General, dept. of North American Affairs, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Democratic House member Don Beyer from Virginia and Republican Rep. Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen, a delegate…

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Kongre heyeti, Pelosi gezisinin Çin'den öfkeli tepkiler almasından iki haftadan kısa bir süre sonra Tayvan'ı ziyaret etti

Kongre heyeti, Pelosi gezisinin Çin’den öfkeli tepkiler almasından iki haftadan kısa bir süre sonra Tayvan’ı ziyaret etti

bir kongre Senatör Ed Markey liderliğindeki D-Mass heyeti, Temsilciler Meclisi Başkanı Nancy Pelosi’nin Pekin’in iddia ettiği adaya yaptığı ziyaretin Çin’den öfkeli bir yanıt almasından iki haftadan kısa bir süre sonra Pazar günü Tayvan’a indi. Beş üyeli heyette ayrıca Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., Rep. Alan Lowenthal, D-Calif., Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., Rep. Amata Coleman Radewagen, R-Amerikan…

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Puerto Rico Education Cuts

Hey guys! So in light of the recent election of the loud yam, it looks like a lot of people have gotten fired up and are ready to take a stand against racist, sexist, and otherwise unethical policies within the U.S. government. I’m hoping that same energy will carry over into an issue that many of you may not even know about (to no fault of your own - American media often ignores Puerto Rico).

The US government’s relationship with Puerto Rico has pretty much always been an exploitative one, with the mistreatment stemming largely from imperialism, colonialism, and good old-fashioned American racism. Going back for years, the US has unreasonably taxed and burdened the inhabitants of the island, used their citizens and land for experiments they wouldn’t dare try on actual voting citizens, and subject them to policies increasing US revenue at the expense of its people.

Want details? Read about that time we:

Conducted radiation testing on Puerto Rican citizens

Conducted widespread contraceptive testing on Puerto Rican women (which often led to sterilization), and also sterilized many women without fully informing them of what was happening

Continuously bombed Vieques, an inhabited island, which is now home to hundreds of unexploded bombs and an elevated cancer rate

Tested chemical weapons on Vieques, further contributing to a wide array of medical issues that affect its population to this day

Passed the Jones Act, forcing all imports to pass through mainland US ports before reaching Puerto Rico, significantly hiking prices of everything on the island

While this list has some terrible stuff on it, US treatment of the economy has affected the most people for the longest time. It’s a really complicated situation, but I’m going to try to condense it. If you want more detail, here’s a short video by Buzzfeed and an article by the New York Times that do a good job of explaining the overarching debt issue. Basically, Puerto Rico’s huge debt spurred Congress to pass PROMESA, which created the Oversight Management Board (OMB) tasked to take control of the Puerto Rican government and cut down on its spending. 

In addition to a host of other requirements that burden Puerto Rican consumers and bog down the Puerto Rican economy even more, the OMB mandated that Puerto Rico cut $450 in expenses, all of which is going to come out of Puerto Rico’s university system. These cuts would result in the permanent shutdown of 8 of 11 University of Puerto Rico campuses, leaving much of Puerto Rico’s youth without access to education that would allow them to pull themselves out of poverty in a struggling economy.These cuts to education would not only continue but worsen the cycle of poverty on an island that already has nearly half of its population living below the poverty line, twice the rate of the poorest state in the US.   

Students of the University of Puerto Rico have been organizing and doing what little they can in opposition to this looming crisis, but they need our help. Only we, voting constituents, can contact our representatives and let them know that we will not stand for this mistreatment of the Puerto Rican People.

If you are going to call or email them (although calling is more effective, sending an email is still great) here is an example of what you could say:

Hello, my name is ___________ and I am a constituent of (CITY, STATE, ZIPCODE) and I am calling to talk about the situation in Puerto Rico. I don’t need a response. I believe that:

The Puerto Rico Oversight Management and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) unfairly imposes an undemocratic regime on the people of Puerto Rico and its government.

PROMESA is also trying to implement policies that will cripple the economy and the people of Puerto Rico,

Most notably cutting the $450 million from the UPR system. This would kill the university system as it is known here and severely limit access to a secondary education. It must be stopped; the university needs that funding and the island needs the university.

The American people stand behind the ideals of justice and equality laid down by the founding fathers, and refuse to allow such an abuse of its citizens, be they Puerto Rican or from a state.

