Sean Casten
U.S. Representative, IL-06. Personal account. Dad. Husband. Trained as an engineer, 16 years as a clean energy CEO, now in middle management. For official stuff see @casten.house.gov
- A break from political doomerism to celebrate that - no matter how much the losers try to get in the winners’ way - the fossil fuel era is ending. Note a couple key slides here: harrybenham.substack.com/p/leaving-th...
- Sitting in an FSC hearing right now with Treasury Secretary Bessent. The amount of effort that the Republicans are deploying praising Trump’s fiscal and monetary policy strikes me as something that would not be necessary if his talents were self-evident. The ladies doth protest too much.
- There are significant problems that I’ve spoken at length about before with the IHRA definition of anti-semitism. But take note of what the debate is on this bill within the Republican caucus.
- On how the crypto industry is ruining our politics - and our economy. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
- Reposted by Sean CastenThis week is National Public Service Recognition Week. Federal employees keep our country running and deserve to be appreciated every day.
- Reposted by Sean CastenNEWS: I've signed a discharge petition to help force a vote on a special rule to ensure that Medicaid and food assistance programs cannot be cut in order to provide a tax break to people like Elon Musk. Read more: democrats-budget.house.gov/news/press-r...
- Reposted by Sean CastenThe Trump Administration has effectively halted the National Climate Assessment (NCA), a congressionally mandated report on the impacts of climate change on the United States. Pretending climate change isn’t real isn’t just foolish, it’s dangerous and puts American lives at risk. Read my statement:
