Sheldon Whitehouse: “What we are doing to this planet with carbon emissions portends permanent scarring of our oceans, permanent scarring of…”

This is a hugely important milestone but there are two big pieces of work in front of us.

The fossil fuel industry and their allies bought their way into the Trump White House with hundreds of millions of dollars in political donations.

If we can pass this bill, we will flood the grid with clean, affordable energy and make data centers start paying their fair share.

We need more clarity on that, and when we have more clarity on that they’ll be back-and-forth to try to resolve those issues.