Whereas, on February 7, 2019, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Edward Markey introduced H. Res. 109 and S. Res. 59, respectively, resolutions recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal; Whereas, on March 26, 2019, the Senate voted to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S. J. Res. 8, a joint resolution containing the text of the Green New Deal; Whereas the recorded vote on the cloture motion for S. J. Res. 8 failed with the sponsor and cosponsors of S. Res. 59 and all other Democrats voting present ; Whereas the cost of implementing the Green New Deal, while difficult to accurately estimate due to the lack of a coherent framework, is— (1) estimated by the American Action Forum to total as high as $93 trillion over 10 years; and (2) estimated by the American Enterprise Institute to total approximately $9 trillion annually; Whereas the previously published Frequently Asked Questions document for the Green New Deal (in this resolution referred to as the FAQ document ) acknowledges that the combined resources of every billionaire and company are insufficient to cover the cost of the Green New Deal; Whereas the Green New Deal’s goal of meeting 100 percent of the power demand in the United States through renewable energy resources within 10 years is likely technologically impossible because— (1) while fossil fuel power generation can be increased or decreased based on consumer demand, renewable energy resources are dependent on environmental conditions beyond human control; (2) according to the Energy Information Administration, the energy efficiency or capacity factor ratio of wind and solar electricity generation are 35 percent and 26 percent, respectively, while the energy efficiency of nuclear, coal, and natural gas electricity generation are 92 percent, 54 percent, and 51 percent, respectively