Although contacting any representative would be extremely helpful, it is especially important that these representatives be contacted, as they are on the Natural Resources committee that handles US territories:

Rob Bishop, UT

Don Young, AK

Louie Gohmert, TX

Doug Lamborn, CO

Robert J. Wittman, VA

Tom McClintock, CA

Stevan Pearce, NM

Glenn Thompson, PA

Paul A. Gosar, AZ

Raúl R. Labrador, ID

Scott R. Tipton, CO

Doug LaMalfa, CA

Jeff Denham, CA

Paul Cook, CA

Bruce Westerman, AR

Garret Graves, LA

Jody B. Hice, GA

Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen, AS

Darin LaHood, IL

Daniel Webster, FL

David Rouzer, NC

Jack Bergman, MI

Liz Cheney, WY

Mike Johnson, LA

Jenniffer González-Colón, PR

Raúl M. Grijalva, AZ

Grace F. Napolitano, CA

Madeleine Z. Bordallo, GU

Jim Costa, CA

Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, MP

Niki Tsongas, MA

Jared Huffman, CA

Alan S. Lowenthal, CA

Donald S. Beyer, Jr., VA

Norma J. Torres, CA

Ruben Gallego, AZ

Colleen Hanabusa, HI

Nanette Diaz Barragán, CA

Darren Soto, FL

Jimmy Panetta, CA

A. Donald McEachin, VA

Anthony G. Brown, MD

Wm. Lacy Clay, MO

Please, spread this as much as possible - this issue needs as much American publicity as it can get. Thank you!

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Happy birthday, Del. Amata Radewagen!

Del. Amata Radewagen ( RepAmata )- R) of AS-At-Large was born this day in 1947.

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Excerpt:

The election of President Donald Trump did not reflect a shift in how Americans feel about their public lands. They remain fiercely proud of their outdoor heritage and fiercely protective of passing on these lands, waters, and wildlife to future generations.

Tellingly, public opinion research conducted immediately following the election found that 91 percent of voters across the political spectrum—including 87 percent of Trump voters—felt that it is important for the federal government to protect and maintain national parks, public lands, and natural places.

The actions of President Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke have not reflected these values. From unilaterally removing protections for millions of acres of important habitats across the West to granting extractive industries control as to where, how, and when they develop public lands, the Trump administration is launching attacks on national parks and public lands on a scope and scale never seen before in this country.

The most visible of these attacks is the Trump administration’s review of national monuments. The administration is poised to take unprecedented and illegal action to gut protections for sites that honor the nation’s cultural, historical, and outdoor heritage. The administration’s review has been met by strong opposition from the public. Nearly 3 million comments have poured into the Interior Department—an estimated 98 percent of which are in support of national monuments.

Unfortunately, the administration’s attacks appear to have emboldened some members of Congress, whose long-term goals involve selling out parks and public lands to the highest bidder at the expense of the American people. With the cover and support of an aggressively anti-conservation administration, these newly energized politicians are working hard to advance their unpopular agenda. From endorsing bills that open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil drilling to sponsoring legislation that blocks a president’s authority to protect public lands, this faction of Congress is ignoring public opinion in order to push extreme and detrimental policies.

This issue brief traces the congressional attacks against parks and public lands to a group of 19 members of Congress, which the Center of American Progress has dubbed the “2017 congressional anti-parks caucus.”

While these 19 members are the leaders of the anti-parks movement in Congress, other federal lawmakers have also assisted in advancing this unpopular agenda. Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), Rep. Paul Cook (R-CA), Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), Rep. Evan Jenkins (R-WV), Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Rep. Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-American Samoa), Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK), and Rep. Scott Tipton (R-CO) have all acted as the supporting cast in these attacks against America’s parks and public lands.

