Deleted Tweets From Sean Casten, D-Ill.

RT @RepCasten: 6,120 Illinoisans have qualified for relief under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, totaling $385.9 MILL… https://t.co/NGJFjs9ZV1

As I told @WGNNews’s @PaulLisnek, the Inflation Reduction Act will allow the IRS to function how it’s set up to, including digitizing tax records. This funding will NOT send IRS agents after middle-class families. https://t.co/voT9tZ07q9

As I told @WGNNews’s @PaulLisnek, the Inflation Reduction Act will allow the IRS to function how it’s set up to, including digitizing tax records. This funding will NOT send IRS agents after middle-class families. https://t.co/iJGBKwJHwG

RT @RepCasten: THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT WAS A FANTASTIC STEP TOWARD LOWERING CARBON EMISSIONS & WE SHOULD CELEBRATE BUT IF WE S… https://t.co/VmONWdUxuC

RT @RepCasten: THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT WAS A FANTASTIC STEP TOWARD LOWERING CARBON EMISSIONS & WE SHOULD CELEBRATE BUT IF WE S… https://t.co/VmONWdUxuC

RT @RepCasten: THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT WAS A FANTASTIC STEP TOWARD LOWERING CARBON EMISSIONS & WE SHOULD CELEBRATE BUT IF WE S… https://t.co/VmONWdUxuC

This climate-driven flooding will only get worse & more costly, yet the NFIP remains unprepared to meet the needs of communities hit hardest. I introduced the Protecting Families and the Solvency of the NFIP Act with @repblumenauer to help communities facing flood damage. QT @ByTomFrank: Rate hikes for federal flood insurance is "costing Louisianans their flood coverage” and "robbing #Louisiana famili… https://t.co/JkMadIC1kB)

RT @Timothy_Cama: .@RepCasten's Hot FERC Summer continues with Part II: FERCalicious https://t.co/Sob55pNa6c

The #InflationReductionAct will lead to a 40% cut in U.S. emissions by 2030. That’s a BFD. https://t.co/9Juc00xFRT

RT @RepCasten: The largest investment in climate action in United States history is now law. Today is a great day for our country, our pla… QT @kylegriffin1: BREAKING: President Biden just signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act.)

RT @carloslcurbelo: Fully agree and will have more to say on this later today. The trend for bipartisan #ClimateAction has been strong and… QT @theJiP26: GOP did not unanimously vote down the #IRA bc they oppose the climate & energy provisions. They did so because the… https://t.co/bdVixcDF70)

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Tune in now: I join @ClimateCrisis to give remarks on the historic climate investments in the Inflation Reduction Act. https://t.co/dSzmIumG31

This is not a real solution to keeping children safe at school. We can protect our schools by passing meaningful gun control legislation. https://t.co/6qVXxPtGm3 https://t.co/NZYxncx8cm

RT @JesseJenkins: Senator Kyrsten Sinema (I-Blackrock) is becoming the blatant symbol of political corruption. She's consistently putting t… QT @mkraju: Some new Democratic drama as they try to move to final passage this afternoon: Kyrsten Sinema is likely to back a T… https://t.co/Ekj1zPB3tZ)

This is heartbreaking. But keep in mind that we only track the dollars if state / federal / local / insurance companies pay to rebuild. The actual cost of climate change is far higher. https://t.co/s2uMxjs0jl

RT @mallofamerica: Mall of America is currently under lockdown. There is a confirmed isolated incident in a tenant space. Please remai… https://t.co/nBoG0087xx

Illinois received $5 million in funding under the #AmericanRescuePlan to help K-12 schools reopen and stay open safely and make up for lost learning time. https://t.co/CVg0HsYifk

Last year I declared the start of #HotFERCSummer to get a fully staffed @FERC This summer I passed two bills to help @FERC improve the reliability of our electric grid in the face of extreme weather. https://t.co/iOLEbX7bsX QT @nowthisnews: .@RepCasten name dropped Megan Thee Stallion during a House floor speech about climate action, giving the term ‘Hot… https://t.co/GLppoyAW3r)

