Congressman Jay Inslee (D-WA) Candidate for Governor, Washington State

We welcome Congressman Jay Inslee (D Washington), who is one of the nation's leaders on renewable energy and environmental policy.  He will discuss his role as a national leader in the advancement of clean energy and environmental legislation, as well as the challenges of working in the Republican-controlled Congress.
Free for Annual Members; $5/non-members
 
About Wednesday's Event
We're very excited that Representative Inslee has made time to meet with DL21C members during his visit to New York this next week.
This is a very special opportunity to meet and converse with one of the nation's most prominent and effective advocates for environmentally friendly and sustainable approaches to climate change and energy policy.  Anyone interested in developing sustainable energy sources, real energy independence and progressive environmental policies will not want to miss this event. 
Representative Inslee, currently serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.  He is also Co-Chair and Founder of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition.  He recently launched his campaign for Governor of Washington State.
See you on the 25th!
More about Congressman Inslee:
Raised on the shores of Puget Sound, Jay Inslee comes from a long line of Washingtonians. His father Frank was a biology teacher and athletic coordinator, his mother Adele a homemaker and artist, and together they oversaw the Student Conservation Association at Mt. Rainier National Park. Jay would go on to begin his own public service as a State legislator and prosecutor in Selah, WA.
He’s represented Washington State at the federal level for more than a decade – as representative for the 4th Congressional District from 1992-1994 and the 1st Congressional District since 1999 – writing and sponsoring legislation to create jobs in the new clean energy economy, reform health care, protect our environment, and expand access to high speed communications.
Jay fought to restore protections for national forests and led a successful campaign in the House to keep limits on oil-tanker traffic in Puget Sound. Since 2005, Jay has used his seat on the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee to promote his vision for a clean energy future, the New Apollo Energy Act, and to advance other legislation that would reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. In March 2007, he was appointed to the 15-member Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. And in 2008, Jay co-authored, with Bracken Hendricks, Apollo’s Fire, Igniting America’s Clean-Energy Economy.
Jay has used a common-sense approach in Congress to help expand Washington State’s high-tech economy, promote privacy protections for American consumers, strengthen Social Security and Medicare and provide more resources for veterans and port security. This same approach prompted Speaker Nancy Pelosi in July of 2009 to ask Jay to play a key role in negotiating a solution to the Medicare reimbursement inequities Washington State patients and health care providers have faced for decades. The compromise Jay helped lead became part of the health care reform legislation which the House passed in 2009.
He supported the original war in Afghanistan to root out the Taliban and the terrorist networks they supported. Jay voted against, and has been an outspoken critic, of the invasion of Iraq and our subsequent policies there.
Jay holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Washington and earned his law degree from Willamette University. He’s been married to his high-school sweetheart, Trudi, since 1972. The couple have three grown children – Jack, Connor and Joe. In November 2008, Jack and his wife Megan welcomed the birth of their son, and Jay's first grandchild, Brody Inslee.