Rep. Payne, Jr. Votes Against Republican Bill to Destroy the Environment
March 31, 2023
March 31, 2023
WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 30, 2023:
Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. voted against a bill today that would increase pollution and dangerous drilling on federal lands. The bill, The Lower Energy Costs Act or H.R. 1, would eliminate critical environmental protections to allow energy companies to destroy federal lands in order to pump and ship American oil overseas. It permits energy companies to increase greenho . . .
Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. voted against a bill today that would increase pollution and dangerous drilling on federal lands. The bill, The Lower Energy Costs Act or H.R. 1, would eliminate critical environmental protections to allow energy companies to destroy federal lands in order to pump and ship American oil overseas. It permits energy companies to increase greenho . . .