Bloomberg Law
December 13, 2018, 12:30 PM UTC

Incoming House Chairs Eager for Piece of the Climate Action

Dean Scott
Dean Scott
Reporter

A new House panel focusing on climate change won’t be alone in addressing the issue in the 116th Congress: Roughly half a dozen incoming committee chairs are itching to jump into the fray.

Nearly a decade ago, when Democrats last controlled the House, the Energy and Commerce Committee was front and center on climate. It remains likely to play a role in any broad legislation Democrats try to move in the next two years, but other panels on agriculture, foreign relations, science, oversight, and natural resources also will have new Democratic chairs eager to put climate change and its impacts ...

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