Contact: Molly Parzen
845-661-1093
Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania Statement on Destructive Reconciliation Bill Moving in the U.S. House of Representatives
Harrisburg, PA. -- Ahead of a planned 1:00 AM ET Wednesday committee vote to move the Republican-led massive reconciliation bill to the House floor, Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania released the following statement from Executive Director, Molly Parzen:
“This extreme and reckless reconciliation bill would stop Pennsylvania’s clean energy progress in its tracks. The bill Speaker Johnson is attempting to jam through in the dead of night means higher gas and electricity costs for struggling families and businesses, tanking the U.S. manufacturing resurgence, and handing leadership to China.
Since 2023, this funding has helped 155,580 Pennsylvania families afford new, energy efficient appliances to lower their energy bills. As of last year, this funding has helped launch 2,881 new clean energy jobs in Pennsylvania.
We need our delegation, particularly Representatives Fitzpatrick, Bresnahan, Mackenzie and Perry to ensure that the clean energy credits are restored before the bill goes to the House floor, or vote simply no. Members of Congress who vote for this bill will have to explain to their constituents why they voted to cut good energy and manufacturing jobs and raise home energy costs in order to fund tax cuts for billionaires.”
Background
According to a new analysis of the Reconciliation bill, the bill would increase household energy costs by an average of $120 a year over the next 5 years and $230 a year in 10 years. This anti-environmental billionaire tax scam would also limit our ability to build new power generation fast enough to meet rising electricity demands, and cost our economy more than 830,000 jobs in 2030.
A new Center for American Progress report shows that terminating almost all federal clean energy investments will increase electricity rates and raise the price of gasoline by between 25 cents and 37 cents per gallon, costing households more than $400 billion on energy over the next decade, including a $110 increase in household spending on electricity in 2026.”
House Republicans who have signed letters, or engaged publicly in support of clean energy benefits in their districts and have a significant amount of investments to lose include the following members of Pennsylvania’s delegation:
- PA-01 Brian Fitzpatrick
- PA-07 Ryan Mackenzie
- PA-08 Rob Bresnahan
- PA-10 Scott Perry
###