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GOP members press EPA oversight of $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, question award to Coalition for Green Capital
Summary
House Republicans raised questions about EPA procedures and vetting after the agency obligated billions under the Inflation Reduction Act, citing a $5 billion award to the Coalition for Green Capital and a subsequent $200 million subaward to a newly incorporated entity.
Republican members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee pressed EPA and oversight officials on whether the agency used sufficient due diligence in awarding Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funds, with particular focus on the IRAfunded Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and a $5 billion award to the Coalition for Green Capital.
Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., chairman of the full committee, said during his opening statement that the Biden administration had "announced the awarding of $5,000,000,000 to the Coalition for Green Capital," and questioned how an organization the committee identified as having had roughly $3.5 million in revenue in 2023 received such a large award. Guthrie also pointed to news and registration records showing that the Coalition later provided $200,000,000 of that award to an entity incorporated in October 2024.
The EPA acting inspector general, Nicole Murley, testified that EPA OIG has flagged systemic internal-control problems across EPA programs and…
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