The sparring occurred two days after House Democrats asked Republicans to denounce white supremacy, to which over two dozen members refused.
refused to sign the letterBush, a ranking member on the Subcommittee of Economic Growth, Energy Policy and Regulatory Affairs, opened Wednesday's hearing by essentially calling it a sham due to no real discussion about renewable energy.
The hearing was titled"Why Depleting the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is Not a Solution to America's Energy Problem" and included three witnesses. Bush said they were invited to promote fossil fuels that are"disproportionately harming and killing Black and Brown people."House Republicans want security for oil company profits instead.
U.S. Rep. Cori Bush , left, speaks during a March for Our Lives rally against gun violence on June 11, 2022, in Washington, D.C. U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert participates in a meeting of the House Oversight and Reform Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on January 31, 2023, in Washington, DC. The two sparred Wednesday during a subcommittee hearing on fossil fuels due to allegations of white supremacist statements by a present witness.
"One of these so-called energy experts is a philosopher who has previously espoused white supremacist views," Bush said about Epstein. She began speaking about what Epstein allegedly wrote in his college newspaper in 2000 about African culture before Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert interrupted her.
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