Republican Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana said Thursday that climate czar John Kerry should be forced to “take his sailboat” to climate events as opposed to a private jet.
Kerry testified during a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability, where he faced questions about his use of private jets and his refusal to call Chinese President Xi Jinping a dictator. Economic and energy experts have criticized Biden’s hostility to fossil fuel production, which some claim have caused higher energy prices.
“If you want to lower carbon emissions globally, just put John Kerry’s private airplane, leave it on the tarmac, make him take his… sailboat using wind energy instead, he has no solar panels on the wings of his private jet,” Scalise told Fox Business host Larry Kudlow.
WATCH:
“He will tell you he’s very important, that is why he needs to fly around on a private jet telling you to drive in an electric vehicle where the battery is made in China,” Scalise added.
Despite Biden’s push for electric vehicles, the Biden administration blocked efforts to start mining for copper and nickel near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in January, the Wall Street Journal reported. In addition, the Environmental Protection Agency made a determination on Jan. 31 that would block the mining of 1.4 billion tons of copper, gold, molybdenum, silver and rhenium in Alaska in order to protect salmon.
“They’re literally destroying the fossil fuel industry in America while begging foreign countries that don’t have our standards to make the energy we use, which means we have increased global emissions. Make more things in America, you’ll lower global emissions,” Scalise said. “You could lower emissions by 50% just by making more things in America and grounding the John Kerry express airline and you know, that would, that would save a lot of problems in this country and lower costs for families in America.”
“If you want to lower carbon emissions make more oil and natural gas in America,” Scalise said. “No scientist disputed that, by the way, because they just won’t talk about it because they love beating up on America.”
China approved 168 new power plants fueled by coal in 2022, according to a report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) and Global Energy Monitor (GEM) released on Feb. 27.
All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter’s byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org.
DONATE TO BIZPAC REVIEW
Please help us! If you are fed up with letting radical big tech execs, phony fact-checkers, tyrannical liberals and a lying mainstream media have unprecedented power over your news please consider making a donation to BPR to help us fight them. Now is the time. Truth has never been more critical!
- Police chief who groveled after discussing ‘East African crime’ panders to Somalis again - December 17, 2025
- Ilhan Omar whines about ICE operations in Minneapolis - December 17, 2025
- ‘It’s all bullsh*t’: Tim Walz goes on anti-Second Amendment rant - December 17, 2025
Comment
We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain fruitful conversation.
BPR INSIDER COMMENTS
Scroll down for non-member comments or join our insider conversations by becoming a member. We'd love to have you!
