Price carbon pollution and return the proceeds to Americans

Beyer sponsors the Healthy Climate and Family Security Act, which would set a cap on carbon pollution, auction pollution credits, and send the proceeds electronically to every American each quarter. He presents carbon pricing as a tool for responding to climate change at the needed scale.

Context: The bill is described as a proposal; the passage does not specify the cap level or the amount of each payment.

In their own words

would auction carbon pollution credits and return the proceeds electronically every quarter to every American

The source

Donald S. Beyer, Jr.: Energy & The Environment

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Retrieved: 11/10/2026