[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1493 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1493

   Strongly condemning Vice President Kamala Harris for championing 
  policies that would exacerbate the national debt and reduce energy 
                             independence.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 24, 2024

  Mr. Arrington (for himself, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Norman, Ms. Tenney, Mr. 
 Balderson, Mr. Babin, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. 
Walberg, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Fallon, Mr. 
  Moolenaar, and Mr. Diaz-Balart) submitted the following resolution; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Strongly condemning Vice President Kamala Harris for championing 
  policies that would exacerbate the national debt and reduce energy 
                             independence.

Whereas the Federal Government has a debt of $35 trillion, amounting to a 120-
        percent debt-to-gross domestic product ratio not seen since World War 
        II;
Whereas energy independence and security in the United States is critical to the 
        national security of the United States;
Whereas, in 2019, then-Senator from California, Kamala Harris, was an original 
        cosponsor of S. Res. 59, a resolution recognizing the duty of the 
        Federal Government to create a Green New Deal, a proposal which, if 
        implemented in its entirety, would cost the Federal Government 
        $93,000,000,000,000 over 10 years;
Whereas a July 2019 analysis found that through 2040, the Green New Deal would 
        reduce the annual employment in the United States by 1,200,000, reduce 
        average annual household incomes by $7,964, and increase annual 
        household energy costs by 31-percent, while having a negligible effect 
        on reducing global surface temperatures;
Whereas then-Senator Harris, as a candidate for the 2020 Democratic Presidential 
        nomination, proposed her own climate plan that would cost American 
        taxpayers approximately $10,000,000,000,000 over 10 years;
Whereas then-Senator Harris's climate plan called for a 100 percent electric 
        vehicle mandate by the year 2035, banning combustion-engine vehicles, 
        reducing automotive supply employment, and becoming more reliable on 
        battery component and critical mineral imports from China;
Whereas then-Senator Harris's climate plan would significantly increase energy 
        costs for consumers in the United States by banning extraction on 
        Federal lands and phasing out all oil and natural gas production, even 
        if renewable alternatives are not readily available to make up the 
        energy demand needs of the United States;
Whereas then-Senator Harris's climate plan would double the financial 
        contributions of the United States to the international Green Climate 
        Fund;
Whereas then-Senator Harris's climate plan calls for the Federal Government to 
        acquire millions of acres of private land in the United States; and
Whereas then-Senator Harris said during a CNN town hall that she was ``in favor 
        of banning fracking'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) denounces past legislation cosponsored by Vice 
        President Kamala Harris to exacerbate the national debt, 
        threaten American energy, and national security, and 
        significantly increase costs for consumers; and
            (2) condemns efforts by Vice President Kamala Harris to 
        threaten American energy independence and put the United States 
        on a path towards fiscal insolvency.
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