Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) introduced legislation that would help accelerate the decarbonization of planes, ships, and medium- and heavy-duty trucks. The Transportation Innovation Coordination Act would expand the scope of the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation to coordinate federal efforts around decarbonizing these larger commercial vehicles.
Transportation is… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) blasted Republicans’ Polluters Over Politics Act that would put corporate profits and Wall Street over protecting American families from the climate crisis or lowering home energy costs. The legislation (H.R. 1) would add $2.4 billion to the federal deficit and roll back historic environmental protections while giving massive handouts to the oil… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene issued the following statement on President Biden’s State of the Union address.
“Tonight, President Biden highlighted the historic progress that he and Congressional Democrats have made over the past two years - creating millions of good-paying jobs, lowering costs for working families, and starting to rebuild our nation’s infrastructure. He also… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) offered an amendment to legislation slated to be considered in the House of Representatives this week that would protect the Pacific Northwest from offshore oil drilling. The amendment is co-led by Representatives Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) and Derek Kilmer (WA-06).
The Republican-led Strategic Production Response Act (H.R. 21) would limit… Read more »
Today, Congresswomen Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-At-Large) introduced the Preventing Unnecessary Deaths During Life-Threatening Events (PUDDLE) Act to protect families from having their electricity shut off during extreme weather events like heat waves and cold snaps.
The Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) prohibits electric utilities from… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) celebrated a $100 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to Group14 Technologies to boost domestic battery production. The funding comes from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that she supported to help galvanize domestic battery component manufacturing, materials processing, and recycling to support the growing EV market and energy… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) announced that Washington state will receive over $1 billion in fiscal year 2023 to strengthen the state’s roads and bridges from investments in the historic bipartisan infrastructure law that she supported.
The resources are divided between:
$916 million for highway and road improvements
$130 million for bridge repairs
$15… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) hosted a virtual press conference to highlight the historic energy savings for Washington families, small businesses, and municipalities included in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that President Biden signed into law in August 2022.
The Inflation Reduction Act delivers an unprecedented federal investment in clean energy and climate action. It… Read more »
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives, with the support of Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01), passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which will lower costs for families, make historic investments in our clean energy future, and decrease the federal deficit.
The bill passed the Senate on Sunday and now heads to the President’s desk to be signed into law. It was a top priority for the… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) announced a more than doubling of the annual federal investment toward helping Washington families and seniors afford energy costs. In total, DelBene helped secure $143.6 million for Washington state in Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding through the American Rescue Plan and annual appropriations. WA families and seniors… Read more »
