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Clay Higgins Slams The Inflation Reduction Act For Imposing ‘New And Oppressive Mandates’
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5/28/2025
During a House Oversight Committee hearing before the congressional recess, Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) questioned experts on the effects of the Inflation Reduction Act.
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Mr. Higgins. We're sure, Mr. Chairman, it's okay to move forward here. All right, thank you.
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Mr. Chairman, I'd strongly oppose the so-called Inflation Reduction Act when Democrats were in
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majority in 2022. They jammed this bill through Congress. Conservatives very clearly stated at
00:25
the time that the bill would increase deficit spending and have a very negative impact on
00:31
inflation. It would impose new and oppressive mandates, and we would end up investing money
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that we don't have, all deficit spending, 100 percent of it, deficit spending, investing
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hundreds of billions of dollars into fanciful ideas of energy production that would, you
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know, ultimately fail. And that's exactly what has happened. So I'd repeal the entire thing
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if I could, every word of it. That's not where we are with our bill, because with the current
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bill under consideration has been referenced here, because in the spirit of compromise,
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you know, we haven't been able to get to 100 percent repeal. The arrogance, like disconnect from
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some of my colleagues across the aisle is really stunning. Mr. Chairman, every American family
01:37
imagines the wondrous things we could do if we had unlimited money. Great things, no doubt,
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if we had unlimited money. In this town, in D.C., the federal government sells treasury bonds to
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finance deficit spending. America, especially the youngest out there, listen to you, Uncle Clay,
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we don't have the money. Your nation, this generation right now, this Congress, and Congress's past in
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modern history is spending money we don't have at a rate that's going to collapse your country upon
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your head. We have 37 trillion dollars in debt. That's 37,000 billion dollars. This body is a long way
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from balancing the budget. But if we were to balance the budget and run a one billion dollar surplus,
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and a billion is a thousand million, if we were to run a one billion dollar surplus, it would require 37,000
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years to address a 37 trillion dollar debt. My colleagues across the aisle are just unbelievably supportive of
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spending more and more and more money that we don't have. And our country is careening towards bankruptcy.
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We face insolvency right now. And we must take courageous corrective action. Regarding the incredibly
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misguided and ill-advised IRA, Mr. Lieberman, as compared to affordable and abundant energy,
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how has the IRA subsidies impacted investment in so-called sustainable energy?
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Have we stacked the deck? Can we put our thumb on the scale, sir?
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Oh, definitely. There's a lot of projects underway only because of the generous subsidies.
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Only because. Not market driven. Not because of the energy that they will provide. Not because
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it's affordable and abundant and transportable and works well with our grid. But because this town,
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this federal government has put our thumb on the scale. Am I correct?
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That's correct. I'd also add there's an energy success story that didn't require any type of tax credits.
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And that's the fracking success story. So let's shift to that. Let's shift to that. I'm going to
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ask Dr. McBride because my Democrat colleagues, they act like there were no refineries and no plants
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were ever built before 2022. It's insane. I don't know how we powered the entire 20th century
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in the first quarter of this century. But we did. We managed to do that without IRA subsidies,
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spending money that we don't have. But is it safe to say that private investments and alternative energy
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will continue with or without taxpayer subsidies, sir? Yes, absolutely. Certainly the case,
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you look at EVs. We know EVs have been around for many, many years. My household,
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we actually own a hybrid, purchased like 15 years ago or something. So these technologies,
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the batteries that go into... That's going to grow.
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This actually goes back decades. The development of the battery technology that we're enjoying now
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goes back decades. This stuff was happening with subsidies to some degree, but also due to private
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market forces long before the IRA. I concur. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for appearing today,
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Mr. Chairman. My time has expired. I yield.
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