WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer issued the following press release:
Bad math and bad policy were center stage when Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin testified before the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee on the Fiscal Year 2027 EPA budget request.
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) first pushed back on misleading claims from U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), who alleged electricity bills were increasing as a result of a "fossil industry plot to subvert the powers of government to keep inexpensive clean energy off the grid." Whitehouse referred to intermittent energy sources, like wind, as "zero cost," yet neglected to mention the significant government subsidies and dispatchable power ...