GOP House Members Protest Against Climate Envoy Kerry’s Remarks Targeting US Agriculture

GOP House Members Protest Against Climate Envoy Kerry’s Remarks Targeting US Agriculture
U.S. Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry delivers a speech at the Congress centre during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on Jan. 17, 2023. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images
Ross Muscato
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A contingent of 27 Republican members of the House sent a letter, dated May 22, to President Joe Biden and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, calling on them to denounce comments that special climate envoy John Kerry made this month in a speech at a global climate summit held in Washington that focused on agriculture.

The legislators were coming to the aid of American farmers, whom they felt were unjustly attacked in the former secretary of state’s remarks.