This is a long email about climate action, Build Back Better, and the path forward from here

 

I’m about to ask you to read a long email on the current state of the Build Back Better package, climate action, and our ongoing negotiations in the Senate to pass meaningful legislation for our planet. Then, I’m going to ask you to contribute $10 or anything you can to help our movement make it all happen.

I’ll explain more in just a minute, but if that’s all you need to hear to add your support, please use this link:

https://go.edmarkey.com/a/Build-Back-Better

Here’s the situation:

I support President Biden in his efforts to pass a Build Back Better package that can get 50 votes in the Senate, even if this means passing individual provisions as soon as possible.

This is especially true on climate and clean energy. The climate provisions in Build Back Better have largely been agreed upon and financed — that means drastically reducing emissions, promoting environmental justice in our communities, and creating millions of good-paying, union jobs all across our country.

The bottom line is that our planet cannot wait for gridlocked negotiations to continue. We are running out of time to take meaningful action, and we have to move quickly.

That is why we must pass a budget reconciliation bill with climate action, jobs and environmental justice at its core by President Biden’s State of the Union address. That should be our deadline.

What we do not pass in this deal becomes our movement’s agenda going forward, and what we run on here in 2022 and beyond. That includes voting rights, the Child Tax Credit, lowering the cost of prescription drugs, immigration reform, and so much more.

These policies will always be at the core of our agenda and our fight for justice. If we can find an agreement with Senator Manchin on these issues in the weeks and months ahead, then we absolutely should. But right now, we have a broad agreement on climate and clean energy, and we must act on that immediately.

And let us not forget this simple truth: Democrats are having to do all of this on our own because the Republican Party refuses to find any common ground with us whatsoever.

Their singular goal right now is to block the entire Biden agenda, and shut down any progress we could possibly make on these important issues that would help working families across the country.

That’s why we need to pass as many provisions in this bill as we can, when we can. And the time to act on climate is right now.

Now, all of this is just the starting point in our larger fight for a Green New Deal and bold climate action that will transform our society and deliver a just, livable future for our planet. But the truth is that that fight takes tremendous resources, and it means I have to ask:

Will you contribute $10 or anything you can afford to stand with me in our fight for climate justice? Every dollar you give will go straight toward growing our grassroots movement and building progressive power in Washington to make meaningful change a reality.

What we have with the climate provisions in Build Back Better will go a long way toward protecting our environment, revitalizing our economy, and converting our energy system away from fossil fuels once and for all.

Passing them would be a historic victory for our movement, and for people all over the world.

It’s time we deliver, and it’s time we get it done. Thank you for being a part of our fight.

In solidarity,

Ed Markey

 

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