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US congressional delegation visits Taiwan : Inside US

US congressional delegation visits Taiwan : Inside US

The delegation also consists of Democratic Reps. John Garamendi, Alan Lowenthal and Don Beyer, and Republican Rep. Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen, the statement added. The group will meet with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen and Foreign Minister Joseph Wu during the visit, and will also hold discussions with the Taiwanese parliament’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense committee on security and…

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Look, I don’t want Ms. Winfrey as President either.  She’s a nice lady, but for goodness sake, there are plenty of WOC in Congress who have experience as politicians:

Robin Kelly       D-IL        2013–present    African American

Grace Meng       D-NY      2013–present    Asian-Pacific American

Alma Adams     D-NC     2014-present     African American

Brenda Lawrence          D-MI      2015-present               African American

Ludmya (Mia) Love       R-UT      2015-present               African American

Stacey Plaskett D-VI       2015-present     African American

Amata Radewagen        R-AS      2015-present               Asian-Pacific American

Norma Torres  D-CA      2015-present               Hispanic American

Bonnie Watson Coleman            D-NJ      2015-present African American

Val Demings     D-FL       2017-present     African American

Lisa Blunt Rochester     D-DE      2017-present               African American

Nanette Barragán          D-CA      2017-present               Hispanic American

Jenniffer González         NPP-PR 2017-present               Hispanic American

Stephanie Murphy         D-FL       2017-present               Asian-Pacific American

Pramila Jayapal              D-WA    2017-present               Asian-Pacific American

Catherine Cortez Masto              D-NV     2017-present Hispanic American

Kamala Harris  D-CA      2017-present     African American

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The Bill "BRAVE Act" Has Passed

The Bill “BRAVE Act” Has Passed

The bill To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in awarding a contract for the procurement of goods or services, to give a preference to off… has passed the House of Representatives

This bill passed the House on Jun 24, 2019. It was originally sponsored by (D) Representative Kathleen Rice from NY. (more…)

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Bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus is relaunched in the House

New Post published on http://roofnrays.com/bipartisan-climate-solutions-caucus-is-relaunched-in-the-house/

Bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus is relaunched in the House

Citizens’ Climate Lobby welcomed the relaunch in the House of the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus, which held its first meeting in the 116th Congress on Oct. 23 under the leadership of co-chairs Rep. Francis Rooney (R-FL) and Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL).

“The caucus serves as a judgment-free zone where members of both parties can come together and have a productive dialogue about reducing the risk of climate change,” said CCL executive director Mark Reynolds. “It has the potential to be an incubator for bipartisan solutions that stand a good chance of passage.”

Most of the caucus members from the 115th Congress have rejoined the caucus in this Congress. Because more Democrats returned to their seats after the last election, the caucus will no longer be evenly divided along party lines. Going forward, however, new members will join two by two — one Democrat and one Republican — at a time.

In addition to the returning members, two new Republicans have also joined: David Schweikert from Arizona’s 6th District and Rob Woodall from Georgia’s 7th District.

Citizens’ Climate Lobby takes the view that the only viable path forward to solve climate change is with a bipartisan approach, a view shared by caucus co-chair Deutch.

“Americans want Congress to act on climate change. But we’re not going to get anywhere without bipartisan support,” Deutch said. “We have a diverse group of Democrats and Republicans covering many different parts of the country. This caucus reflects our shared belief that to achieve meaningful action on climate change, we must work together, and I look forward to it.”

“The Climate Solutions Caucus is an important, bipartisan venue where members can share ideas and debate the merits of how to best solve the environmental concerns we face as a nation. Sea level rise, carbon emissions, and the overall health of our climate are bipartisan issues, and I am encouraged that there are a growing number of people on both sides of the aisle willing to find solutions,” said Republican co-chair Rooney.

The re-emergence of the Climate Solutions Caucus comes at a time when public concern about climate change is surging.

Earlier this month, Republican pollster Frank Luntz issued a memo to GOP lawmakers saying the party risks losing younger voters who are worried about climate change.

“There’s been a distinct shift in the conversation surrounding climate change in this Congress,” said Danny Richter, CCL VP for government affairs. “More and more Republicans are acknowledging the need to address climate change. The work of the Climate Solutions Caucus over the last couple of years has played a role in that shift.”

