Washington, DC: As Speaker Johnson works on last-minute deals to force through the destructive reconciliation package, the League of Conservation Voters issued the following statement from Vice President of Government Affairs, Sara Chieffo:

“Speaker Johnson’s extreme and reckless Reconciliation bill would stop our nation’s clean energy progress in its tracks. The bill Speaker Johnson is attempting to jam through means higher gas and electricity costs for struggling families and businesses, tanking the U.S. manufacturing resurgence, and ceding leadership to China.

“Now is the time for members of Congress who have spoken out in favor of these popular tax credits or whose districts have the most to lose to decide once and for all where they stand. We urge them in the strongest possible terms to ensure that the clean energy credits are restored before the bill goes to the House floor, or vote no. Members of Congress who vote for this bill will have to explain to their constituents why they voted to cut good energy and manufacturing jobs and raise home energy costs in order to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.

“Words are not enough. Now we need action.”

Background:

According to a new analysis of the Reconciliation bill, the bill would increase household energy costs by an average of $120 a year over the next 5 years and $230 a year in 10 years. This anti-environmental billionaire tax scam would also limit our ability to build new power generation fast enough to meet rising electricity demands, and cost our economy more than 830,000 jobs in 2030.

A new report from Center for American Progress found that terminating almost all federal clean energy investments will increase electricity rates and raise the price of gasoline by between 25 cents and 37 cents per gallon, costing households more than $400 billion on energy over the next decade.

House Republicans who have signed letters, or engaged publicly in support of clean energy benefits in their districts and have a significant amount of investments to lose include:

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