House Oversight drops new report alleging Green New Deal benefitted Biden allies

The House Oversight Committee on Thursday released a new report that appeared to show how some of former President Joe Biden's allies financially benefited from his Green New Deal. 

The staff report, titled "The Green New Scam: The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund," accused the Biden administration of creating a scheme to funnel billions of taxpayer dollars to nonprofits run by the former president's allies.

The 21-page report also found there was waste and abuse within the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), including taxpayer dollars funding massive salaries and luxurious travel benefits for some of the executives. 

"It’s clear the Biden Administration turned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) into a vehicle for rewarding political allies, all while risking the stability of our energy infrastructure and burdening American families with higher utility costs," House Oversight Chairman James Comer said in a statement. 

"Americans deserve better than this green energy scam disguised as environmental justice, and Oversight Republicans will continue to hold the Biden Administration accountable to ensure the EPA operates as intended and that taxpayer dollars are spent transparently, responsibly, and in the best interest of the American people," he added.

The report comes after EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin terminated many grants after conducting an internal review of the GGRF award process in March. The review found instances of waste and abuse.

"We applaud EPA Administrator Zeldin’s action to shut down this Green New Deal scam and protect taxpayer dollars from waste, fraud, and abuse,” Comer said.

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