House Dem energy caucus makes overture to Trump

By Timothy Cama | 01/22/2025 06:46 AM EST

In eviscerating the president’s energy and environment actions, a caucus dedicated to sustainability nonetheless offered an olive branch.

California Rep. Doris Matsui (D) talks at a news conference in Sacramento.

Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) talks at a news conference in Sacramento in October. She and other Democrats said they were willing to work with President Donald Trump. Rich Pedroncelli/AP

A House Democratic caucus pilloried President Donald Trump’s first set of executive actions, accusing him of working to “gut our bedrock pollution and environmental protections.”

But in a multipage letter filled with both bullet points and outrage, the leaders of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition offered something of an olive branch.

“We are committed to working with your Administration” to “protect Americans from harm, to grow the middle class, and to make our government work for the average American,” they wrote.

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The group is led by Democratic Co-chairs Doris Matsui of California, Mike Quigley of Illinois and Paul Tonko of New York.

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