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Rep. Chip Roy calls to defund ‘climate czar’ John Kerry | Representative Chip Roy

Rep. Chip Roy calls to defund ‘climate czar’ John Kerry

WASHINGTON, DC — On Wednesday, Representative Chip Roy (TX-21) led 26 House members in re-introducing the “No Taxpayer Funding for CZARS Act” to defund Joe Biden’s Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry.

The “No Taxpayer Funding for CZARS Act” would prohibit federal funds from being used for any activity of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate; this includes salary, administrative, and travel expenses.

Representative Roy said,"Climate czar John Kerry is the poster child for the Biden administration's anti-energy policies that are destroying both our economy and national security. Now John Kerry is visiting China - the top threat to our national security and the world's number one polluter - to further hamstring energy freedom. It's time to defund anti-energy climate bureaucrats like John Kerry once and for all."

Co-sponsors of this bill include Representatives Mary Miller (R-IL-15), Paul Gosar (R-AZ-9), Nancy Mace (R-SC-1), Byron Donalds (R-FL-19), Scott Perry (R-PA-10), Randy Weber (R-TX-14), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1), Matt Rosendale (R-MT-2), Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5), Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3), Bob Good (R-VA-5), Daniel Webster (R-FL-11), Tom Tiffany (R-WI-7), Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3), Harriet Hageman (R-WY-At Large), Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5), Nick Langworthy (R-NY-23), Thomas Massie (R-KY-4), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13), Aaron Bean (R-FL-4), Bill Posey (R-FL-8), William Timmons (R-SC-4), Alex Mooney (R-WV-2), Dan Bishop (R-NC-8) and Ralph Norman (R-SC-5).

Full text of the bill can be found here.

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