Kathy Castor

The Inflation Reduction Act will allow more Americans to enjoy the cost-saving benefits of renewables.

The permitting bill that just failed yesterday, why did it fail? Because the regulated electric utility...lobbied against it to kill it.

The Inflation Reduction Act is a 'cost cutter' that puts money back into the wallets of Americans.

The Inflation Reduction Act is a "cost cutter" that puts money back into the pockets of Americans.

I call it the income reduction act.

I want to cheer for the Inflation Reduction Act because it is a significant step moving forward in meeting our goals of a net-zero emissions future.

We really owe it to the hardworking people across America to reduce the risks and costs of climate fueled disasters.

This has a clean energy and climate piece, but what does this really mean for families?

The new law will also create millions of good-paying jobs.

According to the BlueGreen Alliance, the new law will also help create more than 9 million good jobs over the next decade.

Together we can keep forging this path towards energy independence.

The more money you pour into the market, the worse it makes inflation.

But to do that, we need policy reform, not just spending.

If you can't afford a solar panel on your roof, you don't have a choice. We just made that cheaper.

This idea that you are going to go to zero carbon emissions in the near future is a pipe dream.

We are in a cost-of-living crisis.

These have to be--these are targeted to working families, middle-class families.

Renewables like wind and solar are now the cheapest source of power.

But these tradeoffs, just to get 10 percent of our total production, are simply not worth it.

It is anticipated that the Inflation Reduction Act will create about 9 million jobs over the next decade.

As chair of the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis and as a mom, I am proud to say the Inflation Reduction Act is a big climate deal. This is the largest investment in clean energy and climate solutions ever in U.S. history, and it…

We cannot stop there. We need additional strategies to keep the climate crisis from getting worse--and to unleash an economy powered by our own abundant and affordable renewable energy.

I'm proud that President Biden's bipartisan infrastructure law made historic investments on this front--including $5 billion for grid hardening and another $5 billion to spur technologies that will improve grid reliability and resilience.

In the United States of America, we don't need to choose between energy that's affordable, reliable, or clean. It's not an either/or situation.

The key to solving the climate crisis is electrifying our economy now, and the key to electrifying our economy is a strong and reliable grid.