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On the recordMay 24, 2023
Within this very week, the World Meteorological Association has indicated that for the first time in human history, we will hit a critical high temperature level by 2027. It reported that in just 2 recent years, there were 22,000 deaths from extreme weather events. Recognizing that we already face a grave climate crisis, the American people need a true winning strategy to escape the addiction to fossil fuels. More and more Americans are turning to clean energy, daring to go green. A growing solar industry plays an instrumental role in helping them in seeking lower global temperatures, in saving our planet. Disregarding the extreme heat, extreme Republicans only seem to get hot, to get warmed up, when they see the slightest opportunity to impede progress. Their answer today to those who are trying to help solve this problem? Punish American companies that are out there actually doing something about this problem. Punish them with a $1 billion retroactive tax that they will have to pay. I believe that there is an opportunity to continue to resolve the problems that we face with climate change. We responded to it last year with a climate incentives law. Our Republican colleagues are also seeking to repeal that law. The pause that is involved in these tariffs ends in a mere 12 months, and Republicans will not ultimately be successful today in blocking the President.…
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

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