Laura Gillam
@resilientpathstrat.bsky.social
Founder & President, ResilientPath Strategies (resilientpathstrategies.com, substack.com/@lgresilientpathstrategies) Former Biden White House OMB Climate Leader, Climate Lead on Senate Environment & Public Works Committee, & Finance Committee Member Staff
Painfully aware of how hard it is to target the most financially vulnerable from J40 experiences - using just zip codes will exclude large # of poor urban communities & poor children living in rural communities near tourist areas (think places in Wyoming and Colorado where ultrarich also live)
Some experts have criticized the accounts for failing to help more financially vulnerable children.
Here's Who Qualifies For The Dell-Funded Trump Accounts
Some experts have criticized the accounts for failing to help more financially vulnerable children.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Painfully aware of how hard it is to target the most financially vulnerable from J40 experiences - using just zip codes will exclude large # of poor urban communities & poor children living in rural communities near tourist areas (think places in Wyoming and Colorado where ultrarich also live)
Rolling back vehicle standards increases energy costs for Americans, reduces options for American consumers, and reduces American competitiveness. We’ve seen this movie before (it ended in billions in bailouts) 👇
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Clean Air, Strong Economy
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December 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Rolling back vehicle standards increases energy costs for Americans, reduces options for American consumers, and reduces American competitiveness. We’ve seen this movie before (it ended in billions in bailouts) 👇
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Looking for holiday good news? 🎉
Join GW’s virtual 🥳, celebrating The FLIP Report on Dec 9, which flips the script on climate action.
Real data on co-benefits: proof climate action drives health + economic gains.
Congrats to Susan Anenberg and team! Register👇
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Join GW’s virtual 🥳, celebrating The FLIP Report on Dec 9, which flips the script on climate action.
Real data on co-benefits: proof climate action drives health + economic gains.
Congrats to Susan Anenberg and team! Register👇
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FLIP the Script: The Free, Local, Immediate, and Persuasive Co-Benefits of Climate Action
Date and time: December 9th, 11:30 - 13:00 EST
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December 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Looking for holiday good news? 🎉
Join GW’s virtual 🥳, celebrating The FLIP Report on Dec 9, which flips the script on climate action.
Real data on co-benefits: proof climate action drives health + economic gains.
Congrats to Susan Anenberg and team! Register👇
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join GW’s virtual 🥳, celebrating The FLIP Report on Dec 9, which flips the script on climate action.
Real data on co-benefits: proof climate action drives health + economic gains.
Congrats to Susan Anenberg and team! Register👇
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DOE Reorganized...Again: My latest Substack is an overview of today's Department of Energy reorganization announcement - I make the argument that this reorganization is more about optics than efficiencies. It's a quick read, take a look👇
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The Department of Energy is Reorganized...Again
Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued a new organization chart for the entire agency.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
DOE Reorganized...Again: My latest Substack is an overview of today's Department of Energy reorganization announcement - I make the argument that this reorganization is more about optics than efficiencies. It's a quick read, take a look👇
open.substack.com/pub/lgresili...
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Meanwhile, OMB is working on the FY27 Budget
November 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Meanwhile, OMB is working on the FY27 Budget
I put these recommendations together on how to support domestic manufacturing in May. Trump Admin did complete opposite on all 5 recommendations and 6 months later manufacturing tanking. 🤔🤔
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November 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I put these recommendations together on how to support domestic manufacturing in May. Trump Admin did complete opposite on all 5 recommendations and 6 months later manufacturing tanking. 🤔🤔
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Trump Cancel Culture: Energy Infrastructure Investments
TikTok video by ResilientPath Strategies
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November 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Permitting, Transmission, and Nuclear, Oh My!
Check out my latest Substack, where I break down some not-so-spooky actions on energy this past week👇
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Check out my latest Substack, where I break down some not-so-spooky actions on energy this past week👇
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Permitting, Transmission, and Nuclear, Oh My!
Highlights of some not-so spooky energy actions in the past week
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October 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Permitting, Transmission, and Nuclear, Oh My!
Check out my latest Substack, where I break down some not-so-spooky actions on energy this past week👇
open.substack.com/pub/lgresili...
Check out my latest Substack, where I break down some not-so-spooky actions on energy this past week👇
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bad news ahead for US manufacturing and competitiveness
Part of my conversation with Anne Kim from Washington Monthly.
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Part of my conversation with Anne Kim from Washington Monthly.
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"Why China will own America's clean energy future"
YouTube video by ResilientPathStrategies
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October 29, 2025 at 3:14 AM
bad news ahead for US manufacturing and competitiveness
Part of my conversation with Anne Kim from Washington Monthly.
youtube.com/shorts/Ap9SY...
Part of my conversation with Anne Kim from Washington Monthly.
youtube.com/shorts/Ap9SY...
