# Climate Solutions Caucus

The Climate Solutions Caucus is a bipartisan caucus of U.S. legislators supported by the Citizens' Climate Lobby whose members work to achieve action addressing the risks from climate change. The House of Representatives and Senate each have a caucus. The House caucus was founded in February 2016, during the 114th Congress, by Representatives Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) and Ted Deutch (D-FL). The Senate Caucus was founded in 2019 by Senators Mike Braun (R-IN) and Chris Coons (D-DE).
On November 27, 2018, House caucus members Ted Deutch (D-FL), Francis Rooney (R-FL), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and John Delaney (D-MD) introduced the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (HR 763), which would implement a national carbon fee and dividend. It had also been introduced in the Senate in 2018 as S. 3791.
The 2018 midterm elections illustrated a growing partisan divide over climate, and one third of incumbent Republican members of the Caucus, including co-chair Curbelo, lost their seats. One study concluded that this showed limited value for GOP members in pursuing bipartisan climate action.
The House caucus went partially dormant after the 2018 elections, relaunching in 2023 with leaders Andrew Garbarino and Chrissy Houlahan.

## Mission

The House Caucus web site describes the Caucus as "working together to combat climate change while also protecting the economic prosperity of the United States. This is a group dedicated to building a constructive dialogue about climate change, economics, energy, and conservation among Members of Congress, global leaders, environmental organizations, and business leaders."

## House members, 118th Congress

Membership of the caucus is restricted to consist of equal representation of Republicans and Democrats. After the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections for the 116th Congress this rule was loosened, but strict balance was restored again in 2023 in the 118th Congress. In the 118th Congress, the 66 members were as follows:
| Name | Party | District |
| Andrew Garbarino (co-chair) | Republican | New York's 2nd congressional district |
| Chrissy Houlahan (co-chair) | Democratic | Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district |
| Amata Coleman Radewagen | Republican | American Samoa's at-large congressional district |
| Ami Bera | Democratic | California's 7th congressional district |
| Ann McLane Kuster | Democratic | New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district |
| Anna Eshoo | Democratic | California's 18th congressional district |
| Anthony D'Esposito | Republican | New York's 4th congressional district |
| Bill Posey | Republican | Florida's 8th congressional district |
| Bobby Scott | Democratic | Virginia's 3rd congressional district |
| Brad Schneider | Democratic | Illinois' 10th congressional district |
| Brendan Boyle | Democratic | Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district |
| Brett Guthrie | Republican | Kentucky's 2nd congressional district |
| Brian Fitzpatrick | Republican | Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district |
| Brian Mast | Republican | Florida's 18th congressional district |
| Carlos A. Gimenez | Republican | Florida's 28th congressional district |
| David Joyce | Republican | Ohio's 14th congressional district |
| David Schweikert | Republican | Arizona's 6th congressional district |
| David Valadao | Republican | California's 22nd congressional district |
| Derek Kilmer | Democratic | Washington's 6th congressional district |
| Don Bacon | Republican | Nebraska's 2nd congressional district |
| Don Beyer | Democratic | Virginia's 8th congressional district |
| Dusty Johnson | Republican | South Dakota's at-large congressional district |
| Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | Oregon's 3rd congressional district |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton | Democratic | District of Columbia's at-large congressional district |
| Jack Bergman | Republican | Michigan's 1st congressional district |
| Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | Illinois's 9th congressional district |
| Jenniffer González-Colón | Republican | Puerto Rico's at-large congressional district |
| Jim Himes | Democratic | Connecticut's 4th congressional district |
| Jimmy Panetta | Democratic | California's 20th congressional district |
| John Curtis | Republican | Utah's 3rd congressional district |
| John B. Larson | Democratic | Connecticut's 1st congressional district |
| Josh Gottheimer | Democratic | New Jersey's 5th congressional district |
| Juan Ciscomani | Republican | Arizona's 6th congressional district |
| Juan Vargas | Democratic | California's 51st congressional district |
| Julia Letlow | Republican | Louisiana's 5th congressional district |
| Judy Chu | Democratic | California's 27th congressional district |
| Kevin Kiley | Republican | California's 3rd congressional district |
| Kevin Mullin | Democratic | California's 15th congressional district |
| Lori Chavez-DeRemer | Republican | Oregon's 5th congressional district |
| Marcus Molinaro | Republican | New York's 19th congressional district |
| Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | Ohio's 9th congressional district |
| Maria Elvira Salazar | Republican | Florida's 27th congressional district |
| Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Republican | Iowa's 1st congressional district |
| Mark Amodei | Republican | Nevada's 2nd congressional district |
| Matt Cartwright | Democratic | Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district |
| Matt Gaetz | Republican | Florida's 1st congressional district |
| Mike Gallagher | Republican | Wisconsin's 8th congressional district |
| Mike Lawler | Republican | New York's 17th congressional district |
| Mike Thompson | Democratic | California's 5th congressional district |
| Nancy Mace | Republican | South Carolina's 1st congressional district |
| Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | New York's 7th congressional district |
| Nick LaLota | Republican | New York's 1st congressional district |
| Nicole Malliotakis | Republican | New York's 11th congressional district |
| Pete Aguilar | Democratic | California's 31st congressional district |
| Salud Carbajal | Democratic | California's 24th congressional district |
| Scott Peters | Democratic | California's 52nd congressional district |
| Seth Moulton | Democratic | Massachusetts's 6th congressional district |
| Shri Thanedar | Democratic | Michigan's 13th congressional district |
| Stacey Plaskett | Democratic | United States Virgin Islands's at-large congressional district |
| Susan Wild | Democratic | Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district |
| Stephen F. Lynch | Democratic | Massachusetts's 8th congressional district |
| Suzanne Bonamici | Democratic | Oregon's 1st congressional district |
| Tom Kean, Jr. | Republican | New Jersey's 7th congressional district |
| Tony Gonzales | Republican | Texas' 23rd congressional district |
| Troy Carter | Democratic | Louisiana's 2nd congressional district |
| Young Kim | Republican | California's 40th congressional district |

## Senate members, 116th Congress

The Senate Climate Solutions Caucus was announced by Senators Mike Braun (R-IN) and Chris Coons (D-DE) on October 23, 2019. The two Senators wrote in an op-ed announcing the caucus:
   Today, we are launching the Senate Climate Solutions Caucus, a bipartisan group of senators who, like the Americans we serve, believe Congress should play a central role in guiding America's 21st century energy economy and addressing the challenge of a changing climate. Our caucus seeks to take the politics out of this important issue. Instead, members will commit to an honest dialogue, through which we can develop solutions that solidify American environmental leadership, promote American workers, and make meaningful progress on protecting our environment.
The Climate Solutions Caucus in the Senate is bi-partisan, the rules of the caucus require that new members may only join with a member of the opposite party to ensure that the number of Democrats and Republicans stays the same. All actions by the caucus require unanimous agreement among the members. The caucus membership for the 116th Congress is as follows (independent Angus King (I-ME) caucuses with the Democrats):
| Name | Party | State |
| Mike Braun (co-chair) | Republican | Indiana |
| Chris Coons (co-chair) | Democratic | Delaware |
| Angus King | Independent | Maine |
| Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | Michigan |
| Jeanne Shaheen | Democratic | New Hampshire |
| Lindsey Graham | Republican | South Carolina |
| Lisa Murkowski | Republican | Alaska |
| Marco Rubio | Republican | Florida |
| Mitt Romney | Republican | Utah |
| Michael Bennet | Democratic | Colorado |
| Susan Collins | Republican | Maine |
| Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | Wisconsin |
| Jacky Rosen | Democratic | Nevada |