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Source: United States Senator for Indiana Todd Young

June 07, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) introduced the Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act, bipartisan legislation to strengthen U.S. trade remedy laws and ensure they remain effective tools to fight back against unfair trade practices and protect American workers. The legislation updates the previous Leveling the Playing Field Act, which was introduced by Senator Brown and former Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio), and signed into law in 2015.  The original effort addressed persistent and evolving threats from unfair competition. The new bill would establish the new concept of “successive investigations” to improve the effectiveness of the U.S. trade remedy system in responding to repeat offenders and serial cheaters, helping to level the playing field for American workers. Additionally, the bill responds to China’s Belt and Road Initiative that provides Chinese government subsidies for products made in other countries.

“Our bipartisan bill will protect American jobs and combat China’s unfair trade practices,” said Senator Young. “China has distorted the free market by dumping undervalued products and subsidizing industries, actions designed to harm American businesses and workers. This legislation will help level the playing field to ensure the United States can outcompete the Chinese Communist Party.”

“China is always coming up with new ways to distort the global market, cheating Ohio companies out of business and Ohio workers out of jobs. Our bill will help the U.S. fight back with new, innovative tools, allowing us to crack down on repeat offenders and serial cheaters,” said Senator Brown. “Ohioans can out-compete anyone – they just need a fair, level playing field.”

The legislation is co-sponsored by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.).

A companion bill in the U.S. House of Representatives was introduced by Reps. Terri Sewell (D-AL-07), Bill Johnson (R-OH-6), Frank Mrvan (D-IN-01), and Van Duyne (R-TX-24).  

The Young-Brown legislation builds on the success of the original Brown-PortmanLeveling the Playing Field Act, which led to key wins for Midwest companies. TheLeveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act would update U.S. trade remedy laws to establish the new concept of “successive investigations,” to improve the effectiveness of the U.S. trade remedy system in curbing circumvention efforts from bad actors designed to undercut our domestic industries and increase market share.

American companies are on the receiving end of China’s increasing predatory economic behavior. In recent years, China’s unfair trade practices have culminated into grave economic consequences that affect American workers. For example, Chinese-supported companies move portions of production to other countries to circumvent American duties, a practice known as “country hopping,” and China’s Belt and Road Initiative unfairly subsidizes products made in other countries, rather than just in China. American companies also have to contend with long lead times before the Department of Commerce initiates a new anti-circumvention inquiry.

Around half of unfair trade cases are in the steel industry. However, these unfair trade cases also affect industries that make engines, furniture, hardwood plywood, welded pipe, solar panels, pipes and tubes, wood moldings, truck trailer chassis, magnesium, paper, industrial materials, shrimp, carrier bags, magnesia bricks, kitchen cabinets, quartz countertops, tires, and many others.

The Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act pushes back against China’s anti-free market practices by providing the Department of Commerce with more tools to stop circumvention tactics by:

• Creating a new type of AD/CVD investigation, called a successive investigation, which improves the effectiveness of the trade remedy law to combat repeat offenders by making it easier for petitioners to bring new cases when production moves to another country.
• Providing expedited timelines for successive investigations and new factors for the International Trade Commission to consider about the relationship between recently completed trade cases and successive trade cases for the same imported product.
• Providing the Department of Commerce the authority to apply CVD law to subsidies provided by a government to a company operating in a different country.
• Imposing statutory requirements for anti-circumvention inquiries to clarify the process and timeline.
• Specifying deadlines for preliminary and final determinations.

The bill is also supported by the American Iron and Steel Institute and the United Steelworkers.

“Senators Brown and Young have always stood strong for steel, and we are grateful that they are taking the helm once again to combat unfair trade practices and help keep American jobs in steel. This legislation is critical to addressing the latest efforts by foreign exporters to evade our trade laws through a variety of schemes, including cross-border subsidies. We appreciate the leadership of these senators and urge all members of Congress to sponsor the bill as soon as possible,” said Kevin Dempsey, president and CEO of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI).

“Bipartisan trade legislation, like Senators Brown and Young’s Leveling the Playing Field Act 2.0, show that helping American workers and their employers is a priority for Congress. Countering China’s Belt and Road Initiative by accounting for the country’s foreign subsidies and updating our trade rules to make it easier for U.S. workers and firms to fight illegally dumped and subsidized goods will ensure that we don’t lose critical supply chains to trade cheating. Ensuring our trade enforcement regime works faster ensures that workers and companies can focus on making things in America,” said Tom Conway, President of the United Steelworkers (USW)

Source: United States Senator for Commonwealth of Virginia Mark R Warner

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, today issued the following statement:

“The United States faces a dramatically different threat landscape today than it did just a couple of decades ago, with new threats and new technology that mean we must make substantial adjustments to our counterintelligence posture if we are going to successfully safeguard our national and economic security. I have worked closely alongside Mike Casey ever since he became staff director of the Senate Intelligence Committee in 2016, and I can think of no one more qualified to lead these efforts as head of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center. I congratulate him on this nomination, and I look forward to a thorough and swift confirmation process before the Senate Intelligence Committee.”

