WATCH LIVE: House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans Holding Forum on the Real Harm of the Biden Administration’s Environmental Agenda

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WATCH LIVE: House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans Holding Forum on the Real Harm of the Biden Administration’s Environmental Agenda

The following press release was published by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on June 14, 2021. It is reproduced in full below.

Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader of the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee David B. McKinley (R-WV) is hosting a forum today on the harmful impacts the Biden administration’s environmental agenda entitled: “Mounting Costs: The Real Harm of the Biden Administration’s Environmental Agenda on the American People and the Economy."

The forum will examine the harmful impacts that the Biden Administration’s radical environmental policies will have on the American people and the economy. These impacts include increased electricity rates, increased manufacturing costs, and the loss of state and local tax revenue. The forum will focus on policies like the accelerated transition to weather-dependent resources for the grid, electric vehicle mandates, and the use of regulations and executive actions to eliminate fossil fuels from the U.S. energy mix.

You can watch the forum live on the Committee’s website or YouTube page starting at 4:30 PM ET.

These are the participants for today’s forum:

* Douglas Holtz-Eakin - American Action Forum President

* Tom Dobbins - Aluminum Association President and CEO

* Michelle Bloodworth - America’s Power President and CEO

Media Contact for Republican Leader Rodgers: Jack Heretik, Jack.Heretik@mail.house.gov

Media Contact for Subcommittee Leader McKinley: Allie Hildebrand, Allie.Hildebrand@mail.house.gov

Source: House Committee on Energy and Commerce