Washington, D.C. — Ahead of the House Budget vote, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) sent the following letter to members of Congress urging them to oppose H.Con. Res 14 the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Resolution.  The League of Conservation Voters will strongly consider including votes related to these amendments in our 2025 National Environmental Scorecard.

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February 24, 2025

U.S. House of Representatives

Washington, DC 20515

Re: Oppose H. Con. Res. 14, the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Resolution

Dear Representative:

The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) believes that everyone has a right to clean air, clean water, public lands, and a safe climate protected by a just and equitable democracy. Each year, LCV publishes the National Environmental Scorecard, which details the voting records of members of Congress on environmental legislation. The Scorecard is distributed to LCV members, concerned voters nationwide, and the media.

We urge you to oppose H. Con. Res. 14, the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Resolution, which sets the path for a reconciliation bill that would increase costs for working families through higher energy bills, compromise the health of our communities by rolling back and cutting funding for critical environmental protections, and harm our global competitiveness in the race for a clean energy future, all to justify cutting taxes for the wealthiest individuals and corporations, and giving further handouts to polluters.

Clean energy is the fastest, cheapest way to bring new electricity onto the grid, increasing reliability and lowering household energy costs. Unfortunately, the House Budget Resolution would enable Congress to rescind hundreds of billions of dollars in tax credits and funding for clean energy and energy efficiency, including rebates for household energy performance and high-efficiency electric homes, increasing costs for working families while harming our environment. H. Con. Res. 14 then directs Congress to use these cuts to finance tax breaks for billionaires and polluting corporations who need it the least. Rescinding tax credits that have already been promised to consumers and businesses to help them save money, create jobs, and reduce their carbon footprint in all 50 states will increase energy costs, reduce job creation, and stifle economic growth.

In addition to cutting programs that lower costs in the first place, H. Con. Res. 14 would enable cuts to programs meant to provide assistance to those who need it most, including the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and disaster unemployment assistance, as well as critical lifelines for millions of people like Medicaid, SNAP, and WIC. What’s more, this resolution plans to offset the costs of these cuts by selling off our pristine public lands and waters to the oil and gas industry for drilling, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, despite the fact that the most recent lease sale raised $0.

H. Con. Res. 14 puts our health and safety at risk. The resolution proposes to cut funding for all manner of environmental protections. It would aim to eliminate the penalty for fossil fuel companies that fail to reduce their dangerous methane pollution while cutting funds to monitor, enforce, protect and improve air and water quality. It would also direct hundreds of billions of dollars to turbocharge mass deportations, militarize the border, fund immigration raids in schools and other community spaces, and tear families apart.

For all these reasons, LCV urges you to oppose H. Con. Res. 14, the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Resolution. LCV will strongly consider including votes related to H. Con. Res. 14 in our 2025 National Environmental Scorecard. If you would like more information, please reach out to a member of our government relations team.

Sincerely,

Gene Karpinski

President