House Republicans are set to approve a sprawling energy package that counters virtually all of President Joe Biden’s agenda to address climate change
FILE - House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., is flanked by Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., left, and Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., as he talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, March 24, 2023. House Republicans are set to approve a sprawling energy package that counters virtually all of President Joe Biden's agenda to address climate change.
, Republicans are actively working to undermine that progress and do the bidding of their polluter friends,'' Pallone said. “Every time we need a pipeline, a road or a dam, it gets held up five to seven years and adds millions of dollars in costs for the project to comply with Washington’s permitting process,'' McCarthy said in speech on the House floor. “It’s too long, it’s unaffordable, it’s not based on science and it’s holding us back.''
Most Americans want lower prices and more U.S. energy production, McCarthy said — results he said the bill will deliver.
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