FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 12, 2017

CONTACT: Beth Miller
(916) 551-1383

(SACRAMENTO) — Rob Lapsley, president of the California Business Roundtable, issued the following statement in support of Assembly Bill 398 and Assembly Bill 617:

““We urge broad-based, bipartisan support for AB 398 and AB 617. These bills create a balanced policy strategy to extending California’s cap-and-trade program, which represents the most effective market based approach to achieving our climate goals and growing our economy.’”

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The California Business Roundtable is a non-partisan organization comprised of major employers throughout the state – with a combined workforce of more than half a million employees. For more than 40 years the Roundtable has identified the issues critical to a healthy business climate and provided the leadership needed to strengthen California’s economy and create jobs.