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Source: United States Senator for Commonwealth of Virginia Mark R Warner

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine joined Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and 13 of their Senate colleagues in urging the Biden Administration to help streamline health insurance enrollment for low-income families. In their letter to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Xavier Becerra and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, the senators urged the Administration to support state-level “Easy Enrollment” initiatives, which make it easier for uninsured, low-income families to sign up for health insurance by allowing them to sign up when filing their state income tax returns. Nearly 30 million Americans do not have health insurance and, as of this year, about 18 million who are eligible for programs like Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Advanced Premium Tax Credits still aren’t covered. State-based Easy Enrollment programs aim to close this gap. The senators called on HHS and CMS to address administrative barriers that reduce the efficiency of states’ Easy Enrollment programs, in order to make it easier for low-income families to access health care.

In 2020, the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation establishing an Easy Enrollment program. The first phase of Virginia’s Easy Enrollment program started this year and checks for Medicaid and CHIP eligibility.

“Easy Enrollment efforts ultimately aim to let uninsured tax filers request automatic enrollment in Medicaid, CHIP, or zero-premium Marketplace coverage, but these initiatives are facing unnecessary bureaucratic obstacles. To reach as many eligible uninsured as possible, these states seek to limit the need for people who have already filed their tax returns to complete further paperwork before obtaining health care coverage,” they wrote.

To help states streamline their Easy Enrollment initiatives, the senators urge the Administration to allow states to:

• Verify filers’ financial eligibility for programs like Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
• Confirm their citizenship status using existing electronic records.
• Waive tax reconciliation penalties for consumers who choose to automatically enroll in zero-premium Marketplace plans after they have enrolled in health care coverage.

The senators note, “With these three flexibilities, States could strengthen Easy Enrollment programs so that numerous uninsured people who are already known to be U.S. citizens could choose to be enrolled automatically into Medicaid, CHIP, and Marketplace plans, based on qualifying income shown on their state income tax returns.”

“Given the large and growing number of states pursuing Easy Enrollment initiatives, we recommend that CMS develop one or more templates making it easy for states to obtain federal approvals needed to maximize coverage gains from this promising approach. In the meantime, we urge the Administration to work proactively with states and to quickly approve state proposals to take the above steps. Easy Enrollment requires coordinating policy and operations between state health and tax agencies, so planning for 2024 Easy Enrollment has already begun. Clear and early guidance showing federal support for automating enrollment, as outlined in this letter, would give our states and others the confidence to innovate boldly and effectively in closing America’s large, persistent, and inequitable enrollment gap,” the senators concluded.

Sens. Warner, Kaine, and Van Hollen were joined in sending this letter by Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Angus King (I-ME), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Bob Casey (D-PA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Alex Padilla (D-CA), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), John Fetterman (D-PA), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and Ed Markey (D-MA).

A copy of the letter is available here and below.

Dear Secretary Becerra and Administrator Brooks-LaSure:

We are writing to urge the Biden-Harris Administration to strengthen its efforts to support state initiatives to automate the enrollment of eligible, uninsured families into health programs for which they qualify.

Such initiatives address a serious problem: America’s enrollment gap. Roughly two-thirds of our country’s uninsured residents – more than 18 million people — qualify for but are not enrolled in Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), or low-cost Marketplace plans bought with advance premium tax credits (APTCs). Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, most people in the enrollment gap qualify for zero-premium insurance but are not enrolled, often because of administrative barriers or because they do not know about available health programs. People of color and workers without college degrees make up a disproportionate share of uninsured families caught in the enrollment gap.

To close that gap, ten states that, together, include one-third of America’s Medicaid-eligible uninsured population—California, Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Virginia—have enacted “Easy Enrollment” programs that let families use state income tax returns to jumpstart health care enrollment. Uninsured tax filers can check a box asking to have their return information forwarded to state health agencies to see if their families qualify for free or low-cost insurance. Easy Enrollment efforts ultimately aim to let uninsured tax filers request automatic enrollment in Medicaid, CHIP, or zero-premium Marketplace coverage, but these initiatives are facing unnecessary bureaucratic obstacles. To reach as many eligible uninsured as possible, these states seek to limit the need for people who have already filed their tax returns to complete further paperwork before obtaining health care coverage.

