Press Releases
Sustainable Investment Caucus Applauds SEC Climate Rule
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Congressmen Sean Casten (IL-06) and Juan Vargas (CA-52), co-chairs of the Congressional Sustainable Investment Caucus, released the following statement regarding the SEC’s finalized rulemaking requiring companies to disclose climate-related financial risks: “The climate rule approved by the SEC today ensures investors have access to clear, comparable, and standardized disclosures to judge registrants’ climate risks. Climate change remains a threat to the … Continue Reading
March 06, 2024
Casten Secures $11,427,646 For Local Projects in Illinois’ 6th District
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) voted to pass $11,427,646 in Community Project Funding that he previously secured for Illinois’s 6th District in the 2024 government funding. This funding, included in the first of the appropriations government funding packages, responds directly to some of the most pressing needs in the 6th District. The legislation is expected to pass the Senate and be signed into law by President Biden later this week. “After an extremely … Continue Reading
March 05, 2024
Casten To Bring Founder and Executive Director of The Bridge Teen Center As State of the Union Guest
March 5th, 2024 - U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) announced that Priscilla Steinmetz, Founder and Executive Director of The Bridge Teen Center, will be his State of the Union 2024 guest. Steinmetz is the Executive Director of The Bridge Teen Center, a nonprofit organization in Chicagoland focused on providing free programs during after-school and unsupervised hours where students can develop mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually in a safe environment. Their vision is to … Continue Reading
March 01, 2024
Casten co-sponsors bill to protect access to in vitro fertilization
March 1st, 2024 - U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) has cosponsored H.R. 7056, the Access to Family Building Act, which would establish a federal right to access assisted reproductive technology, including in vitro fertilization (IVF). This legislation would pre-empt state efforts to limit access and ensure that no parents or doctors are punished for trying to start a family. Earlier this month, the Alabama Supreme Court issued a ruling declaring that frozen embryos created through IVF are … Continue Reading
February 29, 2024
Casten Statement on Trip to Israel and the Palestinian Territories
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representatives Sean Casten (IL-06), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Mark Takano (CA-39), Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Madeleine Dean (PA-04), and Becca Balint (VT-AL) released a statement on their recent trip to Israel and the Palestinian Territories and outlining changes for future U.S. policy: “What happened in Israel on October 7th was horrifying. On our recent trip to Israel, we saw firsthand the remnants of the violence that innocent people were subjected to on that dark … Continue Reading
February 26, 2024
Casten, Duckworth, Durbin Announce $100 Million to Modernize Metra Railcars and Improve Accessibility
Monday, February 26th 2024 - U.S. Representative Sean Casten (D-IL-06) and U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that Metra is expected to receive $100,000,000 through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s FY24 Rail Vehicle Replacement Program for Metra’s Modern Railcars Project. This funding will support Metra in purchasing 50 modern, ADA-accessible, multilevel railcars to replace rail cars that have serviced Illinoisians for over 40 years. The new cars … Continue Reading
February 13, 2024
Casten Announces EPA Approval of Over $2.6 Million in Funding for Upgrades at Wheaton Sanitary District
Washington, D.C. (February 13th, 2024) - Today, U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) announced that the Wheaton Sanitary District will receive $2,655,400 in federal funding to begin construction on wastewater treatment improvements. This funding from the Environmental Protection Agency was originally approved as one of Casten’s FY2023 community funding projects. These funds will go towards secondary clarifier upgrades, which include the installation of new mixed liquor piping, a new splitter … Continue Reading
February 12, 2024
Casten Thanks Veterans with Valentines at Oak Lawn VA Clinic
February 12th, 2024 - Today, U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) delivered valentines to veterans at the Oak Lawn VA Clinic. Casten’s office has collected valentines from constituents in the district throughout the month of February to show gratitude to veterans for their service. Rep. Casten’s office collected over 100 valentines for veterans last year and has collected over 400 this year. “I’m honored to collect these cards for our veterans and thank them for their service and … Continue Reading
February 06, 2024
Casten Statement on Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Sean Casten has released the following statement after voting against H.R. 7217, legislation to provide supplemental appropriations to respond to the attacks in Israel: “The United States has a duty to provide aid to our allies in their times of need. That includes Israel, and I stand ready to support serious efforts to assist Israel in its absolute right to defend itself. This legislation is not that. Hamas gains power in the region in part because they … Continue Reading
February 01, 2024
Casten Celebrates Expanded Access to High Speed Internet in the 6th District
Washington, D.C. (Thursday, February 1st) - Today, U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) announced that 20,000 households in Illinois’ 6th District have access to affordable, reliable high-speed internet thanks to the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). Broadband costs in the 6th District have been reduced by roughly $8.5 million annually and 92.7% of households in the district live in an area where an internet service provider is offering a no-cost plan to ACP participants. “High-speed … Continue Reading
February 01, 2024
