Economy

Report: U.S. Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry’s family still owns a private jet

Published

3 years ago

January 28, 2021

U.S. Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry’s family still owns a private jet, according to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) records, Fox News reported Wednesday.

FAA records indicate a Gulfstream Aerospace jet is currently owned by Flying Squirrel LLC, the name of Kerry’s wife, Teresa Heinz-Kerry’s, private charter jet company.

The plane’s registration certificate was reportedly issued July 2005 and does not expire until Oct. 2023.

Kerry’s campaign made 60 payments to his wife’s charter jet company, totaling $273,171 during his 2004 presidential run, according to Fox News.

As of 2013, Kerry reportedly owned “over $1,000,001” in assets for “Flying Squirrel LLC.”

Kerry was appointed by the Biden administration to tackle the global warming crisis and combat dependence on fossil fuels.

The Biden transition team said in November that Kerry was “an official dedicated to climate change, reflecting the president-elect’s commitment to addressing climate change as an urgent national security issue.”

Private jets have a massive environmental impact and have been estimated to emit upward of 40 times as much carbon per passenger as commercial flights.

Kerry came under fire on Wednesday for saying that fossil fuel workers who lose their jobs as a result of new climate policies should “have better choices,” such as manufacturing solar panels.

“You look at the consequences of black lung for a miner, for instance, and measure that against the fastest-growing job in the United States before COVID was solar power technician,” Kerry said during a news conference. “The same people can do those jobs. But the choice of doing the solar power one now is a better choice.”

“What an arrogant, out-of-touch statement for a centimillionaire to say,” Sen. Ted Cruz said in response to Kerry. “You know, ‘You little people, you know, I don’t like the choices you’re making, and so your jobs go away,’ as John Kerry said right there. Quelle surprise that the Democratic elites have decided that blue-collar workers, that union members, that men and women with calluses on their hands, they’ve made the wrong choices, in John Kerry’s words.”

“I’ve asked multiple Biden nominees what they would say to the union workers who just lost their jobs because Joe Biden decided they didn’t deserve a job,” Cruz added. “And essentially nominee after nominee after nominee has said, ‘Well, tough luck.’”

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Economy

Massachusetts Democrat Mayor wants to end ‘right-to-shelter’ law amidst migrant crisis

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2 weeks ago

September 12, 2023

Sara Carter Staff

More Democrat leaders from non-border states are wising up to the immigration crisis our nation faces. Woburn mayor Scott Galvin, of the progressive state of Massachusetts, is hoping that lawmakers will overturn a 40-year-old law because the reality of being “bleeding heart liberals” is resulting in the demise of his town.

The 40-year-old “right-to-shelter” law has got to go, says mayor Galvin, because of the immense strain the thousands of migrant families are putting on the area’s residents. By Friday, there were about 150 families living in the city’s hotels, an “unsustainable” arrangement for his 40,000 constituents.

Galvin told the New York Times the right-to-shelter law, which only exists in Massachusetts, was “passed at a different time, and was not meant to cover what we’re seeing now.”

National Review reports:

Under the 1983 right-to-shelter law, Massachusetts officials are legally required to offer housing to any homeless families seeking shelter in the state. The law now covers a rising influx of migrant families, although individuals are not covered under its provisions.

“We’re going above and beyond, while some communities around us are not being impacted, and we don’t have endless capacity in our schools,” said Galvin. “The benefits that are bestowed on migrants make the state a very attractive destination, and without some changes, this challenge is not going to abate.”

Massachusetts Democrat Governor Maura Healey already declared a state of emergency on August 8th, requesting help from the federal government. On August 31, Healey activated up to 250 Massachusetts National Guard members to assist the more than 6,000 migrant families already in the state’s shelter system.

Approximately 6,300 families are living in emergency shelters and hotels across the state, up roughly 50 percent from the year prior. The cost for such accommodations for all the migrants is approximately $45 million per month, National Review reports.