President Biden signed an Executive Order on his first day in office calling on federal agencies to overcome “potential barriers that underserved communities and individuals may face to enrollment.” In its effort to implement this executive order, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) highlighted the importance of lightening the administrative burdens families face. OMB also reported that “administrative burdens…do not fall equally on all…, leading to disproportionate underutilization of critical services…often by the people and communities who need them the most.” The President thus signed an additional Executive Order calling on federal agencies “to the maximum extent permitted by law… to ensure eligible individuals are automatically enrolled in…critical benefit programs.”

By leveraging income-tax filing to streamline and automate enrollment, Easy Enrollment programs could reach most of America’s uninsured families. In 2021, 94% of uninsured adults filed federal income tax returns, including 90% of uninsured adults with incomes below 150% of the federal poverty level, 93% of uninsured people of color, and 93% of uninsured adults who never graduated high school.

The Administration has compiled a remarkable track record bringing health insurance to an ever-widening circle of families in America. To build on that record, we urge the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Treasury Department to issue guidance allowing three flexibilities for state Easy Enrollment programs, all of which are well within current statutory and regulatory authority:

• States should be allowed to verify citizenship through electronic records, without requiring families to submit redundant paperwork. Applicants for health programs must complete forms attesting, under penalty of perjury, to U.S. citizenship or satisfactory immigration status. To facilitate auto-enrollment efforts, CMS should waive that requirement under Social Security Act §1115 and Affordable Care Act §1411(c)(4)(B) when a state has already confirmed that an uninsured applicant is a U.S. citizen, based on matches between identifying information on the tax return and federally approved sources of citizenship data.

• States should be allowed to base financial eligibility for Medicaid on state income tax records. Financial eligibility for Medicaid reflects current income. A state implementing the option for “Express Lane Eligibility,” or ELE, can qualify children as financially eligible based entirely on information from other income-based programs or the family’s state income tax return. CMS should make clear that it is willing to grant §1115 waivers permitting states to use ELE’s tax return option to establish financial eligibility, not just for children, but for adults as well.

• States should be allowed to have tax reconciliation penalties waived for consumers they automatically enroll into zero-premium Marketplace plans. Someone enrolled into a zero-premium plan may owe federal tax reconciliation payments if their annual income turns out to exceed expected levels. For states to reliably promise that zero-premium plans will truly cost enrollees nothing, CMS and the Treasury Department should make clear that ACA §1332 allows waivers of tax reconciliation for people the state auto-enrolls into such plans.

With these three flexibilities, States could strengthen Easy Enrollment programs so that numerous uninsured people who are already known to be U.S. citizens could choose to be enrolled automatically into Medicaid, CHIP, and Marketplace plans, based on qualifying income shown on their state income tax returns.

Given the large and growing number of states pursuing Easy Enrollment initiatives, we recommend that CMS develop one or more templates making it easy for states to obtain federal approvals needed to maximize coverage gains from this promising approach. In the meantime, we urge the Administration to work proactively with states and to quickly approve state proposals to take the above steps. Easy Enrollment requires coordinating policy and operations between state health and tax agencies, so planning for 2024 Easy Enrollment has already begun. Clear and early guidance showing federal support for automating enrollment, as outlined in this letter, would give our states and others the confidence to innovate boldly and effectively in closing America’s large, persistent, and inequitable enrollment gap.

Sincerely, 

 

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Source: United States Senator for Alaska Lisa Murkowski

06.07.23

An essential step to countering global emissions from polluting countries, the PROVE IT Act would gather the necessary data to quantify the advantage of the United States’ cleaner manufacturing practices against countries with little to no environmental standards

U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today joined Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) in introducing the bipartisan Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act which would direct the Department of Energy to conduct a comprehensive study comparing the emissions intensity of certain goods produced in the United States to the emissions of those same goods produced in the other countries. U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) are also original co-sponsors. 

“When it comes to the production of materials like critical minerals, natural gas, crude oil, and more—Alaska sets the bar in terms of clean production standards. The United States manufactures and produces domestic goods and resources with some of the highest environmental standards in the world—far cleaner than many of our global competitors,” said Senator Lisa Murkowski. “I’m glad to join this commonsense legislation that will demonstrate to the world our environmental standards and promote the continuation of clean production.”

