When the American people elected a new House majority, they sent a clear message: end reckless spending, restore energy dominance, secure the border, and put working families—not climate lobbyists—first. That’s exactly why the House passed the “Big Beautiful Bill,” a sweeping piece of legislation aimed at cutting waste, securing the southern border, and putting America back on a path of prosperity. But while the bill does many things right, there’s still a major problem lurking in the Senate‘s watered-down version: what President Donald Trump has called the “Green New Scam”—formally known as the so-called Inflation Reduction Act’s green energy subsidies. As President Trump posted last weekend, “I HATE ‘GREEN TAX CREDITS’ IN THE GREAT, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL. They are largely a giant SCAM.”
Let’s be clear: this isn’t about protecting our environment. It’s about protecting the swamp in D.C. by repeating the mistakes of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The IRA was never a serious plan to reduce inflation. It was a $1 trillion special interest giveaway designed to bankroll the radical climate agenda of the far Left. And now, that same agenda is being protected by entrenched lobbyists and special interests who’ve gotten rich off of taxpayer-funded subsidies for unproven, unreliable, and unaffordable energy schemes.
The “Green New Scam” is a Trojan horse. It promised clean energy but delivered dependence—on fragile grids, on China, and on a bureaucratic elite that’s more interested in virtue signaling than producing power. Buried inside the IRA are hundreds of billions in subsidies for electric vehicles, wind and solar projects, and “green manufacturing” boondoggles. And who benefits? Not the farmer watching his energy bills spike. Not the single mom trying to fill her gas tank. No, the winners are the ESG investors and the Communist Party of China—which dominates the critical mineral supply chains these technologies rely on.
While Americans suffer from high utility costs and rolling blackouts, the green energy complex is thriving on our dime. And now, the Senate wants to keep this game going. Their version of the Big Beautiful Bill preserves too much of the “Green New Scam”—and that’s unacceptable.
These subsidies aren’t just wasteful—they’re dangerous. They distort electricity markets, with subsidized solar and wind projects taking away vital operating revenue from reliable baseload power like natural gas, coal, and nuclear energy. They incentivize utilities to chase federal subsidies rather than build stable grids. They leave our nation vulnerable to supply chain shocks and foreign manipulation. And they funnel billions into pet projects that are more about politics than power generation.
Worse yet, they represent the very worst of Washington insider influence. Dozens of D.C. lobbying firms have flooded congressional offices with promises of “investment” and “jobs”—investments and jobs that need to be subsidized because they are not creating real value—if we just keep the taxpayer dollars flowing.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
We can protect our environment without bankrupting the middle class. We can pursue innovation without handing power to unelected bureaucrats. We can invest in the future without abandoning common sense. But first, we need to restore sanity to our energy policy.
The House version of the Big Beautiful Bill was not perfect and did not fulfill President Trump’s firm promise to entirely end the “Green New Scam.” However, thanks to the members of the House Freedom Caucus, we secured massive improvements and made real progress. We clawed back billions in wasteful subsidies. Most importantly, we created a real termination program during the Trump administration for grid-destroying solar and wind subsidies. Since 1992, Congress has voted to “phase out” the Production Tax Credit for wind projects, yet it’s never happened because any “phase out” always gets reversed by another session of Congress before it takes effect. The House version put an end to this production tax credit scheme for wind and solar, yet the Senate stripped that repeal language out. If the wind and solar subsidized projects don’t end during President Trump’s term of office, they won’t end at all.
Let us be clear. The Senate cannot weaken the House’s cuts to the IRA subsidies. Instead, it should push to strengthen them—especially if the Senate is going to reduce savings in other areas.
Ending the Inflation Reduction Act’s green energy carve outs isn’t a partisan issue—it’s a patriotic one. It’s about putting America first, rejecting the D.C. swamp’s grip on our future, and ensuring our nation remains strong, independent, and free.
The American people didn’t vote for more green handouts. They voted to stop the madness. It’s time to finish the job.
Congressmen Andy Harris, M.D., (MD-01) Chip Roy (TX-21), Ralph Norman (SC-05), Josh Brecheen (OK-02), Keith Self (TX-03), Tom Tiffany (WI-07), and Congresswoman Mary Miller (IL-05) are members of the House Freedom Caucus.
The views expressed in this article are the writers’ own.
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