Echo Communications in Reuters

Chris Moyer, founder and president of Echo Communications Advisors, was quoted in Reuters shortly after aa a dozen House Republicans sent a new letter to the head of the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday voicing their support for the IRA’s clean energy tax credits:

Reuters: Republican US lawmakers voice support for IRA energy tax credits

By Timothy Gardner
May 8, 2025

Republican U.S. lawmakers sent a letter to the head of the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday voicing their support for tax credits boosted in former President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, legislation for which no Republicans voted.

WHY IT’S IMPORTANT

The letter from a dozen Republican U.S. Representatives shows the importance of the incentives, known as investment tax credits, or ITC, and production tax credits, or PTC, for Republican states with big clean electricity projects, such as wind, solar and nuclear power, and battery storage.

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The lawmakers said as the committee undertakes reforming the tax code to help address the national debt that it is “not unreasonable” to incorporate a phase-out of the credits, without further details.

RESPONSE

“They’re trying to be reasonable actors, but by opening the door for phase outs, they appear to be giving up ground in these negotiations while dozens of their colleagues remain firmly in the camp of full repeal,” said Chris Moyer, a former staffer to Democrats in Congress and the head of Echo Communications Advisors.