Claudia Tenney: “I appreciate the concerns about making sure that we have a cleaner climate. However, the gentleman doesn't talk about…”

“I appreciate the concerns about making sure that we have a cleaner climate. However, the gentleman doesn't talk about this obvious issue with Arabella Advisors. Everyone knows this is a dark money group that funds entities that actually fund donors and is part of the donor class of the Democratic Party, which is put in a unique position to actually control how we manage climate and how we deal with these issues with Federal contractors. I cited in my initial remarks that this also includes security issues. These are companies that are now going to have to confer with suspect foreign entities to talk about these issues and share information. This is a dangerous precedent. Not only is it a Democratic donor issue, which is politically charged and shouldn't be allowed in our rulemaking process or in our governmental process, but it is also a threat to our security. Mr. Chair, for those reasons, I urge all of my colleagues to support this rule. It is a commonsense rule, and it is something that they would certainly object to if the Republicans had proposed their major donor base to be in this position on the Federal level and certainly as part of the Federal bureaucracy in such a critical role. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.”