Washington, D.C.– Following the Senate Finance Committee releasing the Big Ugly Bill text, the League of Conservation Voters released the following statement from Vice President of Government Affairs Sara Chieffo:

“Make no mistake, polluters and their allies in Congress are hellbent on banning clean energy just to pad their profits while we pay the price. Clean energy is the fastest, most affordable form of energy to bring online. At a time of rising energy demand and prices, blocking clean energy progress will drive up families’ energy costs while jeopardizing hundreds of thousands of jobs across the country and shuttering manufacturing facilities. Repealing clean energy tax credits will start raising energy bills next year by an average of $110 and will only keep going up. 

“Pushing tax handouts for billionaires while raising energy and health costs on the rest of us is not what the American people want and we will fight this disastrous bill every step of the way. Now is the time for Senators who have said they support a more reasonable approach to clean energy incentives to deliver — we need actions, not empty promises.”

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