Acadia Center Testimony at Roundtable on Skyrocketing Energy Costs Since Trump Took Office

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, hosted a roundtable with U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.); U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.); U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.); U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.); U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.); Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor under the Clinton administration; and experts on clean energy and utility services, discussing how the Trump administration’s policies have driven up energy prices for working families. Acadia Center's Anya Poplavska offered testimony on energy affordability.