English: From left, John Podesta, Senior Advisor to the President for Clean Energy Innovation, Tom Vilsack, USDA Secretary, Sen. Tina Smith, (D-MN), Curtis Wynn, CEO, SECO Energy, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, (D-MI), Lisa Johnson, CEO/General Manager, Seminole Electric Coop, Mike Partin, CEO Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative Deenise Becenti, Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, Sara Kendall, Interim Executive Director, Western Organization of Resource Councils, Guest, Jim Matheson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), Andrew Berke, Administrator of Rural Utilities Services at the USDA, Sen. Michael Bennet, (D-Co), and Ali Zaidi, White House National Climate Advisor, pose for a group photo in room 350 of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building before an announcement on May 16, 2023. The White House, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and Members of Congress hosted a launch event for the USDA Rural Utilities Service’s Inflation Reduction Act programs. Celebrating a historic moment for clean energy and rural America-with approximately $11 billion in new funds- the single largest investment in rural electrification since the 1930s that will create new rural economic opportunities and help combat climate change. (USDA photo by Christophe Paul)