Sean Casten

I was proud to sponsor H.R. 2909, the bipartisan and bicameral Promoting Grid Storage Act.

So if I can only persuade you to do one thing today, please unleash the nerds.

If we ignore the urgency it is suicide.

Every day that we fail to act the consequences of our inaction become more costly and more dire.

We do not have time to debate settled science any more than we have time to debate gravity.

The climate crisis is existential.

We need to say so and we need to say so loudly.

I am very proud to have introduced H.R. 3623, the Climate Risk Disclosure Act, along with Senator Warren.

I think if you are an investor, you would like to know the answer to those questions.

Now, it is also a fantastic opportunity, because almost everything we do to lower CO2 emissions means that we burn less fuel, and fuel ain't free.

Climate change is a--I am glad I am in this hearing--because it is a fundamental deep, deep threat to our financial system.

I'm concerned that the rate at which they're adopted by utilities, by co-ops, municipalities, will be too slow for the scale needed to combat the climate crisis.

We would welcome from you and/or Mr. Satterthwaite, as you think about low-carbon solutions in the transportation sector, how important is it that the Federal Government provide access to lower-cost financing options?

So I want to shift. Since its inception in 2007, the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Program has helped drive a whole lot of investment through direct loans to automotive or component manufacturers for re-equipping, expanding, or…

I agree also with your point on the fact that once you get started with this technology you embrace it and you want to go further with it.

I was pleased to hear you call to amend the program to allow companies like Proterra to be able to apply for loans.

I would like to ask unanimous consent to enter this report into the record.

The Climate Risk and Disclosure Act would require public companies to disclose more information about their exposure to climate-related risks.

Capitalism is an awesome thing. It depends on competitive markets.

The SEC was not created in order to allow businesses to hide information and protect their profits.

I am excited to be here today, and I am very proud to have introduced the Climate Risk Disclosure Act with Representative Cartwright in the House.

The single strategy that these kids at DEFCON demonstrated is also what is described in Robert Mueller's report that the Russians did.

The method that the participants in your exhibit used to hack into the Secretary of State website was called a sequel injection?

Can you help me understand and this Committee understand why, if energy storage is indeed the Holy Grail of technology, we have a budget that drastically defunds our commitment to deploy the energy storage that we need?

I am delighted to hear you describe energy storage as the Holy Grail of energy.