“The bipartisan PROVE IT Act will provide reliable data that’s needed to quantify the climate benefits of the United States’ investments in cleaner, more efficient manufacturing practices and to hold nations like China accountable for their emissions-heavy production of goods like steel,” said Senator Coons. “It will level the playing field and ensure our workers and producers are not unjustly penalized for their high environmental standards. Demonstrating our comparative advantage in emissions intensity, working with our allies and partners on data sharing, and building on that with future legislation will be a win for the climate, a win for American workers and manufacturers, and a win for global cooperation.”

“The United States lives up to the highest environmental standards in the world, and the PROVE IT Act is an opportunity to bolster our advantage by backing it up with verifiable data,” said Senator Cramer. “Americans know and appreciate the stewardship that goes into the energy we produce and the goods we manufacture. Quantifying global data will prove our emissions-intensive goods are cleaner here at home while highlighting the countries who monetize their lax or nonexistent standards.”

“Climate change is one of the most pressing, existential threats facing our country. As we race against time to find and implement solutions, we must be guided by the facts from a global perspective – and that means accounting for the carbon footprint of nations around the world,” said Senator King. “The PROVE IT Act is a bipartisan, commonsense effort to quantify emissions and then develop strategies to support the United States’ continued environmental leadership in manufacturing. America has taken historic steps to address climate change with clean energy investments, but we aren’t operating in a vacuum and there is still more work to be done. Along with much needed permitting reform, this bill would be a significant boost in our mission to find a clean, sustainable energy path forward that protects the planet for generations to come.”

“I’m all-in on improving the infrastructure our communities rely on. At the same time, we need to make sure we don’t solve our infrastructure challenges at the expense of our climate,” said Senator Heinrich. “This bipartisan legislation will give us the data we need to effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions from industrial products internationally and at home.”

“This legislation will help give us an apples-to-apples comparison of manufacturing practices among industrialized nations,” said Senator Graham. “It will also provide important data to show the true costs of China dumping dirty products into our economy in an effort to undercut American manufacturers.”

“As the European Union forges ahead with a strong carbon border adjustment, Congress should help support analysis of how competitive American manufacturers are in the global marketplace when the costs of carbon pollution are taken into account,” said Senator Whitehouse. “This bipartisan step should help private groups quantify the emissions intensity of goods produced here in America, and help us construct a carbon border adjustment of our own.”

“Goods produced in the U.S. are the cleanest in the world,” said Senator Cassidy, M.D. “This study will help us better understand that advantage as we explore policies that reward cleaner U.S. production at the expense of countries that exploit the environment.”

American manufacturers abide by some of the cleanest production standards in the world, and U.S. production is widely regarded as cleaner and more responsible than our competitors. The PROVE IT Act would obtain high-quality data to back up this claim up by determining the emissions intensity of domestically produced goods like steel, cement, glass, and aluminum, compared to those around the globe.

Specifically, the PROVE IT Act would direct the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study, alongside the Department of Commerce, Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Trade Representative, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of State, to: 

• Determine the average emissions intensity of covered products produced in the United States and identify any gaps in that data;
• Determine the average emissions intensity of covered products produced by G7 countries, free trade agreement partners, foreign countries of concern, and countries that hold a substantial global market share for a covered product;
• Identify any issues with verifying the average product emissions intensity data from other countries;
• Determine the emissions intensity of products produced in the United States compared to products produced in covered countries; and
• Facilitate collaboration among entities with expertise in data collection and analysis, support international coordination on emissions intensity data, and establish a process for receiving data from private industry on a voluntary basis.

The PROVE IT Act is endorsed by the Bipartisan Policy Center Action, American Iron and Steel Institute, Climate Leadership Council, Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, Third Way, Progressive Policy Institute, Independent Petroleum Association of America, and Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.

The one-page summary of the bill is available here. The text of the bill is available here. A full list of endorsement quotes is available here.

Source: United States Senator for Alaska Lisa Murkowski

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Source: United States Senator for Delaware Christopher Coons

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.)and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) today introduced the bipartisan Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act that would direct the Department of Energy to conduct a comprehensive study comparing the emissions intensity of certain goods produced in the United States to the emissions of those same goods produced in the other countries. U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) are also co-sponsors. 

“The bipartisan PROVE IT Act will provide reliable data that’s needed to quantify the climate benefits of the United States’ investments in cleaner, more efficient manufacturing practices and to hold nations like China accountable for their emissions-heavy production of goods like steel,” said Senator Coons. “It will level the playing field and ensure our workers and producers are not unjustly penalized for their high environmental standards. Demonstrating our comparative advantage in emissions intensity, working with our allies and partners on data sharing, and building on that with future legislation will be a win for the climate, a win for American workers and manufacturers, and a win for global cooperation.”

