Date: September 24, 2020
Subject: Advancing Countless Costly "Green" Energy Development and Energy Efficiency Initiatives
Description: The Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act, sponsored by Rep. O'Halleran (D-AZ), packages together countless leftist initiatives relating to "green" energy development and energy efficiency. The bill would authorize the appropriation of over $125 billion over the next five years to fund the expansion of wind, solar, hydro, nuclear and geothermal power, as well as numerous energy efficiency programs and electric vehicle deployment and infrastructure. The bill also creates numerous "environmental justice" programs and directs taxpayer funds and benefits to unions, "disadvantaged" individuals and other government-favored entities and portions of the population. ACU supports all sources of energy and does not believe government should favor one source of energy over another. ACU opposes this Trojan-horse Green New Deal which would choke economic growth, drive up consumer costs and proliferate cronyism. Members who voted against the bill but expressed opposition on the grounds the provisions were not leftist enough were recorded as opposing the ACU position.
Result: Bill Passed, 220-185
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