Debate raged in the House Committee on Natural Resources during markup of the committee’s $30 billion plus reconciliation instructions for the $3.5 trillion spending bill passed by the House on Aug. 24. Representatives introduced numerous amendments—including Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R.-Co) Amendment 223, which would cut roughly $3.5 billion in proposed funding for a new Civilian Climate Corps. A letter by four Democratic Congresspeople making the case for the Civilian Climate Corps describes it as an updated version of the Depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps. A jobs program for 1.5 million people, it would “invest in natural climate solutions, clean energy, and resilience” and “address environmental justice.” The program funding, detailed in Section 70201 of the committee’s bill, would include money distributed to subsidiary climate corps in the National Park Service ($1.7 billion), the Fish and Wildlife Service ($400 million), the Bureau of Land Management ($900 million), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric …