ICYMI: Speaker Johnson Exposes Congressional Republicans as Liars on Clean Energy Investments

PHOENIX — On Tuesday, in remarks to the America First Policy Institute, Speaker Mike Johnson promised to repeal the clean energy plan—putting more than 330,000 clean energy jobs on the chopping block and increasing energy costs for working families—if Republicans win the presidency and take full control of Congress this November. Last month, 18 vulnerable House Republicans, including Arizona Congressman Juan Ciscomani, sent a public letter to Speaker Johnson requesting to spare the tax credits provided through the clean energy plan because the jobs created by it are popular in their districts—even though each of them previously voted to repeal those investments. Speaker Johnson’s remarks made it clear that this letter was just a stunt to fool voters. 

“Congressional Republicans like Rep. Juan Ciscomani can’t have it both ways; they can’t take credit for the new clean energy jobs in their districts while continuously voting to repeal the Biden-Harris administration’s clean energy plan. Make no mistake, Rep. Juan Ciscomani’s district saw the creation of three new projects and hundreds of jobs thanks to the clean energy plan,” said Lori Lodes, Executive Director of Climate Power. “Speaker Mike Johnson reminded Arizona voters that if Donald Trump wins in November, his administration will quickly move to destroy thousands of jobs in Rep. Ciscomani’s district and more than 18,000 jobs across the state of Arizona, gut clean energy investments and raise costs on working families.”

House Republicans have voted to repeal the clean energy plan 51 times, despite the fact that a majority of clean energy jobs have been created in their districts. Since the passage of the clean energy plan, GOP-held districts have seen over 190,000 new jobs and over $286 billion in investment.

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