Deleted Tweets From Sean Casten, D-Ill.

RT @RepCasten: I am so impressed by the art from all of our talented student artists. There is no shortage of talent in the distri… https://t.co/FOeTovAOq2

@mdad8200 I agree it's in their voters interests. But there is no @GOP policy agenda on climate, and denial is policy

RT @bgcdt: We are so grateful to Congressman Sean Casten for securing $250K in Community Project Funding to support our Academ… https://t.co/3piphexTWA

RT @SeanMcElwee: few asset classes have the same return on investment as purchasing republican politicians https://t.co/UTBCgCEE7F

RT @marceelias: Congress reauthorized the VRA, including preclearance, in 2006 by overwhelming margins — 98-0 in the Senate and 390–33 in t… QT @AdamKinzinger: 5) now some will argue that the John Lewis act IS democracy protection. Ok, but that is largely about the issue of… https://t.co/mXmo5bi0C8)

RT @RepElaineLuria: Russian warship, go F&@k yourself! I am going to frame this sanction and hang it above my desk. https://t.co/ZYofwzONdy

Get involved with Sean's re-election! Help Sean this weekend by knocking doors and circulating petitions in the new #IL06! See a full list of volunteer opportunities at: https://t.co/H1oartpzIj

RT @RepCasten: Last year, I spoke on the House floor about a “Rock"-Star 5th-grade class who wrote to me advocating for Dolostone… https://t.co/3puyUMPnbG

Sean has introduced many bills aimed at reducing our emissions while also creating good-paying jobs. Learn more at: https://t.co/hvSfeJOf1e

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We need a climate change leader and job creator representing #IL06 in Washington. Luckily... we have one!! https://t.co/TTgP2qXCLv

MAJOR NEW ENDORSEMENT The League of Conservation Voters (@LCVoters) has endorsed Sean for re-election in #IL06! This endorsement joins the growing list of environmental groups, elected officials, and unions supporting Sean's re-election. https://t.co/8hEU7JhQss

RT @waltshaub: Today is the day a major political party announced its support for a terrorist attack.

The effects of climate disasters-- growing in severity and frequency-- are seen across the United States and within #IL06. We need climate experts like Sean in Congress. https://t.co/z6zDQCzw40

The effects of climate disasters-- growing in severity and frequency-- are seen across the United States and within #IL06. We need climate experts like Sean in Congress. https://t.co/z6zDQCzw40

RT @RepCasten: ICYMI - last Tuesday, I hosted a telephone town hall to answer questions on my efforts to ban Members of Congress f… https://t.co/unLyQLl3nm

MEET & GREET: Sun, Feb 28 1pm-3pm Meet Sean and share some cookies, coffee, and conversation in Palos Heights. This is a great chance to hear directly from Sean about his campaign and his priorities in Congress. Sign up Below: https://t.co/4YsyLgB4Z6

RT @RepCasten: 4 years ago yesterday, we lost 17 lives at Parkland. 2 years ago today, we lost 5 lives in Aurora. Congress has a… https://t.co/IefYbhekwv

Sean is proud to have a 100% score from the League of Conservation Voters. The devastating effects of the climate crisis can be seen across the country. We need climate change experts at the forefront of this crisis. #IL06 https://t.co/I3ivQgyGn6

RT @AndrewDesiderio: Some fireworks at SFRC hearing with Biden’s nominee to serve as anti-Semitism envoy, Deborah Lipstadt. Sen. Johnso… https://t.co/xNdJrwrGUR

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