Ranking Member Huffman Slams GOP Tax Scam for Harming Americans, Enriching Polluters

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) released the following statement on this morning’s budget reconciliation vote:

“The GOP Tax Scam is an assault on the American people’s health, wallets, and basic freedoms,” said Ranking Member Huffman. “This is the most environmentally destructive bill in American history. Let’s call this what it is: One Big Bailout for Billionaires, paid for by gutting our environmental protections, auctioning off our public lands, and dragging us back to the days when rivers caught fire, the air choked our lungs, and polluters ruled unchecked.”
 
“Every American household will see their energy bills go up thanks to Trump and his GOP enablers. And while they’re at it, they’re killing over 830,000 American jobs, wiping out $1 trillion in GDP, and kicking 14 million Americans off their healthcare—all so their billionaire cronies can get even richer at our expense.
 
“This is what Trump’s golden age of grift looks like: corporate polluters get sweetheart deals, clean energy gets the middle finger, and communities get left in the dust. If your energy bills are going up, your town is struggling with more catastrophic floods or wildfires, or your kids are getting sick more often — this is why. Republicans are rigging the system so polluters profit while American families pay the price. 
 
“It’s almost cartoonishly corrupt, until you remember that this is exactly how they want government to work: captured by billionaires and weaponized against the public it’s supposed to serve. The American people won’t stand for it, and neither will we.”

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