State Representative Denise C. Garlick represents the 43,000 people of the 13 Norfolk District, comprised of Needham, Dover and Medfield (precincts 1 and 2). She currently serves as the Chair of Bills in Third Reading, which is the final committee legislation must pass before it can be engrossed. She is also serving as the elected Chair of the permanent funded Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities and she is the only legislator serving on the Opioid Trust Fund Advisory Council.
Climate change is real and it is happening right at this moment. I share our community’s deep concern about climate change — and I know that investing in clean energy is key to the future of our state.
I have been working on multiple clean energy policies, including raising both the renewable portfolio standard and the net metering cap. I am also in strong support of policies that promote environmental justice. Although there is still much work to do, I am proud that the Legislature has made significant investments in energy storage technology, which will be absolutely vital to transforming our grid to 100% renewable sources and to promoting electric vehicles, which will decarbonize our transportation sector — the sector that produces the most emissions (40%) in MA.