Scott Peters: “the recent expansion of the deficit is a result of a mix of things: budget deals, an aging population, and big tax cuts…”

San Diegans know first-hand the consequences of climate change, from destructive wildfires and prolonged drought to dangerous heat waves and rising seas that threaten our coastline.

I did support legislation like the bipartisan Lower Costs, More Transparency Act, which passed the House late last year.

President Trump was on the way to doing that before the pandemic. President Biden is doing that already.

Carbon emissions have fueled our climate crisis, and my constituents in San Diego feel its impacts often, from droughts to wildfires to rising sea levels.