Invest in a Green New Deal, ensuring that we are investing in clean energy systems, and providing millions of jobs to workers currently in the fossil fuel economy, and for workers currently shut out of the economy
Invest in a Green New Deal that creates millions of jobs for workers in the fossil fuel economy and workers currently shut out of the economy.
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Evidence
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The Congressional Record shows Roll No. 420 on H.R. 5376 with Omar listed among the yeas. Debate on the same official record described the Inflation Reduction Act as major climate action, with clean-energy investments and projections of millions of good-paying jobs.
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Omar as an original cosponsor of H.Res.319. The resolution’s goals included millions of high-wage union jobs, infrastructure and industry investment, and a 10-year mobilization; its status remained Introduced, with latest action referral to subcommittee on 2023-05-15.
Assessments
Omar materially advanced Green New Deal-style climate and jobs investment by voting for H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act, which passed and became law with major clean-energy spending and projected job creation. However, Congress did not enact a full Green New Deal or the specific just-transition framework promised for fossil-fuel workers and workers shut out of the economy; Omar's later cosponsorship of H.Res.319 remained only an introduced resolution. This supports substantial partial delivery, not full delivery.