Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024

Floor Speech

BREAK IN TRANSCRIPT

Mr. POSEY. Mr. Chair, my amendment would reduce the EPA environmental programs and management account for the Office of Air and Radiation by 50 percent.

This office has destroyed an entire industry already and is currently working hard to bankrupt a family-owned business in my district. The EPA's OAR used the regulatory process to destroy the glider truck industry in favor of a Chinese-owned trucking industry. Many of these glider trucks are operated by small mom-and-pop businesses.

Now, the same EPA is targeting a family-owned business in my district that supplies the only domestically manufactured outboard motors preferred by the U.S. Navy SEALs and other Special Operations Forces, including those of our allies.

They are putting their Green New Deal agenda ahead of our national security and the safety of our men and women on the front lines protecting our freedom.

My amendment reduces the number of unelected, unaccountable, and unrecallable bureaucrats from vetoing the U.S. Navy SEAL military equipment they direly need, and I ask my colleagues to support me in joining this amendment.

Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Rose).
BREAK IN TRANSCRIPT

Mr. POSEY. Mr. Chairman, we are talking about a rogue agency here that is not only failing to do the job that they are supposed to do, but they are out harming people.

They are harming the heroes who are on the front lines that direly need their supplies while they fiddle or faddle in the back room, whatever they do, and deny those supplies, while they themselves are gorging upon $10 million in combat materials and weapons.

I asked the administrator about this in a meeting a couple weeks ago. I said, Tell me why the EPA needs the $10 million in combat-grade arms.

He said, Well, I didn't know we got it.

He said, I will get back to you. I will explain it to you.

I am still waiting to hear the answer.

There needs to be some accountability for agencies that are going off the track, and I think this is really a good start.

Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.

BREAK IN TRANSCRIPT

Source