Casten, Whitehouse, Vargas lead 62 Colleagues in letter to Appropriations Leadership Opposing Anti-Sustainable Investing Riders
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06), Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Congressman Juan Vargas (CA-52) led 62 of their colleagues in a letter to the House and Senate appropriations leadership opposing several anti-ESG riders spread across the FY 2024 appropriations bills. “These appropriations riders follow a dangerous trend of political interference with investing choices at the state level that are antithetical to the free-market system that has made US … Continue Reading
January 31, 2024
Casten Votes for Legislation to Expand Child Tax Credit, Boost Affordable Housing
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) voted for the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, legislation that would expand the Child Tax Credit to benefit over 21,000 children in the 6th District and boost affordable housing throughout Illinois. “The enhanced Child Tax Credit as part of the American Rescue plan was one of the most impactful things Congress has done and lifted 153,000 Illinois children out of poverty. We should never have let it … Continue Reading
January 26, 2024
Casten Statement on Biden Administration Pausing New LNG Export Terminals
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) released the following statement regarding the Biden Administration’s announcement that it will temporarily pause pending approvals of new liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports: “We can’t claim to be decarbonizing our economy while increasing the natural gas we send overseas. Natural gas is mostly methane, one of the most powerful global warming pollutants. When we ship it overseas, it leaks so much that it might not be any better … Continue Reading
January 25, 2024
Sustainable Investment Caucus Celebrates One-Year of Protecting Investor Freedom
Washington, D.C. (January 25th) - Today, U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) and Congressman Juan Vargas (CA-52), co-chairs of the Congressional Sustainable Investment Caucus (CSIC), released the following statement celebrating the first anniversary of the establishment of the caucus: “When we started the Congressional Sustainable Investment Caucus one year ago, we did so to better inform policymaking by creating a forum to have robust discussions with experts, protect Americans’ freedom to … Continue Reading
January 18, 2024
Casten: Climate Change Poses a Major Risk to the Stability of the U.S. Financial System
Washington, D.C. (Thursday, January 18th) - Today, U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) highlighted the importance of the SEC's forthcoming final climate disclosure rules that will protect investors and increase market transparency during the Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations Hearing. “Last year in the United States, climate-related weather disasters cost us $176 billion. Climate risk is not going away,” said Congressman Sean Casten. “This hearing is really … Continue Reading
January 12, 2024
Casten, Foster, Underwood Lead Illinois Delegation in Urging Biden Administration to Provide Federal Resources for Migrant Arrivals
Washington, DC - Today, Reps. Sean Casten (IL-06), Bill Foster (IL-11), and Lauren Underwood (IL-14) led Members of the Illinois congressional delegation in urging the Biden Administration to provide and help coordinate federal resources to manage the recent influx of migrant arrivals throughout the suburbs. In a letter to President Biden, the Members wrote: “Many of our suburbs lack the financial means, expertise, and resources to support these migrants, and immediate assistance is … Continue Reading
December 18, 2023
Casten Leads 106 Democrats In Letter Urging Banking Regulators to Revise Basel III Provisions That Could Imperil Clean Energy Transition And Undermine The IRA
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) led 106 colleagues in a letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg, and Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu urging the agencies to revise tax equity provisions in the Basel III endgame proposed rules that may imperil the clean energy transition and undermine the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act. “We strongly support the Agencies’ goals of prioritizing the safety and … Continue Reading
December 13, 2023
Casten Statement on Meritless Impeachment Inquiry
Washington D.C. (December 13, 2023) - U.S. Congressman Sean Casten released the following statement on his vote against the House Republican’s meritless efforts to pursue an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden: “Tonight, I voted against opening an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. “Over the past ten months, House Republicans have frivolously investigated President Biden only to find no evidence of an impeachable offense or criminal wrongdoing. “Throughout this process, … Continue Reading
December 13, 2023
SEEC Clean Energy Deployment Task Force Co-Chairs Sean Casten and Mike Levin Introduce a House Democratic Consensus Permitting and Transmission Bill
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Co-Chairs of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Clean Energy Deployment Task Force, Reps. Sean Casten (IL-06) and Mike Levin (CA-49) introduced the Clean Electricity and Transmission Acceleration (CETA) Act, legislation that comprehensively addresses the primary permitting and transmission issues that are holding back the American clean energy transition. “When Congressman Mike Levin and I started our work on the Clean Electricity and … Continue Reading
December 04, 2023
Casten Applauds EPA Rule to Reduce Methane Emissions
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) released the following statement applauding the Environmental Protection Agency’s final rule to sharply reduce methane emissions: “Since the Industrial Revolution, methane emissions have accounted for approximately one-third of global warming,” said Rep. Casten. “This problem has only become worse in recent years, as annual methane emissions remain stubbornly high. The EPA’s new methane rule will not only significantly decrease … Continue Reading