{"id":1972527,"date":"2023-07-13T20:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T00:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-envoy-kerry-wont-share-staff-names-to-congress-saying-its-not-required\/"},"modified":"2023-07-13T20:27:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T00:27:49","slug":"climate-envoy-kerry-wont-share-staff-names-to-congress-saying-its-not-required","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-envoy-kerry-wont-share-staff-names-to-congress-saying-its-not-required\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Envoy Kerry Refuses to Disclose Staff Names to Congress, Citing No Obligation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fclimate-envoy-kerry-wont-share-staff-names-to-congress-saying-its-not-required%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1972527&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0714\/9f3f4246-6cf2-447d-8694-6d2518eb4e77\/audio.mp3?length=4211757&#038;duration=351\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Climate Envoy John Kerry, who reports directly to President Joe Biden from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portman-joins-collins-romney-in-opposing-biden-nominee-neera-tanden\/\" title=\"Portman Joins Collins, Romney, In Opposing Biden Nominee Neera Tanden\">cabinet-level position<\/a> in the State Department, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/funded-by-a-foreign-nation-who-is-not-our-friend-cruz-blasts-biden-aid-nominee-for-taking-money-from-qatar\/\" title=\"\u2018Funded by a Foreign Nation Who Is Not Our Friend\u2019: Cruz Blasts Biden Aid Nominee for Taking Money From Qatar\">faced tough questioning<\/a> on July 13 by Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) about the staff in his office. Kerry refused to disclose the names, citing a violation of the State Department&#8217;s process.<\/p>\n<p>During the exchange, Mast presented an org chart labeled &#8220;Who&#8217;s In Charge?&#8221; which appeared mostly empty. Kerry provided the names of his two deputy envoys, Rick Duke and Sue Biniaz, but refused to share any further information.<\/p>\n<p>Mast revealed that a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request had been submitted in 2021 regarding Kerry&#8217;s office, but the information wouldn&#8217;t be provided until 2024. Kerry mentioned that an algorithm determined the delayed response.<\/p>\n<p>The heated exchange took place during a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee&#8217;s oversight subcommittee. Mast pointed out that Kerry, as the United States&#8217; first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-walks-away-when-asked-about-the-sacrifices-hes-asking-american-workers-to-make-as-he-kills-thousands-of-jobs-video\/\" title=\"Biden Walks Away When Asked About the Sacrifices He\u2019s Asking American Workers to Make as He Kills Thousands of Jobs (VIDEO)\">special presidential envoy<\/a> for climate, did not have to be confirmed by the Senate, unlike standard cabinet-level positions.<\/p>\n<p>Mast also questioned the lack of an easily accessible online presence for Kerry&#8217;s office. Kerry directed him to the State Department website and a detailed chart in the Congressional Notice.<\/p>\n<p>Later, Mast asked Kerry about possible U.S. commitments at the upcoming United Nations climate conference, COP28, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/radical-environmentalists-take-on-dc-commuters-biden\/\" title=\"Radical Environmentalists Take On DC Commuters, Biden\">climate reparations<\/a>. Kerry ruled out climate reparations but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-envoy-kerry-wont-share-staff-names-to-congress-saying-its-not-required\/\" title=\"Climate Envoy Kerry Refuses to Disclose Staff Names to Congress, Citing No Obligation\">mentioned exploring cross-border adjustment mechanisms<\/a> to address carbon-intensive goods.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerry, the Climate Envoy, refused to reveal his office staff&#8217;s names when questioned by Rep. Mast. He showed an org chart titled &#8220;Who&#8217;s In Charge?&#8221; with few names. Kerry reports to President Biden and holds a cabinet-level position in the State Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":1972529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1972527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1972527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1972529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1972527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1972527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1972527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}