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Congressman Mooney Statement on Radical EPA Energy Rule
Today, the Biden Administration finalized a new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that forces coal-fired power plants to capture smokestack emissions or be shut down.Congressman Alex X. Mooney strongly criticized the new EPA rule, attributing it to what he perceives as the radical agenda of the Biden Administration. Mooney expressed his concerns, stating, “President Biden is running the most radical left-wing administration in history. President Biden has escalated the War on Coal that was started by President Obama. The Biden Administration has been dictating...
Congressman Mooney Introduces the “Protecting Life in Health Savings Accounts Act”
Congressman Alex X. Mooney has reintroduced the Protecting Life in Health Savings Accounts Act (H.R 8049), aiming to end the preferential tax treatment of abortion. In a statement, Mooney emphasized, "Abortion is not health care and should not be considered a medical expense." The legislation would exclude elective abortions from being paid for out of various types of health savings accounts.Mooney was joined by seven House Republicans as original cosponsors, including Reps. Matt Rosendale, Jeff Duncan, Mary Miller, Dan Crenshaw, Paul Gosar, Bob Good, and Daniel Webster....