House Republicans Pass 2024 Interior, Environment Funding Bill that Endangers Americans' Health While Profiting Polluters

Press Release

"The bill House Republicans advanced today is one of the most harmful and dangerous attacks on climate progress to come through the Appropriations Committee. Despite the clear and present danger climate change poses to all our communities and our children's and grandchildren's futures, my colleagues across the aisle have pushed through austere and irresponsible cuts that promote dirty energy, hasten the decline of our ecosystems, and foster hate and discrimination. It is utterly disgraceful. By slashing the Environmental Protection Agency's funding by a staggering 39%, all the transformative climate progress we made just one year ago through the Inflation Reduction Act will be rolled back, and America's ability to address the climate crisis will be completely debilitated. From crippling the National Park Service and failing our wildland firefighters to cutting funding for the arts and humanities and shutting down public museum exhibits, the damage inflicted by this bill extends far beyond climate change. The cuts in this bill do our constituents a disservice."

Source