Overview

• Power the Future’s report found no evidence that President Biden publicly spoke about eight major climate and energy executive orders, such as an Arctic drilling ban and a commitment to net-zero emissions by 2050.
• The group has sent letters to the Justice Department, EPA, Interior Department, Energy Department and the House and Senate oversight committees demanding to know who drafted and signed these orders.
• House Republicans are urging the House Oversight Committee to investigate claims that an autopen was used to sign significant climate directives without Biden’s knowledge.
• Constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley says the president’s use of an autopen is legally permitted and that court challenges to invalidate the orders face vanishingly low odds of success.
• Critics say the lack of publicly confirmed presidential awareness underscores concerns about Biden’s cognitive decline and the influence of unelected staffers on policy.