The U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, John Kerry, angrily pushed back on allegations Thursday that he owned a private jet, saying that he personally never owned a private aircraft in response to questioning about the plane that belonged to his wife’s family before they sold it last year.

Speaking before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability on Thursday, Kerry was pressed by Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) on whether he owned a private jet and if he had used it in any capacity during his time in the Biden administration.

“This isn’t some sort of partisan ‘gotcha,’” Waltz said during the hearing.

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“When we are asking Americans to make serious sacrifices as we transition for the common good," he added. "And if your family and or yourself are flying around on private jets, that smacks of hypocrisy.”

Kerry, in response, told Waltz he had used it “possibly once" since being appointed as Biden's climate envoy and before his wife's family sold the aircraft.

Pressed further about the aircraft, Kerry replied tersely, “We don't own a private jet. I don't own a private jet, I, personally, have never owned a private jet.”

“And obviously, it's pretty stupid to talk about coming in a private jet from the State Department up here,” he said, in reference to the hearing’s location on Capitol Hill just several miles away.

A State Department spokesperson told the Washington Examiner in February that the plane in question had been sold following criticism over its effects on the environment.

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"I can confirm the plane previously owned by his wife’s family was sold last summer,” Kerry’s State Department spokeswoman, Whitney Smith, said.

"Secretary Kerry travels commercially in his role as special presidential envoy for climate," she added.