Jay Inslee: Washington's 1st Congressional District

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The Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (S.E.E.C.) was founded at the start of the 111th United States Congress to be a strong voice in the U.S. House of Representatives in advancing policies that promote clean energy innovation and domestic manufacturing, develop renewable energy resources, create green collar jobs, and help arrest global warming and protect our nation’s clean air, water and natural environment.

S.E.E.C. was founded by co-chairs Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) and Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.), and thirty-three other founding members in the U.S. House of Representatives. These members of Congress – now numbering forty-five - are dedicated to the creation of American jobs, the fight for energy independence, and the reversal of the environmental degradations that threaten our children’s and our planet’s future. They will work closely with the White House and other members and groups in Congress in the pursuit of their energy and environmental policy priorities.

S.E.E.C. has already begun to promote and affect positive change in regard to these issues. In January, 2009, the group met with Assistant to the President Carol Browner to discuss how Congress and the Administration will work together to address these difficult policy questions. S.E.E.C. also played a significant role in strengthening clean energy investment and job-creation in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and S.E.E.C. Members continue to work on policies that will limit American greenhouse gas emissions, while investing in American businesses and clean energy jobs, and securing our energy independence.