18% of U.S. farms have no internet access & 33 percent have no access to a computer, according to @USDA. The bipartisan 2018 Farm Bill strengthens @USDA’s authority on rural broadband to ensure access is improved for folks in rural America. https://t.co/syWB5CKTMm

Today, I joined @march_fourth_ for a rally in honor of those whose lives were lost in Highland Park, Uvalde, Buffalo, and beyond. We cannot let Senate procedure stand in the way of meaningful action to end gun violence. We deserve better https://t.co/UVUfPbelLW

RT @ChrisCillizza: HOT FERC SUMMER https://t.co/JSSm0MLNAI QT @apbenven: I have no words — just watch this https://t.co/oT3hNo14m9)

RT @RepCasten: Strollers abandoned, parents hiding children in dumpsters, flags covered in blood. Over July 4 holiday weekend, more than 22… QT @thedailybeast: Nationwide, the database recorded more than 500 shootings between Friday and Monday, at least 11 of which were mass… https://t.co/OhjeLjA0qP)

RT @RepCasten: Strollers abandoned, parents hiding children in dumpsters, flags covered in blood. Over July 4 holiday weekend, more than 22… QT @thedailybeast: Nationwide, the database recorded more than 500 shootings between Friday and Monday, at least 11 of which were mass… https://t.co/OhjeLjA0qP)

RT @RepCasten: Strollers abandoned, parents hiding children in dumpsters, flags covered in blood. Over July 4 holiday weekend, more than 22… QT @thedailybeast: Nationwide, the database recorded more than 500 shootings between Friday and Monday, at least 11 of which were mass… https://t.co/OhjeLjA0qP)

RT @RepCasten: Strollers abandoned, parents hiding children in dumpsters, flags covered in blood. Over July 4 holiday weekend, more than 22… QT @thedailybeast: Nationwide, the database recorded more than 500 shootings between Friday and Monday, at least 11 of which were mass… https://t.co/OhjeLjA0qP)

RT @RepCasten: When SCOTUS’ draft decision leaked, I led my colleagues in demanding the Senate #EndTheFilibuster to protect aborti… https://t.co/0YUH9vJGdb

RT @cbschicago: Lake County Coroner's office identifies 6 of the 7 people killed in Monday's mass shooting in Highland Park: Kath… https://t.co/iwd53dTwyr

When the rights of so many Americans are being threatened, this Fourth of July we should take a moment to recommit ourselves to democracy and examine how we can contribute to a country where equal justice under law is not just a lofty aspiration, but reality for us all. https://t.co/IetNwPHqr6

RT @SeanCasten: Not again. I am so sick of a US Senate that keeps watching people get shot and keeps concluding that the thing we… https://t.co/1ZeVD4IJqT

RT @RepCasten: When SCOTUS’ draft decision leaked, I led my colleagues in demanding the Senate #EndTheFilibuster to protect aborti… https://t.co/0YUH9vJGdb

RT @RepCasten: Today, 6 radical, pro-pollution Supreme Court Justices bowed down to the same fossil fuel special interests that ba… https://t.co/2g5r33awR7

What @RepAndyLevin said❗️⬇️ QT @RepAndyLevin: The American people elected Democrats to lead in times of crisis. The path forward: ⚫️ #AbolishTheFilibuster ⚫️ Co… https://t.co/Mv9puKkOmB)

RT @RepCasten: Today, 6 radical, pro-pollution Supreme Court Justices bowed down to the same fossil fuel special interests that ba… https://t.co/2g5r33awR7

RT @RepCasten: Today, 6 radical, pro-pollution Supreme Court Justices bowed down to the same fossil fuel special interests that ba… https://t.co/2g5r33awR7

RT @RepCasten: Full press release: https://t.co/fA52IunsP7

RT @SawyerHackett: Since taking office, Kyrsten Sinema has voted twice for measures with filibuster carve-outs—to raise the debt ceili… https://t.co/OpVaMmO5tj

RT @RepCasten: Today, 6 radical, pro-pollution Supreme Court Justices bowed down to the same fossil fuel special interests that ba… https://t.co/2g5r33awR7

