Mike Levin in 2020 House CA elections


On Environment: Challenged easing of safety testing regulations

Levin pressed Trump official Scott Angelle over whether Angelle pushed for a rollback of safety regulations despite objections from career officials. His questions follow a Wall Street Journal report that said staff engineers had called for no changes to a two-week testing requirement for devices used to prevent oil well blowouts. The report said Angelle, who leads the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, instead adopted an industry-preferred three-week testing requirement.
Source: The Hill e-zine on 2020 Congressional CA-49 election Mar 10, 2020

On Energy & Oil: You can protect environment and grow the economy

I am honored to serve on the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, where I co-sponsored and helped lead the effort to pass H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act. This bill would prohibit the Administration from withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement, and would also require the administration to develop a plan to meet our emissions reduction goals under the Agreement. I disagree that you cannot protect the environment and grow the economy at the same time.
Source: San Diego Union Tribune on 2020 Congressional CA-49 election Jan 30, 2020

On Tax Reform: 2017 tax cuts added $2 trillion to debt over ten years

I believe that our debt is a major threat to our nation's future. The 2017 GOP Tax Plan is estimated to add $2 trillion over 10 years to the deficit, and when you add that to the increases in military and non-military spending, you end up with exploding deficits. I believe that we need to establish a new bipartisan commission to begin thinking through solutions on how to lower our spending and how to increase revenue, just like we all try to do in our households, every day.
Source: San Diego Union Tribune on 2020 Congressional CA-49 election Jan 30, 2020

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