Gabby Kientzle, gabby.kientzle@sierraclub.org
Washington, DC – Today, House Republicans rolled out a set of bills they plan to vote on as part of a so-called “energy week” next week. The package of bills would claw back key provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act that support clean energy projects and reduce methane pollution, promote fracking and drilling on public lands, as well as a pointless resolution criticizing the Biden administration for its efforts to advance climate action and environmental justice and protect communities from dangerous proposed fossil fuel projects.
This push comes as Congress faces a yet another critical funding deadline and must pass appropriations bills by next Friday or throw the government into partial shutdown.
In response, Mahyar Sorour, Director of Beyond Fossil Fuels Policy with the Sierra Club, released the following statement:
“Once again, House Republicans are making it clear whose interests they’re really looking out for, and it’s not the American people. Rather than working to pass critical funding bills to keep our government running, they’re wasting time pushing forward the fossil fuel industry’s wish list. These efforts only reaffirm that House Republicans care more about their fossil fuel company benefactors than about protecting our communities from deadly pollution or easing high energy costs for American families. They should drop this shameless push for corporate polluter handouts and focus on actually doing their jobs.”
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