The San Rafael Democrat said it was “the honor of my lifetime” to lead House Democrats on the panel, where he’s vowed to fight Trump’s rollback of President Biden’s environmental policies.Rep. Jared Huffman won an important victory Tuesday, earning support from fellow House Democrats to lead their caucus on the powerful panel where many of the most pitched environmental battles with the incoming Trump administration are expected to play out in Congress.The incoming president and his allies have made no secret of their determination to undo many of the advances on climate action and other environmental safeguards put in place under President Joe Biden.As Democrats’ newly named ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, which will remain under Republican control, Huffman is poised to use his position and extensive environmental chops to make that work difficult.“If we have a Trump administration, it’s all defense,” Huffman told The Press Democrat a week before the Nov. 5 election. “Defense of democracy and against all of the rotten policies they will try to advance.”Read More