Climate solutions caucus membership

Listed in the order they joined

Republicans

Rep. Francis Rooney (FL-19) – Republican co-chair

Rep. Lee Zeldin (NY-01)

Rep. Mark Amodei (NV-02)

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01)

Rep. Elise Stefanik (NY-21)

Rep. Brian Mast (FL-18)

Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02)

Rep. Rodney Davis (IL-13)

Rep. Peter King (NY-02)

Rep. Tom Reed (NY-23)

Rep. Mike Gallagher (WI-08)

Rep. David Joyce (OH-14)

Rep. Jack Bergman (MI-01)

Rep. Matt Gaetz (FL-01)

Rep. Fred Upton (MI-06)

Rep. Amata Radewagen (AS-00)

Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (PR-00)

Rep. Bill Posey (FL-08)

Rep. Brett Guthrie (KY-02)

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (IL-16)

Rep. Rob Woodall (GA-07)

Rep. David Schweikert (AZ-06)

Democrats

Rep. Ted Deutch (FL-22) Democratic co-chair

Rep. Alan Lowenthal (CA-47)

Rep. Brendan Boyle (PA-02)

Rep. Seth Moulton (MA-06)

Rep. Scott Peters (CA-52)

Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01)

Rep. Peter Welch (VT-00)

Rep. Jim Himes (CT-04)

Rep. Don Beyer (VA-08)

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (OR-03)

Rep. Charlie Crist (FL-13)

Rep. Juan Vargas (CA-51)

Rep. Jerry McNerney (CA-09)

Rep. Anna Eshoo (CA-18)

Rep. Daniel Lipinski (IL-03)

Rep. Thomas Suozzi (NY-03)

Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24)

Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05)

Rep. Jimmy Panetta (CA-20)

Rep. Stacey Plaskett (VI-00)

Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH-09)

Rep. Derek Kilmer (WA-06)

Rep. John Larson (CT-01)

Rep. Nydia Velazquez (NY-07)

Rep. Pete Aguilar (CA-31)

Rep. David Cicilline (RI-01)

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL-09)

Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27)

Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-00)

Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07)

Rep. Ron Kind (WI-03)

Rep. Eliot Engel (NY-16)

Rep. Robert Scott (VA-03)

Rep. Stephen Lynch (MA-08)

Rep. Ann Kuster (NH-02)

Rep. Matt Cartwright (PA-08)

Rep. Stephanie Murphy (FL-07)

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05)

Rep. John Yarmuth (KY-03)

Rep. Ami Bera (CA-07)

Rep. Mike Doyle (PA-18)

News item from the Citizens’ Climate Lobby

[nancibmoore]

Takano, Roe Statement on HVAC Subcommittee Chairs and Ranking Members for 116th Congress

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mark Takano and House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Ranking Member Dr. Phil Roe announced the Members selected to lead the Committee’s subcommittees in the 116th Congress:

“I’m proud that our Committee’s membership better reflects the increasingly diverse veterans population in our country,” said Chairman Mark Takano (D-CA). “Acknowledging the contributions of our nation’s veterans, regardless of race, gender, or sexual orientation is a hallmark of my VA 2030 vision and a necessary step toward guaranteeing all our veterans the benefits and recognition they deserve. Together, our Committee will leverage the experiences of our Members, Republican and Democrat, and deliver bipartisan solutions for our nation’s veterans that improve access to care and benefits, while maintaining transparency and accountability at VA.”

“It was great to finally have the 116th Congress’ full House Committee on Veterans Affairs’ come together for the first time ever,” said Full Committee Ranking Member Dr. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.). “During the organizational meeting, I was encouraged by the members’ enthusiasm to work on behalf of our nation’s veterans. This committee has always had a naturally bipartisan nature to it, and I know that under the leadership of Chairman Takano that will continue. We have lots of work ahead of us as we monitor the implementation of the many bills that were signed into law last Congress, like the VA MISSION Act and the VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act. On top of that, I know we will continue to work hard to improve and modernize VA as we strive to ensure that our veterans receive the best services and support possible.”

House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Vice Chair:

Congressman Conor Lamb

  Vice Ranking Member

Congresswoman Amata Coleman Radewagen

  Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs:

Chair: Congresswoman Elaine Luria

Ranking Member: Congressman Mike Bost

  Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity:

Chair: Congressman Mike Levin

Ranking Member: Congressman Gus M. Bilirakis

  Subcommittee on Health:

Chair: Congresswoman Julia Brownley

Ranking Member: Congressman Dr. Neal Dunn

  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations:

Chair: Congressman Chris Pappas

Ranking Member: Congressman Jack Bergman

  Subcommittee on Technology Modernization:

Chair: Congresswoman Susie Lee

Ranking Member: Congressman Jim Banks

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