Washington, D.C.– In response to the MAGA House leadership canceling a vote on the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of Fiscal Year 2025, the League of Conservation Voters released the following statement from Senior Government Affairs Advocate, David Shadburn:
“The decision to pull the Energy and Water spending bill from the House floor tonight is further evidence of how out of touch MAGA Republicans’ pro-polluter agenda is. This radical and dangerous bill threatens our communities and our planet, is squarely in line with the extreme Project 2025 agenda, and should be abandoned. This bill would have massively cut funding to clean energy and technology deployment programs like the Department of Energy’s office of Efficiency and Renewable Energy and Loans Program Offices, blocked appliance efficiency standards that would lower household energy costs, and accelerated the expansion of liquified methane gas threatening communities, consumers, and our climate. Now more than ever, we need to be working toward building a clean energy economy and ensuring everyone has access to clean air and water, not cutting funding from crucial renewable energy and clean water programs. We urge Congress to work together to find a path forward on bills that meet the needs of our communities and our planet, and to oppose all of these harmful spending bills.”
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