If only we’d known this earlier… oh wait, Senate Dems warned in 2021 about grid resilience and costs. EPW even held a full hearing on it 👇 epw.senate.gov/public/index...
Congress under Biden also invested in upgrades to harden grid, the very $$ this admin is trying to claw back
Congress under Biden also invested in upgrades to harden grid, the very $$ this admin is trying to claw back
October 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
If only we’d known this earlier… oh wait, Senate Dems warned in 2021 about grid resilience and costs. EPW even held a full hearing on it 👇 epw.senate.gov/public/index...
Congress under Biden also invested in upgrades to harden grid, the very $$ this admin is trying to claw back
Congress under Biden also invested in upgrades to harden grid, the very $$ this admin is trying to claw back
Wake Up America: We have an energy crisis that is getting worse by the Administration's actions.
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Energy Crisis: A Wake Up
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October 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Wake Up America: We have an energy crisis that is getting worse by the Administration's actions.
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When both sides think they are right, neither side wants to negotiate. Prediction: As constituents start to see firsthand the enormous health cost consequences from OBBBA, and that Dems are providing a plan to reduce these costs, leverage for negotiations will shift quickly.
TODAY is the first day of open enrollment in Idaho. That means people need to start choosing their health care plans RIGHT NOW.
One Idahoan who's paying $367/month will be paying a WHOPPING $2,232/month without the ACA tax credits.
We have to save the ACA tax credits.
One Idahoan who's paying $367/month will be paying a WHOPPING $2,232/month without the ACA tax credits.
We have to save the ACA tax credits.
October 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
When both sides think they are right, neither side wants to negotiate. Prediction: As constituents start to see firsthand the enormous health cost consequences from OBBBA, and that Dems are providing a plan to reduce these costs, leverage for negotiations will shift quickly.
Reposted by Laura Gillam
Before Trump came into office, America was poised to make the biggest clean energy investments in its history and to become a global leader in clean energy innovation.
Now? Not so much.
Former OMB official Laura Gillam writes for @washingtonmonthly.com
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Now? Not so much.
Former OMB official Laura Gillam writes for @washingtonmonthly.com
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Trump’s Opposition to Clean Energy Is Costing You Money
By not spending monies appropriated for Biden-era clean energy bills, the president is helping China win the global energy race.
washingtonmonthly.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Before Trump came into office, America was poised to make the biggest clean energy investments in its history and to become a global leader in clean energy innovation.
Now? Not so much.
Former OMB official Laura Gillam writes for @washingtonmonthly.com
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/15/t...
Now? Not so much.
Former OMB official Laura Gillam writes for @washingtonmonthly.com
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/15/t...
✔️ out my latest piece in Washington Monthly: “Trump’s Opposition to Clean Energy Is Costing You Money”
I walk through why the Trump Administration’s decisions to stop IRA and BIL energy investments is bad for our economy and good for China.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/15/t...
I walk through why the Trump Administration’s decisions to stop IRA and BIL energy investments is bad for our economy and good for China.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/15/t...
Trump’s Opposition to Clean Energy Is Costing You Money
By not spending monies appropriated for Biden-era clean energy bills, the president is helping China win the global energy race.
washingtonmonthly.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
✔️ out my latest piece in Washington Monthly: “Trump’s Opposition to Clean Energy Is Costing You Money”
I walk through why the Trump Administration’s decisions to stop IRA and BIL energy investments is bad for our economy and good for China.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/15/t...
I walk through why the Trump Administration’s decisions to stop IRA and BIL energy investments is bad for our economy and good for China.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/15/t...
Reposted by Laura Gillam
Powell on Trump's immigration policies: "Stronger policy than most people had expected. We've seen a very sharp decline in growth of the labor force and in and people entering the country ... new people that come into the workforce create supply but they also create their own demand."
October 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Powell on Trump's immigration policies: "Stronger policy than most people had expected. We've seen a very sharp decline in growth of the labor force and in and people entering the country ... new people that come into the workforce create supply but they also create their own demand."
House E&W Approps Committee Report for DOE SCEP: “Committee recognizes the importance of providing federal funds to states and tribes in a timely manner to avoid any undue delay of services to eligible low-income households”
Trump just gutted SCEP office.
Trump just gutted SCEP office.
October 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
House E&W Approps Committee Report for DOE SCEP: “Committee recognizes the importance of providing federal funds to states and tribes in a timely manner to avoid any undue delay of services to eligible low-income households”
Trump just gutted SCEP office.
Trump just gutted SCEP office.
💡 There’s always bipartisan support for helping communities cut energy bills & save energy.
⚡️ But DOE just gutted the very office that runs those programs.
🏛️ If Congress passes a CR - which will keep state energy funds flowing—who’s left at DOE to manage/distribute the $?
