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Energy & Environment

As Co-Chair of the Land Conservation Caucus, Co-Chair of the Wildlife Refuge Caucus and a lifelong outdoorsman, preserving America's natural heritage has always been a priority of mine. That's why I strongly support investing in land conservation, acting to prevent climate change and transitioning to a clean energy economy.

Climate Change
Climate change is the greatest threat we face today. From sea level rise to extreme weather events and rising temperatures, no community will go untouched by the climate crisis. It is clear that climate action must remain a priority to secure a healthy future for generations to come. That's why I wrote the GREEN Act which made the largest investment in climate action that our country has ever seen. 

The Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law in 2022, contained my GREEN Act. These investments include:

  • Clean Power: 10+ years of tax credits for renewable technologies like solar, wind, geothermal, and hydropower, including credits targeted to low-income communities, affordable housing, and community solar
  • Grid Resiliency: New tax credits for batteries and other energy storage technologies to enable renewable technologies and make our grids more resilient to disasters and blackouts
  • Energy Efficiency: 10 years of tax credits for energy efficiency, from helping homeowners afford electric and efficient heating and cooling equipment, to incentivizing energy efficient homes and commercial buildings
  • Clean Fuels: Credits to promote low-carbon fuels such as biodiesel and to tackle one of the hardest to decarbonize sectors, aviation, through a new credit for sustainable aviation fuel
  • Clean Vehicles: 10 years of tax credits for electric, fuel-cell, and hybrid vehicles, including credits to make used vehicles more affordable for low- and moderate-income individuals and to clean up the air by getting more clean delivery vans, trucks, and buses on the road
  • Clean Manufacturing and Industry: Over $35 billion in investments in clean manufacturing to ensure that our energy transition is built on strong domestic supply chains and investments to help industrial facilities be cleaner, including by investing in clean hydrogen
  • Good Jobs: Labor standards throughout key provisions to ensure that our clean energy future is built with good-paying jobs
  • Polluters Pay: Building on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, reinstates the Superfund tax on oil producers and importers in order to pay for environmental cleanup, rather than putting the onus on overburdened communities

This bill will save the average American household hundreds in energy bills and other costs, will spur 9 million jobs by investing in clean energy, energy efficiency, and clean manufacturing, and will generate enormous public health benefits by preventing up to 3,900 premature deaths and 100,000 asthma attacks annually from air pollution.

Mental health challenges related to climate change impact young people. I was proud to introduce a resolution written by students in our district that raises this important issue.

I will continue fighting to protect our natural resources so that we leave our children and grandchildren a clean environment and sustainable economy.

Land Conservation
Land conservation is an investment in our future and I've fought long and hard to preserve our green spaces for younger generations. I voted to conserve 2.23 million acres as a member of the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission and sponsored legislation that led to the permanent protection of nearly 1 million acres. I led the efforts working with constituent groups to secure the original designation of nearly 350,000 acres of the Berryessa Snow Mountain region as a national monument. President Obama used the Antiquities Act to designate the national monument. I am working with Rep. John Garamendi to pass our bill to expand the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument by nearly 4,000 acres. We are working with the Biden Administration to use the Antiquities Act to make the expansion a reality.  I also worked with Rep. Garamendi to expand the boundary of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area to preserve areas of Rio Vista for generations to come.

In the 118th Congress, I worked with Rep. Garrett Graves to amend the Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 to help consumers more conveniently download electronic duck hunting stamps instead of obtaining paper stamps in person. Money from the sale of duck stamps goes towards land conservation and habitat protection.

In the 118th Congress, I reintroduced the Refuge System Protection Act to give the Fish and Wildlife Service the right to collect damages from the 1,754 acts of vandalism between 2017 and 2023, which cost taxpayers more than $1 million in repairs, and any future acts of vandalism.

I'm working hard to advance additional natural resource priorities that protect our land for future generations. This includes restoring critical wetland habitats, protecting our National Wildlife Refuge System and giving outdoorsmen and women more access to these wonderful public lands.