Repealing of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

Floor Speech

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 1023, the Cutting Green Corruption and Taxes Act.

I thank the bill's sponsor, Congressman Gary Palmer of Alabama, and the members of the Energy and Commerce Committee for advancing this bill through regular order.

The U.S. has been blessed with tremendous natural resources which we have been able to harness as a result of free market principles and an entrepreneurial spirit that is uniquely American.

We have harnessed the power of nuclear energy, electrified millions of rural Americans' homes with clean hydropower, and ushered in the shale revolution which continues to create millions of new jobs, bring manufacturing back to the U.S., and revitalize communities across our Nation.

As a result, America is more energy secure today than ever before.

This legacy is under threat. Since day one, President Biden has been taking steps to shut down American energy.

On his first day in office, he ended the Keystone XL pipeline. He has actively taken steps to ban gas stoves and liquefied natural gas exports, tear down hydropower dams, force electric vehicle mandates on Americans, and impose a tax on natural gas.

His so-called Inflation Reduction Act provided the EPA with tens of billions of taxpayer dollars to launder to extreme, liberal special interest allies who will ultimately make us more reliant on China by forcing Americans to rely on cheap Chinese batteries and solar panels manufactured with slave labor and the worst environmental standards on the planet.

H.R. 1023 is an important step toward ending the President's radical rush-to-green agenda. It repeals the EPA's $27 billion green bank slush fund and its recently proposed natural gas tax.

The EPA doesn't want Congress or the American public to know how they are spending hard-earned taxpayer dollars and the way that they want to give tens of billions of dollars to radical environmentalists in secret.

This legislation will also repeal the EPA's recently proposed natural gas tax. This tax drives up the costs on everything from our grocery bills to our energy bills. It will force good-paying American jobs overseas and make us more dependent on foreign energy sources.

I strongly support H.R. 1023, the Cutting Green Corruption and Taxes Act, which promotes American energy leadership and security, which is something that is vital to building on our legacy of improving lives, helping to lift people out of poverty, and raising the standard of living across the country and the world.
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Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, one serious contender for a share of this $14 billion is Power Forward Communities. This new entity, which has been formed to secure a Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund award, is a coalition of several organizations, including Rewiring America.

Rewiring America's leadership includes a former Obama White House appointee, a former employee of liberal political action committees, and a Democratic politician, Stacey Abrams. Rewiring America is a project of the Windward Fund, which is controlled by Arabella Advisors. Arabella Advisors funnels donations to various leftwing nonprofits.

To give another example, the board of another applicant, the Coalition for Green Capital, includes former Biden administration officials and a former senior staffer of the Democratic National Committee. This includes David Hayes, a former senior official of President Biden's White House Climate Policy Office who was central to advancing President Biden's climate agenda.

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Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

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