This article discusses how many House Freshman Democrats Urge Funds for Climate Change Programs. More than half of the newly elected Democratic representatives signed onto a letter calling for “robust funding” for U.S. climate change research programs.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), who is the lead sponsor of the Green New Deal resolution in the House of Representatives, isn’t the only freshman Democratic member of Congress pushing for action on climate change.
More than half of the freshman Democrats in Congress have signed onto a 24 April (2019) letter urging the House Committee on Appropriations “to provide robust funding for our nation’s climate change research programs” in fiscal year (FY) 2020 appropriations bills. The letter, dated 16 April, was released on 24 April, after members of Congress signed onto it.