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Media Contact: Anzueth Barela | (202) 225-8045 | Anzueth.Barela@mail.house.gov
Media Contact: Anzueth Barela | (202) 225-8045 | Anzueth.Barela@mail.house.gov
Washington, D.C. — Today, Representatives Juan Vargas (D-Calif.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) led a letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler, urging the Commission to require the largest corporations to fully disclose their greenhouse gas emissions. Schiff and Vargas were joined by 24 members of the California delegation.
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Congressmen Juan Vargas (CA-52) and Sean Casten (IL-06), co-chairs of the Congressional Sustainable Investment Caucus, released the following statement regarding the Education and Workforce Committee markup on anti-ESG legislation:
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06), Congressman Juan Vargas (CA-52), and Congresswoman Kathy Castor (FL-14) lead 77 of their colleagues in a letter to SEC Chair Gary Gensler urging the SEC to quickly finalize a strong and durable climate disclosure rule.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Juan Vargas (CA-52) introduced the Environmentally Sustainable Growth Act. This bill requires public companies to disclose environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics in annual filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). ESG is a way of considering and measuring how companies make decisions that impact the environment, how well they treat their workers and staff, and how they govern and make business decisions.
Washington, D.C. — Last week, U.S. Congressmen Juan Vargas (CA-52) and Sean Casten (IL-06) co-chairs of the Congressional Sustainable Investment Caucus, hosted a roundtable discussion for Members of Congress featuring Illinois Treasurer Mike Frerichs, Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman, and US SIF Managing Director Bryan McGannon.
Media Contact: Brian Garcia | (202) 360-8950 | Brian.Garcia3@mail.house.gov
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Congressmen Juan Vargas (CA-52) and Sean Casten (IL-06), co-chairs of the Congressional Sustainable Investment Caucus, released the following statement regarding the Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing entitled “ESG Part I: An Examination of Environmental, Social, and Governance Practices with Attorneys General”:
Media Contact: Brian Garcia | (202) 360-8950 | Brian.Garcia3@mail.house.gov
The Biden administration on Thursday rolled out a plan to expand health care access for beneficiaries of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
Under the plan, DACA recipients will become eligible to apply for Medicaid and to enroll in Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance exchanges.
DACA beneficiaries are not currently eligible for those benefits because their immigration status does not meet the current definition of “lawful presence” required to enroll in Medicaid and the ObamaCare exchanges.