John Kerry's climate work concealed in ‘cloak of zero supervision,' lawmaker says after tense budget hearing

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John Kerry's climate work concealed in ‘cloak of zero supervision,' lawmaker says after tense budget hearing
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Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., said John Kerry's climate office is illegitimate and that he is 'working globally under the cloak of zero supervision.'

Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., shares how the House GOP is demanding answers regarding John Kerry’s position on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’

Mast, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability, opened Thursday’s hearing by making the case that Kerry, in his newly created position in the, has"largely managed to avoid any real oversight or accountability in that position." "There is no clarity about who he works for, who he answers to, what he's doing, and that's not accountable to the American taxpayer when he is undertaking policies that allow for those trying to rise up against us to thrive and that throttle the United States of America back," he said.

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry extends his hand to Rep. Brian Mast prior to a hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs at the U.S. Capitol on July 13, 2023.to the climate envoy position, which hadn't existed before, didn't require Senate approval, and gives him a spot on the president's Cabinet and National Security Council.

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