Bipartisan caucus members reject Trump agenda, introduce bill to create climatepanel
A newly expanded, bipartisan group of House members is looking for ways to get around the Trump administration’s plans to dismantle climate programs and congressional attacks on climate science to enable the United States to continue cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Members of the House Climate Solutions Caucus introduced a bill that would establish a commission of 10 members to conduct a review of public policies and private actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The commission, with five members appointed by Democrats and five by Republicans, would make recommendations to the president, Congress and the states, and base its emissions reductions goals on the latest scientific findings regarding what is needed to avoid serious health and environmental consequences.
The bill, the Climate Solutions Commission Act, was introduced by Rep. John Delaney (D-MD), John Faso (R-NY), and 10 other members of the caucus. This is the second time the bill has been introduced, after failing to pass in 2016
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