RT @RepCasten: Today, 6 radical, pro-pollution Supreme Court Justices bowed down to the same fossil fuel special interests that ba… https://t.co/2g5r33awR7

RT @RepCasten: Today, 6 radical, pro-pollution Supreme Court Justices bowed down to the same fossil fuel special interests that ba… https://t.co/2g5r33awR7

RT @VoteCasten: May this festival of lights bring blessings upon you and your loved ones for happiness and health. Happy Hanukkah f… https://t.co/VplFgeE2jd

RT @RepCasten: I’m appalled that today our judicial system allowed a hate-fueled white vigilante to walk free after he traveled ac… https://t.co/lvVxSDsSGN

RT @climatebrad: The laws of man are easier to change than the laws of physics.

RT @jonlovett: We basically treat Trump’s tweets like a dog acting weird before an earthquake.

RT @jonfavs: A reminder that Dreamers gave the government all their information under the promise that they’d be protected. https://t.co/sa… QT @ryanlcooper: ICE is deporting its political opponents https://t.co/ucKt2nQKzj https://t.co/hx3jkUijD7)

RT @RepAndyLevin: I led my colleagues in a letter to @SpeakerPelosi and @LeaderHoyer urging investments in the Build Back Better Act… https://t.co/XvCVaD1AsM

RT @RepCasten: Earlier this year we passed the American Rescue Plan with the goal of alleviating some of the hardships presented b… https://t.co/VnIbzAdlAr

RT @RepCasten: With the help of @theestallion and @Fergie, I started #HotFERCSummer because @FERC needed a 5th commissioner. Today, @POTUS… QT @RepCasten: 🚨🔥I just dropped a new #HotFERCSummer jam! As climate activist @Fergie would say, the FERCalicious definition is to… https://t.co/e4gRYXQg9t)

Please don't take medicine intended for horses that has not been tested or approved for human use and can make you sterile. #GetVaccinated instead. https://t.co/ntrloe7b5K

4/ In our @ClimateCrisis report, we retained outside experts to calculate the total GHG impact of all our legislation. It was a careful, honest and incomplete calculation.

5/ Careful & honest because we evaluated not just the impact of every piece of legislation we proposed, but also how they interacted with one another. (For example, the impact of a wind PTC is lower if you also have a CES decarbonizing PTC-displaced power)

6/ Incomplete because we did not have the time or protocols in place to evaluate the benefit of legislation that didn't expressly include a change in energy use, so understated the total impact.

7/ For example, legislation to require standard greenhouse gas disclosure by public companies would undoubtedly lower the cost of capital to clean tech and accelerate deployment but we were unable to calculate that impact.

8/ So now shift to where we are today. We are in a rush to craft the details of our infrastructure package. We have a scientific and moral obligation to make sure it slashes CO2 emissions. And yet we have no existing *independent* entity to do that calculation.

9/ And let's be clear: independence matters. There is a reason we have the non-partisan CBO calculate the fiscal impact of bills. The political temptations to tilt subjective judgments one way or the other are too strong. And (let's be honest) the math is complicated.

10/ An old colleague of mine liked to say "no one would bowl if you didn't keep score". When don't keep score of the climate impact of our proposed legislation, it's hard to prioritize climate-friendly legislation.

11/ And note that this is just as true for positive as negative changes. We calculate how many dollars legislation will cost the federal treasury AND how many dollars of revenue other bills will bring in. We need to do the same with greenhouse gas scoring.

12/ (The only reason that anyone still thinks CCS with enhanced oil recovery is a CO2-reduction measure is because there is no honest scoring... just so you understand the stakes.)

13/ For now, know that our office is pushing very hard for honest, and complete GHG scoring of our infrastructure legislation. Know also that such a protocol does not yet exist, and we're running out of time.

14/ And keep this in mind if you hear anyone claim to know what the GHG impact of that bill is. Unless they can show you their work, show you where the double counts are corrected and show you that they've netted out the dirty stuff... their work is incomplete. /fin