Op-Ed: Reps. Scott Perry, Andrew Clyde, and Marlin Stutzman: It’s time to put taxpayers first by ending the Green New Scam subsidies
In Washington, bad ideas rarely die — they just get rebranded and subsidized. That’s exactly what’s happened with the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act,” a misleading title slapped on a massive expansion of the Green New Deal. Packed inside were hundreds of billions in green subsidies — handouts for electric vehicle manufacturers, tax credits for Chinese-made solar panels, and giveaways to woke climate nonprofits.
Now, as Congress works to finalize the Big, Beautiful Bill, we have a rare opportunity to repeal these wasteful, distorting subsidies once and for all. For the sake of the Taxpayers, American energy independence, and grid reliability, we must seize it.
Let’s be clear: the Green New Scam isn’t about helping the environment; it’s about helping political allies. The IRA’s subsidies are a corrupt blend of corporate cronyism and activist wish lists. Despite the rhetoric, these green subsidies aren’t reducing emissions in any meaningful or cost-effective way.
What they’re doing is distorting markets, driving up inflation, and creating a permanent dependency on federal handouts. Consumers aren’t buying the hype — and the taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay the bill.
The House has already passed a version of the Big, Beautiful Bill that significantly reduced the IRA’s most egregious subsidies. Unfortunately, the Senate is now moving to water down these conservative victories. Some are proposing to preserve core elements of the IRA, effectively enshrining Biden’s climate agenda for years to come. This would be a catastrophic mistake.
If the Senate insists on preserving the Green New Scam, Republicans will have to answer a simple question: do you stand with the taxpayer or with lobbyists? The truth is, the IRA was never about inflation — it was about entrenching a radical green agenda.
By repealing these subsidies, we can save taxpayers billions over the next decade — money that instead could be used to reduce the deficit, secure our border, or provide real relief to working Americans. It’s a win-win for fiscal responsibility and energy sanity.
Republicans must not blink. This is a rare moment where principle, policy, and politics align. The American people did not elect a Republican House to tinker around the edges of the Biden agenda. They sent us here to reverse it, boldly and decisively.
The House Freedom Caucus secured massive improvements and made real progress in the House version of the Big, Beautiful Bill to claw back billions in wasteful “Green New Scam” subsidies. Most importantly, we created a real termination program during the Trump administration for grid-destroying solar and wind subsidies.
The Senate must not water that down. If anything, they should go further to eliminate all of the Green New Scam.
The time to act is now. End the subsidies. End the distortion. End the scam.
Let the Big, Beautiful Bill be a turning point, where we stop funding climate fantasies and again start serving the American People.
Congressmen Scott Perry (PA-10), Andrew Clyde (GA-09), and Marlin Stutzman (IN-03) are House Freedom Caucus Members who represent key constituencies adversely affected by the Inflation Reduction Act subsidies.
