Secure Supply Chains

In a recent Clean Energy Insider newsletter, CRES President Heather Reams highlighted the need for continued American energy leadership—not only to invigorate our economy and create good-paying jobs, but also as a vehicle to decrease our reliance on foreign countries and export our clean energy technologies to our allies.   “U.S. House Natural Resources Oversight & […]

WASHINGTON, January 11, 2022 – Today, Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions President Heather Reams released the following statement regarding the start of the 118th Congress: “CRES congratulates Speaker Kevin McCarthy on his election and swearing in of the 118th Congress. We look forward to working with the Speaker and House Republicans to advance American solutions that increase […]

Heather Reams, president of Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES), today released the following statement in response to U.S. Senate ratification of the “Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer” (Kigali Amendment), which will gradually reduce the consumption and production of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a potent greenhouse gas used in […]

Heather Reams, president of Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES), today released the following statement in response to the announcement of the first of the Energy, Climate, and Conservation Task Force‘s six part policy agenda: “Since its inception, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy’s Energy, Climate, and Conservation Task Force, under the leadership of Rep. Garret Graves, has brought a needed […]

Dear Leaders McConnell and McCarthy: The recent Russian invasion of Ukraine has underscored a longstanding reality: energy security is national security and economic security. For Americans who were already experiencing higher energy costs, the added strain on energy prices because of the Russian invasion have brought the impacts of this faraway conflict close to home. […]

Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions issued the following statement on Senator Bill Cassidy’s (R-LA) landmark Energy & Climate Policy outline: “Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) applauds Senator Bill Cassidy for outlining a plan to accelerate American-led innovation, create and sustain jobs, reduce pollution and strengthen our position leading the world in greenhouse gas emissions […]

Last month, CRES President Heather Reams served as an expert panelist in a joint forum hosted by the Congressional Western Caucus and House Committee on Oversight and Reform Republicans titled, “Holding the Biden Administration Accountable for Skyrocketing Prices & Failing Energy Policies.” She joined four other expert witnesses, as well as more than 20 members […]

Dear Chairwoman Feinstein and Ranking Member Kennedy and Chairwoman Kaptur and Ranking Member Simpson: As the U.S. House and Senate Subcommittees for Energy and Water Development finalize the Energy and Water Development Fiscal Year 2022 appropriations bill, Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) respectfully requests support for the following offices and programs within the U.S. […]

At a Senate press conference today, Senators Dan Sullivan, Kevin Cramer and Cynthia Lummis, joined by Senators Ted Cruz, John Kennedy, and Rob Portman, introduced the American Energy, Jobs, and Climate Plan, a Republican-led initiative to protect America’s future by lowering global emissions while bolstering the U.S. economy. CRES Executive Director Heather Reams issued the following […]

Dear Majority Leader Schumer and Republican Leader McConnell:  Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) has long advocated for commonsense infrastructure legislation that works for all Americans; therefore, we applaud your work and commitment to bipartisanship in the creation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). We particularly applaud the bill’s inclusion of clean energy provisions, which […]