Contact: Christopher Schuler, christopher.schuler@sierraclub.org
Washington, DC – Today, the U.S House of Representatives is expected to vote to launch a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joseph R. Biden, even in spite of the fact that their ongoing congressional oversight efforts have yet to produce any evidence of misdeeds committed by the then-former Vice President, now-President.
Despite the absence of evidence, the vote is expected to pass in a Congress interested more in partisan infighting than addressing issues directly facing the American people. Just earlier today, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Conference of the Parties to the Convention (COP28) in Dubai reached a historic agreement that includes an unprecedented call for the world to transition away from dangerous fossil fuels.
GOP House members, many who have received tens of thousands of dollars from the oil and gas industry over their careers, do not appear eager to begin work to achieve those fossil fuel transition goals–instead focusing their efforts on this inquiry.
In response, Courtney Hight, Director of Sierra Club’s Democracy Program, released the following statement:
“Instead of spending time working to improve the lives of American people—whether by addressing the climate crisis, protecting access to healthcare, or enshrining voting rights for all—House Republicans are instead willingly ignoring their responsibilities and spending time on a political stunt in order to appease one person and one person only: former President Donald Trump. Speaker Mike Johnson and Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer should end this wild partisan goose chase and focus on the issues that matter to the people they have the honor of representing.”
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