House Passes Five Gosar Amendments that Defund Obama's Climate Agenda, Protect Vital Water and Energy Resources

Statement

Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after the House passed five of his amendments to H.R. 5055, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2017:

"Once again, I am proud to strike back against the Obama Administration's far-left anti-energy agenda by utilizing the power of the purse. The eight legislative initiatives that I successfully attached to this spending bill would effectively neuter several of the president's top climate initiatives. Additionally, I was pleased to see the House pass one of my amendments that rejects the Obama Administration's new climate transportation program and new $10.25 tax on crude oil. Our nation's energy and water resources are too important to let one man, obsessed with his own legacy, unilaterally implement his misguided ideological policies. Our precious resources belong to all Americans and Congress must serve as a vigilant watchdog that holds government bureaucrats and this rogue administration accountable.

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