The Big Story 

President Biden took aim at a push by congressional Republicans to roll back provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) on Friday while marking the newly minted White House Office of Environmental Justice.

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The proposal, released by Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) Wednesday, would end several renewable tax credits, including some that were part of the IRA.

“The MAGA Republicans in Congress want to repeal climate protections in the Inflation Reduction Act," Biden said. "They’d rather threaten to default the U.S. economy … than get rid of $30 billion in taxpayer subsidies to an oil industry that made $200 billion last year.”

The executive order itself not only establishes the new Office of Environmental Justice within the White House Council on Environmental Quality, it requires federal agencies to inform impacted communities in case of any release of toxic substances from a federal building.

Read more on Biden's comments in a full report at TheHill.com.

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