[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 6 (Thursday, January 11, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H85-H86]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     ACCOUNTING FOR TAXPAYER FUNDS

  (Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, this week the EPA inspector 
general reported that the EPA has failed to accurately report the use 
of $7 billion in 2022.
  This jarring report is the clearest sign yet that the EPA is unable 
and unwilling to adequately serve the American people.
  Under President Biden's leadership, this failure in accountability is 
what we have come to expect. No one is surprised.
  Whether it is creating burdensome regulations on our Nation's coal-
powered generation plants or constructing extreme methane rules for 
natural gas producers or attempting to ban the sale of gas-powered 
vehicles, the EPA has repeatedly shown that it is unable to govern 
effectively.
  The inspector general's report outlines how 99 percent of the EPA's 
total award-level outlays were not reported in fiscal year 2022.
  If the EPA cannot adequately account for the taxpayer funds that it

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distributes, how can it possibly be relied upon to effectively regulate 
our energy industry?

  It is time to rein in the out-of-control EPA and hold the EPA 
accountable to the American people.

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