"In February 2019, Pelosi called [Massachusetts Sen.] Ed Markey the night before he was scheduled to help roll out the Green New Deal. BIDEN ENERGY NOMINEE PRAISES GREEN NEW DEAL, CALLS FOR INDUSTRY 'TRANSFORMATION'Markey was among the progressives who unveiled Green New Deal legislation in February 2019. No such call was made," Pelosi's spokesman Drew Hammill told Fox News. "It will be one of several or maybe many suggestions that we receive," Pelosi told Politico at the time. Fox News' inquiries to Pelosi's, Ocasio-Cortez's and Markey's offices were not returned at the time of publication.

Source: Fox News May 24, 2021 16:27 UTC