STATEMENT: CE4A Applauds Announcement of Build Back Better Act Framework, Urges Its Swift Passage
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 28, 2021
Press Contact: Andrew Reagan, andrew@ceforamerica.org, (317) 607-5649
Clean Energy For America Applauds Announcement of Build Back Better Act Framework, Urges Its Swift Passage
(Washington, DC) -- Following the news that Congressional leaders have agreed to a framework to pass the Build Back Better Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Clean Energy For America (CE4A) applauds the historic investments contained in the bills and urges Congress to quickly send both to President Biden’s desk.
“As clean energy businesses, workers, and entrepreneurs continue working hard to deliver the most innovative and accessible clean energy technologies to the American people, President Biden and Congress have an opportunity to accelerate the growth of this critical sector of our economy by delivering historic long-term investments in clean energy in the Build Back Better Act (BBBA). The clean energy sector already supports millions of jobs and the BBBA will create as many as 679,000 new good-paying jobs annually, for both big and small businesses, while lowering energy bills to save families money. Congress must act now to pass the Build Back Better Act and deliver bold investments in clean energy to the American people. There’s no time to waste,” said Andrew Reagan, the Executive Director of Clean Energy for America.
In recent weeks, CE4A has led efforts urging Congress to make big, bold investments in the clean energy industry. More than 500 clean energy business leaders, workers, entrepreneurs, and investors across the United States sent letters to Congress making the business case for clean energy investments including a national letter from clean energy sector business owners from 34 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico and letters from energy leaders in Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Texas, and Washington. These business leaders know that investments in clean energy will help their companies grow, deploy innovative new technologies to power our communities, and employ millions of people in new, good-paying jobs.
CE4A leaders and letter signers are available for comment.
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