Whereas United States greenhouse gas emissions have decreased approximately 10 percent since 2005; Whereas the United States leads the world in gross emissions reductions; Whereas a clean energy economy is driven by a national commitment to innovation, competitive markets, and the deployment of advanced energy technologies, and the success of this approach is visible in the United States where— (1) energy productivity has grown 14 percent since 2009; (2) the total production of natural gas has increased by 56 percent since 2009; and (3) the installed wind and solar power capacity has quadrupled since 2009; Whereas energy prices in the United States are historically low, and energy costs make up less than 5 percent of total United States personal consumption expenses; Whereas, in 2018, United States businesses set records by— (1) tripling corporate procurement of clean energy; (2) increasing liquified natural gas exports by 135 percent; and (3) increasing sales of electric vehicles by 80 percent; Whereas the Department of Defense, on an ongoing basis and at the direction of Congress, has identified risks to military assets, bases, and national security from climate change, and has developed opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve national security; Whereas 13 Federal agencies, at the direction of Congress through the Global Change Research Act of 1990, have found that— (1) climate change creates new risks and exacerbates existing vulnerabilities in communities across the United States, and that climate change threatens human health and safety, quality of life, and the rate of economic growth; (2) communities, governments, and businesses are working to reduce risks from, and costs associated with, climate change, by taking action to lower greenhouse gas emissions and implement adaptation strategies