Earthjustice Action Statement on House Passage of Republican Megabill
MEDIA CONTACT:
Geoffrey Nolan, gnolan@earthjustice.org
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Today, the House of Representatives passed the Republican budget reconciliation bill on a party-line vote with only two Republicans opposing. The bill includes sweeping provisions to increase drilling, mining, and logging of our public lands and waters, effectively repeal job-creating clean energy tax credits, rescind funding from IRA programs and grants, and limit the ability to challenge polluting projects in court—all to pay for tax breaks for billionaires and President Trump’s immigration agenda. After the vote, Earthjustice Action Vice President of Policy and Legislation Raúl García issued the following statement:
“House Republicans have passed the most anti-environmental bill in modern history to provide handouts to polluting industries, slash taxes for the wealthy, and enact some of the most inhumane parts of President Trump’s agenda. This bill is a laundry list of long-time industry requests that will plunder our public lands, hobble our clean energy future, make our communities less healthy, and raise energy costs for everyday people. The sad reality is that at every step the Republican majority prioritizes the interests of profit-driven wealthy polluters over the livelihoods of their constituents. In a move that reeks of unscrupulous manipulation, polluting industries will be allowed to pay their way into fast project approvals that are immune to court challenges, regardless of a project’s impacts on communities, endangered species, or clean air and water. We urge the Senate to reject this bill that puts the interests of polluting industries over people.”
Additional Resources:
Congress’s Big, Bad Budget Bill is a Dream for Polluters and Billionaires
How the Republican Megabill Will Shield Polluters from Accountability
5 Special Places That Trump’s Megabill Would Sell Out — to Pay for Billionaire Tax Breaks