⚡️ But DOE just gutted the very office that runs those programs.
🏛️ If Congress passes a CR - which will keep state energy funds flowing—who’s left at DOE to manage/distribute the $?
October 12, 2025 at 5:09 AM
💡 There’s always bipartisan support for helping communities cut energy bills & save energy.
⚡️ But DOE just gutted the very office that runs those programs.
🏛️ If Congress passes a CR - which will keep state energy funds flowing—who’s left at DOE to manage/distribute the $?
⚡️ But DOE just gutted the very office that runs those programs.
🏛️ If Congress passes a CR - which will keep state energy funds flowing—who’s left at DOE to manage/distribute the $?
RIFs:
Yes, investments in combating infectious diseases, reducing energy costs, and cleaning up abandoned toxic sites are Democratic priorities - they are, until this week, also Republican priorities
Yes, investments in combating infectious diseases, reducing energy costs, and cleaning up abandoned toxic sites are Democratic priorities - they are, until this week, also Republican priorities
October 12, 2025 at 4:41 AM
RIFs:
Yes, investments in combating infectious diseases, reducing energy costs, and cleaning up abandoned toxic sites are Democratic priorities - they are, until this week, also Republican priorities
Yes, investments in combating infectious diseases, reducing energy costs, and cleaning up abandoned toxic sites are Democratic priorities - they are, until this week, also Republican priorities
Trump Admin cuts more investments in manufacturing, affordable energy, and in the grid. Just what the American people want - higher healthcare costs AND higher energy costs and less jobs. Trump shut down the government and our economy.
www.energy.gov/articles/ene...
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Energy Department Announces Termination of 223 Projects, Saving Over $7.5 Billion
The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the termination of 321 financial awards supporting 223 projects, resulting in a savings of approximately $7.56 billion dollars for American taxpayers.
www.energy.gov
October 2, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Trump Admin cuts more investments in manufacturing, affordable energy, and in the grid. Just what the American people want - higher healthcare costs AND higher energy costs and less jobs. Trump shut down the government and our economy.
www.energy.gov/articles/ene...
www.energy.gov/articles/ene...
As I scream into the void - RIFs were already planned! Trump using shutdown as a smoke screen to keep moving unpopular layoffs.
October 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
As I scream into the void - RIFs were already planned! Trump using shutdown as a smoke screen to keep moving unpopular layoffs.
Congress doesn't get to cede its authority just bc they like the President.
JOHNSON: If OMB sees a program wasting taxpayer dollars, we can both agree govt doesn't do everything in the most efficient manner
BASH: Constitutionally, that's your job. Article 1
JOHNSON: It is until Schumer decides to hand the keys to the president.
BASH: I'm surprised you're okay with that.
BASH: Constitutionally, that's your job. Article 1
JOHNSON: It is until Schumer decides to hand the keys to the president.
BASH: I'm surprised you're okay with that.
October 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Congress doesn't get to cede its authority just bc they like the President.
Dems are fighting for affordable healthcare for Americans, not illegal immigrants.
And the Trump Admin will not have magical powers with shutdown:
www.cbpp.org/research/fed... Administration Plans for Mass Firings in a Shutdown Not Justified by Law or Prudent Management
And the Trump Admin will not have magical powers with shutdown:
www.cbpp.org/research/fed... Administration Plans for Mass Firings in a Shutdown Not Justified by Law or Prudent Management
Administration Plans for Mass Firings in a Shutdown Not Justified by Law or Prudent Management | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Raising the prospect of mass layoffs as direct retaliation if Democrats do not accede to the House Republicans’ short-term funding proposal is simply an Administration threat to hurt the American peop...
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October 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Dems are fighting for affordable healthcare for Americans, not illegal immigrants.
And the Trump Admin will not have magical powers with shutdown:
www.cbpp.org/research/fed... Administration Plans for Mass Firings in a Shutdown Not Justified by Law or Prudent Management
And the Trump Admin will not have magical powers with shutdown:
www.cbpp.org/research/fed... Administration Plans for Mass Firings in a Shutdown Not Justified by Law or Prudent Management
Happy Fiscal New Year's Eve - 👀s like Trump and GOP Members still hate the fact Americans have healthcare under the ACA and would rather shut down the government than support keeping healthcare costs under ACA low.
September 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Happy Fiscal New Year's Eve - 👀s like Trump and GOP Members still hate the fact Americans have healthcare under the ACA and would rather shut down the government than support keeping healthcare costs under ACA low.
I wish a reporter would ask Trump Admin - so if a shutdown is avoided, does that mean there will not be any RIFs?
September 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I wish a reporter would ask Trump Admin - so if a shutdown is avoided, does that mean there will not be any RIFs?