Congress hosts climate denialists who will undermine any progress---including through bogus investigations.
Stan Cox 23, Author of How the World Breaks: Life in Catastrophe's Path, From the Caribbean to Siberia, 3/19/2023, “Climate Policy's on Shaky Ground in the Farm Bill,” https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/farm-bill-climate-ecological-renewal
Climate denial is alive and well in Congress. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), who now chairs the conservation subcommittee of the ag committee, told Politico, somewhat fuzzily, that “CO2 is not responsible. Especially American-produced CO2, I mean we’re a tiny part of the whole thing.” Rep. John Boozman (R-AR) is trying to divert attention to just about any remotely ag-related issue that doesn’t involve climate protection. Pointing his colleagues toward a couple of favorite targets of right-wing hostility, he has called for investigations into the purchase of U.S. farmland by Chinese interests and for cuts in SNAP benefits to low-income families. Meanwhile, five House members led by Matt Gaetz (R-FL) got even meaner, with a letter to President Biden urging him to “enact work requirements” for SNAP recipients.