Energy & Environment
Today, our nation faces unprecedented environmental and energy challenges. As a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, I am committed to promoting sustainable and renewable clean energy development, achieving energy independence through use of sustainable 21st-century technologies and increasing energy efficiency. I am also a strong environmentalist and believe we have a special responsibility to protect natural resources and species, national parks and wilderness areas and the future of our planet.
Having lived near Lake Michigan for my entire life, I have a particular interest in Great Lakes protection. I am working hard to promote clean air and clean water, prevent global warming, and prevent toxic emissions that threaten public health. More than any other issue, our approach to the environment will determine the health, well-being, and security of the American people and determine our ability to compete in the 21st century economy.
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President Biden signed the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law – transformational legislation that includes $550 billion in new federal funding for America's crumbling infrastructure – delivering progress for working families and their communities across the country.
I joined Paul Lisnek on WGN to talk about the Build Back Better bill and other recent events.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip, a senior member of the House Budget Committee, and a Co-Chair of the House Democratic Task Force on Aging and Families, released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5376, President Biden's Build Back Better Act, by a vote of 220-213:
EVANSTON - Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, highlighted the components of the Bipartisan Infrastructure bill she authored. The House passed the INVEST In America Act on Friday by a vote of 228-206, and it will now go the President's desk to be signed into law.
The Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce of the Committee on Energy and Commerce held a virtual, fully remote hearing on Thursday, October 14, 2021, at 12 p.m. This was a virtual, fully remote hearing rather than a hybrid hearing. The hearing is entitled, "Investing in American Jobs: Legislation to Strengthen Manufacturing and Competitiveness."
In this week's update, I discuss the 36-hour mark-up that we had in the Energy and Commerce Committee on the Build Back Better Act. #buildbackbetter #forthepeople #coronavirus #congressionalupdate #IL09
WASHINGTON— Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-9), Paul Tonko (NY-20), Daniel T.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 3684, the INVEST In America Act, by a vote of 221-201:
During debate on the House floor of the INVEST In America Act, I discussed the auto safety provisions in the bill, which I ushered through my subcommittee. The bill also includes funding to help remove dangerous lead service lines in our water system. Illinois has nearly 680,000 lead service lines. #INVESTAct #InvestinAmerica #WaterisLife #CleanWater #AutoSafety #HotCars