Christopher Schuler, christopher.schuler@sierraclub.org
Washington, DC – Late last night, Senate Republicans released updated text of Donald Trump’s dangerous Budget Reconciliation bill that doubles down on efforts to endanger public health, sell off our nation’s public lands, kill clean energy jobs and their economic impact, and raise costs for working families and small businesses—all to hand big tax breaks to billionaires and corporate polluters.
Despite weeks of public outcry concerning the so-called “One Big, Beautiful Bill” and how it fails to help everyday Americans, Senate Republican leaders instead embraced its most controversial provisions that would endanger our economy, our environment, and ultimately put millions of lives at risk. The updated text still includes the mandated sale of more than a million acres of public lands, billions of dollars in giveaways to the fossil fuel industry, and sunsets or terminates countless vital clean energy tax credits.
In response, Sierra Club Legislative Director Melinda Pierce released the following statement:
“The American people have come together to stand up and make their voices heard—Democrats, Republicans, and Independents alike—begging their elected leaders in Congress not to advance the most anti-environment and anti-public lands bill in history. Instead of hearing those concerns and getting their act together, Senate Republicans have doubled down on efforts to sell off our public lands, jeopardize every person’s right to breathe clean air and drink clean water, and bring our nation’s growing clean energy economy to a grinding halt. This bill fails the families and communities who need help the most, hinders our economic growth now and in the future, and sacrifices so much of what makes this country great—all to give handouts to wealthy political donors and corporate polluters.
“This bill stinks, public polling shows that nobody wants it, and every elected leader who votes in favor of it will regret their shameful decision to put polluters before people.”
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