Scott Peters

It should not just be one party. And I hope that we will--if we are talking about something as--on the scale of World War II or on the scale of sending someone to the moon, that can't be a one-party thing.

We have to show up. And this committee has been--this Congress has been supportive of engaging in the Paris Agreement.

I want to--I keep hearing about the Green New Deal. It is a straw man. Fewer than half the Democrats have sponsored it.

There is not going to be enough money to do this for everyone at these rates.

We have earmarked $48 million for that. We have purchased land for $12 million out of that 48 million.

It is estimated that it will be 2023 before enough homes are built for everyone.

According to the 2018 National Climate Assessment, there are 49.4 million housing units along the coastal shoreline.

We risk spending more on paying off our debt than we spend on children by next year.

Ultimately, there is no substitute for having a broad national commitment to being on a sustainable path.

The recent expansion of the deficit is a result of a mix of things: budget deals, an aging population, and big tax cuts largely benefiting the wealthy.

We know the target net-zero by mid-century, but we cannot get to where we need to be without dramatic and substantive policy change.

Carbon pricing isn't the only answer to the Climate Crisis but one of the most effective tools to meeting the goals of the IPCC.

Returning revenue from carbon fees directly to the people as carbon dividends--payments to every person--would transform carbon pricing from a regressive policy into a progressive one.

Climate change has a price, and this legislation makes sure that big polluters are the ones paying it.

We cannot let the enormity of the issue overwhelm us, we must start addressing this problem immediately.

This is a really helpful bill.

If we believe biodiversity is essential, this will move us there.

To the extent that we move to electric airplanes, it will be an important correction.

It is really fascinating, how much is already happening.

This will help local transit districts be able to afford them.

These coastal communities are literally and figuratively under water. So this will help these well-known, unmet, imminent needs.

Instead of picking winners and losers in the energy sector, this new tax credit would bolster market-driven innovation across electricity-generating technologies.

This is why I will introduce legislation to offer a tax incentive for new clean energy technologies.

I have even pushed for these tax credits in the green energy sector, and I received the Solar Energy Industries Association Solar Champion Award in 2016.

For decades, Congress has routinely acted on a bipartisan basis to extend a number of expired or expiring green energy tax provisions.