Washington, D.C.— In response to the House Appropriations Committee markup of the Fiscal Year 2025  Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Agriculture, Rural Development bills yesterday, the League of Conservation Voters released the following statement from Senior Government Affairs Advocate, David Shadburn: 

“This is the MAGA House Republicans’ latest attempt at dismantling the climate progress achieved by the Biden-Harris administration. Yet again, extremist Republicans are using poison pill riders to push their MAGA agenda that puts Big Oil’s wish list ahead of our families, communities and planet. These bills significantly decrease funding to public transportation, block the Department of Transportation’s greenhouse gas reduction rule, prevent executive orders on climate, environmental justice, clean transportation, and implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act and impede new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards–which would help to reduce vehicle pollution while protecting consumers wallets from Big Oil’s price gouging. It is clear that the extremist House Republicans are not prioritizing what is best for our communities. We urge Congress to reject these poison pill riders that are blocking funding for crucial programming and putting our environment at risk.”

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