Alan Lowenthal: “I think that much of what we have done in California, I am wondering how that translates to the rest of the Nation.”

As such, building even one new oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico will deepen the climate crisis, disproportionately imperiling low-income communities and communities of color in the process.

Congress has worked with the Biden administration to achieve major policy victories and invest in clean energy.

I am glad also that we have come together to discuss this critically important issue.

I represent the Port of Long Beach. I am the cochair with Randy Weber from Texas of the Congressional PORTS Caucus.