I think there is probably a number between 1 and 20 that actually would probably help us on the budget side.

It is essential to make sure that nobody is left behind in the process of tackling the challenges in moving to clean energy.

The PRO Act is, I think, a very important piece of legislation that our coalition, all of our partners, support.

The Finance Committee meets this morning for its first hearing on the climate crisis since 2009.

Your long-term technology-neutral approach enables all parties' participation in the path to decarbonization.

Last week I introduced the Clean Energy for America Act that would throw the old set of more than 40 tax breaks in the dust bin.

The energy tax code in America is a cluttered, old heap of more than 40 different tax breaks for a variety of energy sources and technologies.

This is the right approach for high-wage, high-skill jobs. This is the right approach for addressing the existential threat of the climate emergency.

We need to support and reinforce workers' ability to organize amongst themselves, to collectively bargain with their employers for better wages and benefits and working conditions.

We applaud the Senate Finance Committee for taking this ambitious first step in evaluating how the tax code can be better leveraged to reduce GHG emissions, strengthen U.S. energy security, and reduce energy costs.

I want to apologize to the committee's other guests. This has been, I think, a very good panel.

For every dollar we would provide for the IRS, they could collect anywhere between $5 to $10.

What is your assessment of the fact that this inequity is just baked into this two-tiered system?

That puts this committee in the driver's seat when it comes to job-creating legislation that addresses head-on the existential challenge of the climate crisis.

The Senate Finance Committee chairman, Senator Wyden has suggested taxing capital gains mark-to-market for high-income households.

Under the laws on the books, taxpayers in America are subsidizing the climate crisis.

As builders of America's clean energy projects and infrastructure, ABC members appreciate your leadership in support of a sustainable and resilient clean energy ecosystem.

It seems to me that wealthy taxpayers have found ways to largely avoid the estate and gift taxes through complex shelters and trusts.

I think it is extraordinarily important that you are addressing income inequality through the tax code.

If you are a nurse in Medford, OR this afternoon and you treat COVID patients, you pay taxes with every single paycheck.

Direct-pay lowers the project costs, and these are savings that can be directly paid to customers.

Most of those incentives are temporary. That keeps clean energy businesses and workers living in an uncertain state of limbo.

I would like to express again my appreciation for Chairman Wyden's thoughtful legislation.

There's no uncertainty for them; they get guaranteed benefits funded by American taxpayers every year.

It is going to take even longer-term direct-pay options such as that proposed by Chairman Wyden.