Trump vows to pull back climate law's unspent dollars

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Trump also emphasized a focus on restoring domestic manufacturing -- something the IRA aims to do through its tax credits and other incentives.
57% : "It will be an economic revival of our country like no one has ever seen before," Trump said.
49% : Trump also said his administration would "blast through every bureaucratic hurdle" to issue rapid approvals for new drilling, pipelines, refineries, power plants and reactors, as well as make the U.S. a major producer of rare earth minerals that are crucial for clean energy technologies.
48% : The efficiency commission floated by Trump would be tasked with "a complete financial and performance audit" of the entire federal government and make "recommendations for drastic reforms."
43% : The former president outlined a plan Thursday to establish a government efficiency commission floated by Tesla's Elon Musk, who Trump has increasingly embraced and who he suggested could lead the new commission.
43% : Musk "has agreed to head that task force," Trump said Thursday.
43% : "Trump said Thursday his plan would "cut energy prices in half or more than that within 12 months of taking office" and said that oil production would be four times higher than today should he enter office.
40% : But it is unclear exactly how much of that funding has been obligated or spent, which would offer them some legal protection against an effort by Trump to claw it back.
39% : And [I will] rescind all unspent funds under the misnamed Inflation Reduction Act," Trump added.
36% : And Trump pledged to eliminate a "minimum of 10 old regulations" for every one new regulation.
33% : And the stakes are high for Democrats: Should Trump get elected, his administration would have wide latitude to slow down or reelevate direct spending under the law, as POLITICO has also reported -- particularly as the former president has promised to restore a presidential authority to withhold congressionally approved spending that he considers wasteful.
31% : Trump did not specify which IRA programs he would target.
29% : "Trump may try to distort objective reality on his dangerous plans, but mainstream experts agree on the devastating results of his agenda: shrinking the economy, undermining job growth, driving up inflation, exploding the national debt, and raising taxes on the middle class," the Harris campaign memo said.
15% : But Trump has repeatedly derided what he deems as wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars under Biden that is driving inflation and energy costs.

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