On Thursday, September 1, Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA) and U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm will tour an Orange County facility that is training the next generation of unionized clean energy workers. Porter and Granholm will also hold a roundtable with local labor leaders and other government officials on how the recently-passed Inflation Reduction Act and… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA) today introduced legislation to protect taxpayers from funding climate misinformation. The End Subsidies for Fossil Fuel Advertising Act, co-led by House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), would end taxpayer subsidies for industry advertisements that encourage the continued use of oil and gas.
“Big Oil has been lying to… Read more »
IRVINE—On Thursday, August 18, Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA), U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton, and other federal, state, and local leaders will host a press conference on new efforts to protect families from California’s ongoing megadrought. Porter, Haaland, and Touton will announce reallocated federal dollars that will… Read more »
WASHINGTON—The House of Representatives today passed multiple proposals from Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA) that would better protect Orange County families from natural disasters. The Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act, which was approved 218 to 199, includes bills previously introduced by Porter to bolster federal firefighter pay and benefits, extend a key federal program… Read more »
WASHINGTON—The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife today discussed legislation from Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA) to further evaluate current and future water levels. Porter’s bill would reauthorize the Bureau of Reclamation’s Basin Study Program, which works with state and local partners and non-governmental organizations to assess water challenges and… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA) today introduced legislation to remove a roadblock that prevents California from getting its fair share of federal electric vehicle investment under the recent bipartisan infrastructure law.
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act devotes federal resources to electric vehicles and charging infrastructure. However, states cannot… Read more »
WASHINGTON—The House of Representatives today passed Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA)’s legislation to crack down on Big Oil’s predatory price increases at the pump. The Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act, co-led by Congresswoman Kim Schrier (D-WA), would lower gas prices by making exploitative price hikes unlawful, holding market manipulators accountable, and boosting… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Natural Resources Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Katie Porter (D-CA) and Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ.) today made a criminal referral to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) outlining evidence of a likely criminal quid pro quo between Trump administration officials, including former U.S. Department of the… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Today, Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA) and Congresswoman Kim Schrier (D-WA) introduced legislation to crack down on Big Oil’s predatory price hikes at the pump. The Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act would empower the President to issue an Energy Emergency Declaration, making it unlawful to increase gasoline and home energy fuel prices in an excessive or exploitative… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Yesterday, the Biden Administration issued final sale notices for new oil and gas leases, which include important reforms supported by Congresswoman Katie Porter that would protect taxpayers. Porter, Chair of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight, released the following statement.
“I applaud the Biden Administration for modernizing onshore royalty rates for new… Read more »
