Center for American Progress

ADVISORY: Members of Congress, Climate Leaders Show Washington, D.C., Is #Stillin to Support Global Climate Action
Press Advisory

ADVISORY: Members of Congress, Climate Leaders Show Washington, D.C., Is #Stillin to Support Global Climate Action

Washington, D.C. — As international leaders meet in Bonn, Germany, at the U.N. climate negotiations, senators, members of Congress, and local officials will join the Center for American Progress, the League of Conservation Voters, MoveOn.org, 350.org, and more to speak out on November 14, 2017, in support of climate action in the absence of federal leadership.

WHAT:
Washington, D.C., is #Stillin speak-out

WHEN:
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
11:30 a.m. ET

WHERE:
Senate Swamp, across from the Russell Senate Office Building, near Constitution Avenue NE and Delaware Avenue NE

WHO:
Members of Congress:
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA)
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI)
House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY)
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA)
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)
Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL)
Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI)
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL)
Rep. John Larson (D-CT)
Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA)
Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA)
Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA)
Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV)
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)

Organizations:
Neera Tanden, President and CEO of the Center for American Progress
Tiernan Sittenfeld, senior vice president of government affairs, League of Conservation Voters
Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., President and CEO of the Hip Hop Caucus
Will Fischer, Director of Government Relations, VoteVets.org
Molly Rauch, Public Health Policy Director, Moms Clean Air Force

For more information or to speak to an expert at the Center for American Progress, please contact Sam Hananel at 202-478-6327 or [email protected].