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.”
Last week, Kerry refused to identify individuals who worked in his office during a congressional hearing after Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., criticized him for his apparent secrecy.
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“I have two deputies and they are well known, they’re very experienced people, Rick Duke and Sue Biniaz … but I’m not going to go through all that,” Kerry said. “I’m not going to fill them in here in this way, because that would be a violation of our process within the State Department.”
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GOP Reps. Mary Miller, Paul Gosar, Nancy Mace, Byron Donalds, Scott Perry, Randy Weber, Nathaniel Moran, Matt Rosendale, Andy Biggs, Jeff Duncan, Bob Good, Daniel Webster, Tom Tiffany, Lauren Boebert, Harriet Hageman, Andy Ogles, Nick Langworthy, Thomas Massie, Dan Crenshaw, Anna Paulina Luna, Aaron Bean, Bill Posey, William Timmons, Alex Mooney, and Dan Bishop signed on as co-sponsors on Roy’s bill introduced Wednesday.