BLACK SABBATH: House GOP Rides Crazy Train Towards Mass Job Loss

Washington, D.C. – At 10 PM ET tonight, House Republicans on the Budget Committee will resume moving full steam ahead towards the destruction of nearly 400,000 clean energy manufacturing jobs. The GOP budget will hike up household energy costs, while billionaires get a free ride with huge tax breaks. Instead of increasing American energy independence, the Republican Party is determined to send energy production completely off the rails. 

Climate Power Communications Director Alex Glass issued the following statement: “House Republicans are scrambling to appease the right wing of their party — and tonight they’re having a demolition derby, threatening total destruction for more than 400,000 clean energy manufacturing jobs. Repealing clean energy incentives will send costs through the roof, threaten American energy independence, and put more than twenty-seven thousand jobs at risk. To be clear, Republicans are driving this crazy train, and it’s hardworking Americans who will pay the price for their reckless agenda.”

Below is a rundown of the $22.75 billion in investment and 27,023 jobs that would be on the chopping block in Republican Budget Committee members’ districts if they succeed in passing this bill into law. The full list of projects under threat can be found here.

NEW JOBS IN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS REPRESENTED BY REPUBLICANS
DISTRICTMEMBERNUMBER OF CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTSTOTAL INVESTMENT AT RISKTOTAL JOBS AT RISK
CA-23REP. JAY OBERNOLTE1$1,100,000,000
GA-01REP. BUDDY CARTER9$7,813,500,0007,300
GA-09REP. ANDREW CLYDE1$37,000,000104
IN-03REP. MARLIN STUTZMAN2$532,000,00050
IN-09REP. ERIN HOUCHIN2$145,000,00085
MI-01REP. JACK BERGMAN4$706,000,000934
NC-06REP. ADDISON MCDOWELL2$109,600,000450
NC-11REP. CHUCK EDWARDS2$192,000,000190
NC-14REP. TIM MOORE3$168,100,0001,159
OH-15REP. MIKE CAREY5$5,560,000,0007,894
OK-02REP. JOSH BRECHEEN5$3,650,000,0004,545
SC-05REP. RALPH NORMAN8$2,057,600,0003,742
TX-26REP. BRANDON GILL3250
UT-01REP. BLAKE MOORE1$204,500,000200
WI-06REP. GLENN GROTHMAN1120
TOTALS15 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS49 PROJECTS$22.75 BILLION INVESTED27,023 JOBS