Sanders, Omar Introduce Legislation to End Corporate Welfare for the Fossil Fuel Industry and Save American Taxpayers Billions of Dollars
May 24, 2024
May 24, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release:
As American taxpayers foot the $17 billion annual bill in direct federal subsidies to the fossil fuel industry - while facing the increasingly frequent, dangerous, and costly effects of climate change - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) today reintroduced the End Polluter Welfare Act. First introduced by Sanders in 2012, this critical legislation closes tax loopholes, elim . . .
As American taxpayers foot the $17 billion annual bill in direct federal subsidies to the fossil fuel industry - while facing the increasingly frequent, dangerous, and costly effects of climate change - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) today reintroduced the End Polluter Welfare Act. First introduced by Sanders in 2012, this critical legislation closes tax loopholes, elim . . .