“The United States lives up to the highest environmental standards in the world, and the PROVE IT Act is an opportunity to bolster our advantage by backing it up with verifiable data,” said Senator Cramer. “Americans know and appreciate the stewardship that goes into the energy we produce and the goods we manufacture. Quantifying global data will prove our emissions-intensive goods are cleaner here at home while highlighting the countries who monetize their lax or nonexistent standards.”

“Climate change is one of the most pressing, existential threats facing our country. As we race against time to find and implement solutions, we must be guided by the facts from a global perspective – and that means accounting for the carbon footprint of nations around the world,” said Senator King. “The PROVE IT Act is a bipartisan, commonsense effort to quantify emissions and then develop strategies to support the United States’ continued environmental leadership in manufacturing. America has taken historic steps to address climate change with clean energy investments, but we aren’t operating in a vacuum and there is still more work to be done. Along with much needed permitting reform, this bill would be a significant boost in our mission to find a clean, sustainable energy path forward that protects the planet for generations to come.”

“When it comes to the production of materials like critical minerals, natural gas, crude oil, and more—Alaska sets the bar in terms of clean production standards. The United States manufactures and produces domestic goods and resources with some of the highest environmental standards in the world—far cleaner than many of our global competitors,” said Senator Lisa Murkowski. “I’m glad to join this commonsense legislation that will demonstrate to the world our environmental standards and promote the continuation of clean production.” 

“I’m all-in on improving the infrastructure our communities rely on. At the same time, we need to make sure we don’t solve our infrastructure challenges at the expense of our climate,” said Senator Heinrich. “This bipartisan legislation will give us the data we need to effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions from industrial products internationally and at home.”

“This legislation will help give us an apples-to-apples comparison of manufacturing practices among industrialized nations,” said Senator Graham. “It will also provide important data to show the true costs of China dumping dirty products into our economy in an effort to undercut American manufacturers.” 

“As the European Union forges ahead with a strong carbon border adjustment, Congress should help support analysis of how competitive American manufacturers are in the global marketplace when the costs of carbon pollution are taken into account,” said Senator Whitehouse. “This bipartisan step should help private groups quantify the emissions intensity of goods produced here in America, and help us construct a carbon border adjustment of our own.”

“Goods produced in the U.S. are the cleanest in the world,” said Senator Cassidy, M.D. “This study will help us better understand that advantage as we explore policies that reward cleaner U.S. production at the expense of countries that exploit the environment.”

American manufacturers abide by some of the cleanest production standards in the world, and U.S. production is widely regarded as cleaner and more responsible than our competitors. The PROVE IT Act would obtain high-quality data to back up this claim up by determining the emissions intensity of domestically produced goods like steel, cement, glass, and aluminum, compared to those around the globe.

Specifically, the PROVE IT Act would direct the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study, alongside the Department of Commerce, Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Trade Representative, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of State, to:

• Determine the average emissions intensity of covered products produced in the United States and identify any gaps in that data;
• Determine the average emissions intensity of covered products produced by G7 countries, free trade agreement partners, foreign countries of concern, and countries that hold a substantial global market share for a covered product;
• Identify any issues with verifying the average product emissions intensity data from other countries;
• Determine the emissions intensity of products produced in the United States compared to products produced in covered countries; and
• Facilitate collaboration among entities with expertise in data collection and analysis, support international coordination on emissions intensity data, and establish a process for receiving data from private industry on a voluntary basis.

Comprehensive data on product emissions intensity is an important step inaddressing climate through trade policy, leveling the playing field for domestic producers and manufacturers who are forced to compete against rivals with little to no standards.Senator Coons introduced theFAIR Transition and Competition Act, Congress’ first comprehensive border carbon adjustment bill, in 2021, andprior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Senator Cramer penned an op-ed with former National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster advocatingfor a “climate and trade initiative that would cut global greenhouse gas emissions, increase energy security, and reduce Russia’s power to coerce Europe.” Merging climate and trade policy would reduce global emissions and support American workers by leveling the playing field for domestic manufacturers who have already made expensive investments to reduce emissions in their manufacturing processes.

The PROVE IT Act is endorsed by the Bipartisan Policy Center Action, American Iron and Steel Institute, Climate Leadership Council, Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, Third Way, Progressive Policy Institute, Independent Petroleum Association of America, and Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.

The one-page summary of the bill is available here. The text of the bill is available here. A full list of endorsement quotes is available here.