WASHINGTON (August 7, 2025)– Rep. Rob Bresnahan’s recent vote to take away clean energy tax credits came after the congressman made more than $200,000–and potentially as much as $1.4 million–worth of stock trades that included selling clean energy stocks and purchasing fossil fuel industry stocks. The NRDC Action Fund, a national environmental organization, today launched an ad in northeast Pennsylvania alerting Bresnahan’s constituents to those trades and warning that his vote against clean energy will cost jobs and raise electric bills.
“Multimillionaire Congressman Rob Bresnahan is more concerned about boosting his own stock portfolio than protecting his constituents from higher electricity bills and defending countless jobs across Pennsylvania,” said Christy Goldfuss, executive director of the NRDC Action Fund. “This isn’t just about the remarkably convenient timing of his stock trades. It’s about his lack of care for people he represents who will pay more while their congressman enriches himself.”
On May 15, Bresnahan sold clean energy stocks and bought shares in fossil fuel giants–all within a narrow window between the release of the House reconciliation bill language (May 11, 2025) and its passage on May 22, 2025. Many of these trades directly aligned with sectors (energy/environment/industrial and healthcare) most impacted by the legislation Bresnahan helped pass.
The NRDC Action Fund’s six-figure ad campaign is set to run on broadcast, cable and digital platforms in Pennsylvania starting today.
Watch the ad here.
