Hey Drill listeners, happy Earth Day.

I'm bringing you a little preview of a hearing that's happening in Congress today.

The focus of that hearing is fossil fuel subsidies.

They are why we have them, how they block climate action and what can be done to get rid

of them.

This should be interesting because for years the industry has claimed that it doesn't

actually get any subsidies.

So I'm not quite sure how they're going to argue against getting rid of a thing, they

claim they don't have.

But I'm sure we'll see how that plays out.

I have with me today Rep Ro-Kana.

He represents Silicon Valley in Congress and has called this hearing.

He's the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reforms Subcommittee on the

Environment.

The title of this hearing, which is the first one being held in Congress today, Earth

Day, is titled The Role of Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Preventing Action on the Climate

Crisis.

You might remember this being a big topic of conversation during the election.

People were shocked that Joe Biden would suggest such a thing and it does sound kind of shocking,

but it also seems like a pretty obvious first step to doing anything on climate.

According to Kana, under President Trump, the fossil fuel industry received between $10.4

billion and $15.2 billion of direct pandemic relief funds.

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