July 19, 2023 12:30pm EDT
Republicans take action to defund John Kerry's climate office
GOP Rep Chip Roy's legislation would bar any federal funds from being appropriated to John Kerry's climate office
By Thomas Catenacci , Peter Hasson | Fox News
FIRST ON FOX: A group of more than two dozen House Republicans led by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, is introducing legislation Wednesday to defund climate envoy John Kerry's office at the State Department.
The No Taxpayer Funding for Climate Zealots Advancing Radical Schemes Act would prohibit any federal funds — including for salary, administrative, and travel expenses — from being appropriated for Kerry's office. In 2021, President Biden appointed Kerry to be the first-ever special presidential envoy for climate, a position that didn't require Senate approval, and gives him a spot on the president's cabinet and National Security Council.
"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," Roy told Fox News Digital in a statement.
"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," he continued. "It's time to defund anti-energy climate bureaucrats like John Kerry once and for all."
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