According to an internal preview of testimony to Congress, the head of a leading Black activist group is expected to blast the Biden administration's energy policies for prioritizing tackling climate change over the housing affordability crisis.
Donna Jackson, director of membership development for Project 21, a Black think tank at the National Center for Public Policy Research that aims to advance African-American voices, is scheduled to testify Thursday at a House Budget Committee hearing titled “The Costs of the Biden Energy Crisis.”
According to a copy of Jackson's prepared remarks, she is expected to comment on the cost of appliances, electric vehicle mandates and how rising home prices are affecting Black Americans.
“A car is also essential to raising a family. As a single mother raising five children, don't tell me I could have done it if I'd relied on public transportation,” Jackson said in prepared remarks.
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“Free money dangled in the hands of low-income families cannot make up for the damage that has been done. Whether it's offered $25,000 for new homebuyers, generous tax credits for EV purchases, or government rebates for politically correct appliances, no handout is a substitute for repealing these policies,” activists are expected to tell the committee.
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Jackson will also likely be fiercely opposed to the Biden administration's “Green New Deal-style policies.”
On September 3, 2024, a Chevrolet Bolt plugged into a charging station in Hudson, New York. (Angus Mordaunt/Getty Images)
“These environmental policies are bad for the American people, and it's low-income families who will suffer the most when affordable energy prices are no longer a top priority.”
Jackson is expected to conclude his speech by discussing energy poverty, and in particular how the continued use of coal, oil and natural gas “can help ensure true energy abundance and affordability”.
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Other witnesses scheduled to appear at the hearing include Diana Ferchtgott Ross, director of the Heritage Foundation's Center for Energy, Climate and Environment, Alex Epstein, president and founder of the Center for Industrial Progress, and Trevor Higgins, senior vice president for energy and environment at the Center for American Progress.
