The American Energy Alliance (AEA) recently condemned Republican U.S. senators after the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a measure that contributes $500 million to the United Nations' Green Climate Fund.
“It’s disappointing that the Senate Appropriations Committee has capitulated to the Obama administration’s climate agenda,” American Energy Alliance President Thomas Pyle. “The Green Climate slush fund is a political stunt to help politicians in developed countries feel good about themselves while their policies raise energy costs and consign millions of people around the world to poverty.”
Pyle said the senators broke pledges that many of them made to fight the Obama administration’s climate agenda.
“This is exactly the type of action that has voters so upset with the established political class on both sides of the Atlantic,” Pyle said. “We’re confident that Majority Leader (Mitch) McConnell (R-TN), Majority Whip (John) Cornyn (R-TX) and the rest of the Senate leadership will swiftly announce their objection to this vote and will work with Speaker (Paul) Ryan (R-WI) and the House leadership to prevent the president from advancing his harmful climate agenda.”
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