Would also look at a windfall profits tax on fossil fuel companies
Support a windfall profits tax on fossil fuel companies.
Occurrences
Evidence
Balint said, "the first thing that I would do is make sure that we institute a windfall profits tax on fossil fuel companies."
Balint said she would "look at a windfall profits tax on fossil fuel companies."
GovInfo lists Becca Balint as a cosponsor of H.R. 9573, a bill "to impose an assessment related to fossil fuel emissions."
GovInfo lists Becca Balint as a cosponsor of H.R. 1135, which would impose an assessment related to fossil fuel emissions.
Assessments
Balint publicly endorsed a windfall profits tax during her 2022 campaign and, after taking office, cosponsored federal bills in the 118th and 119th Congresses that imposed assessments related to fossil fuel emissions. That is direct legislative support for the promised policy, so the claim is fulfilled.
Balint promised to support a windfall profits tax on fossil fuel companies. In her first House term, she formally cosponsored H.R. 9573, the Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act of 2024, which would impose an assessment related to fossil fuel emissions. That legislative cosponsorship is a concrete official act consistent with supporting fossil-fuel windfall/profits-style taxation, so the support promise was fulfilled even though the broader policy was not enacted.