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Author: Samantha Cepin

Urgent Action Needed: Stop HR 1 in the House Today!

Yesterday, the Senate passed HR 1 in a 51-50 vote, with Senators Collins, Tillis, and Paul voting no and Vice President Vance casting the tie-breaking vote.

In the final wraparound amendment, we successfully:

  • Struck the punitive new excise tax included in Friday night’s draft
  • Secured protection for projects that begin construction within one year of enactment, shielding them from the 2027 placed-in-service restrictions
  • Made targeted improvements to several other provisions

While these changes reflect our collective advocacy, make no mistake: HR 1 remains a deeply harmful bill—for Westchester, for New York, and for the nation.

The bill now heads to the House for a final vote, which could take place as early as TODAY (Wednesday, July 2)—or the House could move to a conference with the Senate next week. Either path is perilous.

Your voice is urgently needed.

Let Congress know: HR 1 will devastate the clean energy industry, drive up electricity costs, stall innovation, and kill jobs.

This bill threatens the backbone of America’s energy transformation and manufacturing revival. If enacted:

  • Families will face higher energy bills
  • New projects will be delayed or abandoned
  • Clean energy manufacturing will stall
  • Our grid will become more vulnerable
  • U.S. leadership in the global energy economy will falter

Already, more than $15 billion in clean energy projects have been cancelled across the country. And that’s just the beginning.

CALL your member of Congress TODAY:

Rep. Nicholas J. LaLota (202) 225‑3826

Rep. Andrew Garbarino (202) 225‑7896

Rep.Tom Suozzi (202) 225-3335

Rep. Laura Gillen (202) 225-5516

Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (202) 225-3461

Rep. Grace Meng (202) 225-2601

Rep. Nydia Velázquez (202) 225-2361

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (202) 225‑5936

Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (202) 225-6231

Rep. Daniel Goldman (202) 225‑8716

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (202) 225‑3371

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (202) 225‑5635

Rep. Adriano Espaillat (202) 225‑4365

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio‑Cortez (202) 225‑4965

Rep. Ritchie Torres (202) 225‑4361

Rep. George Latimer (202) 225-2464

Rep. Mike Lawler (202) 225‑6506

Rep. Pat Ryan (202) 225‑5614

Rep. Josh Riley (202) 225‑5441

Rep. Paul Tonko (202) 225‑5076

Rep. Elise Stefanik (202) 225‑4611

Rep. John Mannion (202) 225‑8104

Rep. Nick Langworthy (202) 225‑5516

Rep. Claudia Tenney (202) 225-3665

Rep. Joseph Morelle (202) 225‑3615

Rep. Timothy M. Kennedy (202) 225‑3306

Don’t know your representative? Look them up here: Find Your Representative
Let’s keep the pressure on. Let’s stop HR 1.

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