Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Green New Deal is antithetical to the principles of free market capitalism and private property rights, is simply a thinly veiled attempt to usher in policies that create a socialist society in America, and is impossible to fully implement.

H. Res. 398 · 116th Congress · May 22, 2019 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that—

(1)

the Green New Deal would violate all Americans’ right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness;

(2)

the Green New Deal would have an almost incomprehensibly devastating effect on the national debt of the United States, and no collection of revenue-raising measures could pay for its implementation without completely destroying the economy and societal fabric of the United States;

(3)

the Green New Deal is antithetical to the principles of free market capitalism and our private property rights, bedrock principles that have made the United States the greatest country in the world;

(4)

many of the proposals in the Green New Deal have no connection at all to climate change, and reveal the true nature of the Green New Deal;

(5)

the Green New Deal is simply a thinly veiled attempt to usher in policies that create a socialist society in America; and

(6)

the United States is a free society that has fought against socialist regimes for decades and must continue to fight against socialism in the future.

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May 22, 2019viewing Introduced in House Mr. Johnson of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. Byrne, Mr. Olson, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Duncan, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Carter of Texas, Mr. Flores, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Barr, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. David P. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Budd, Mr. Walker, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Watkins, Mr. Steube, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Mooney of West Virginia, Mr. Babin, Mr. Kevin Hern of Oklahoma, Mr. Riggleman, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Estes, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Kustoff of Tennessee, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Balderson, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Banks, Mr. Baird, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Scalise, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Norman, Mr. Wright, Mr. Green of Tennessee, Mr. Davidson of Ohio, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Loudermilk, and Mr. Dunn) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, Science, Space, and Technology, Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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