Fleming Amendment Passes to Stop President Obama's Green Energy Agenda

Statement

Congressman John Fleming, M.D. released the following statement after his amendment passed during consideration of H.R. 4909, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), to prohibit defense dollars from being used to fund two of President Obama's Executive Orders on climate change and green energy.

"While our military is in desperate need of more funds to complete its mission, the President would rather funnel the already scarce dollars to his green agenda. The President's Executive Orders require EPA bureaucrats and other political appointees to direct our military commanders on how to run their installations and to purchase inefficient and expensive "green" technologies. This is despite readily available and often less expensive conventional fuels. Purchasing heavily subsidized Chevy Volts and prohibitive solar panels to satisfy the President's climate change agenda represents the choice not to provide our soldiers with needed training and equipment.

"These kinds of choices hurt our Military's readiness and I'm proud that my amendment will ensure that every dollar will go to the lethality of the U.S. Military, not the President's political agenda."

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