CONSTITUENT DISSERVICE

Greetings. I am a voting constituent in rural west Texas. Just a reminder that most voters are not idiots. In the continuing effort to score political points, we read about the cynical GOP House vote to repeal provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act. Provisions for renewable energy projects that will create jobs, and generally boost state economies. Provisions that GOP reps have been busily touting in their districts, where 80% of the funding allotted goes, even though they all originally voted against the IRA. Bringing home the bacon while biting the hand that gives it to you. Now, secure in the knowledge that it will never pass muster in the Senate, or would be vetoed by the president if it did, GOP House members voted to rip these projects away from their districts, and all economic progress that would come with it. In case you missed it, here are the 26 Republican lawmakers and clean energy investments announced in their districts since passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, and the money they hope to have go away. Rep. Ralph Norman, South Carolina: $1.3 billion lithium processing investment, Albemarle Rep. Thomas Massie, Kentucky: $1 billion battery factory, EnerVenue Rep. Carol Miller, West Virginia: $760 million iron-air battery manufacturing facility, Form Energy Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, Tennessee: -- $600 millium, TN Lithium Rep. Drew Ferguson, Georgia: $2.6 billion, Freyr Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia: $2.5 billion, QCells Rep. Marc Molinaro, New York: Zinc8 Rep. Mike Collins, Georgia: Adion Solar Rep. Michael McCaul, Texas: Alpha Steel Rep. Robert Aderholt, Alabama: First Solar Rep. Barry Loudermilk, Georgia: QCells Rep. Pete Stauber, Minnesota: $7 million, Heliene Rep. Troy Balderson, Ohio: $600 million, Illuminate USA Rep. Paul Gosar, Arizona: Meyer Burger Rep. Dan Newhouse, Washington: REC Silicon & Mississippi Silicon Rep. Lauren Boebert, Colorado -- CS Wind Rep. Brett Guthrie, Kentucky: $1.7 billion, Nucor Steel Rep. Ashley Hinson, Iowa: Siemens Gamesa & TPI Composites Rep. Tracey Mann, Kansas: Siemens Gamesa Rep. Joe Wilson, South Carolina: $2 billion electric vehicle manufacturing, Scout Motors Rep. Mark Green, Tennessee: $3.2 billion battery material processing, LG Chem Rep. Mike Carey, Ohio: $3.5 billion battery manufacturing, Honda/LG Rep. Nancy Mace, South Carolina: $3.5 billion lithium recycling plant, Redwood Materials Rep. Lisa McClain, Michigan: $426 million electric vehicle manufacturing, Magna Rep. Juan Ciscomani, Arizona: Ecobat & Cirba Solutions Rep. Marc Amodei, Nevada: $650 million, GM/Lithium Americas Corp & $3.6 billion, Tesla