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Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Jul 27, 2020

the Biden climate plan, which largely reflects the one the committee put forth, it didn't include any labor representatives, any business representatives in the team that was devising that plan.

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Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Jul 27, 2020

I will review the document that Mr. Casten mentioned.

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Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Jul 27, 2020

You stated that unsubsidized wind and solar (no ITC/PTC) are the cheapest forms of new energy.

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Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Jul 27, 2020

I believe that Mr. Huffman, Mr. Casten, and Mr. Levin all effectively accused us of not telling the truth.

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Jul 24, 2020

Madam Speaker, look, obviously, we can have a disagreement over whether or not there should be a proxy voting system. But if there is going to be, I would just hope that we would see an increase in the integrity of that. I mean, for a…

Congressional Record · 2020-07-24
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Jul 24, 2020

Madam Speaker, I respect that, and I appreciate the gentleman discussing that. I know we have additional negotiations that will go on, hopefully, next week. And we will have a clearer picture if those will result in actual legislation we…

Congressional Record · 2020-07-24
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Jul 24, 2020

Madam Speaker, I inquire of the majority leader the schedule for the coming week. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer).

Congressional Record · 2020-07-24
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Jul 24, 2020

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for laying out the course of next week, as well as what could come beyond. We will surely go through some of those items. I will start with the gentleman's schedule conversations about Monday and…

Congressional Record · 2020-07-24
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Jul 24, 2020

I thank the gentleman and thank the leader and the Speaker for providing that privilege to John, to his family, and to all of us, to be able to send him off to a much better place, where I know he already is. As it relates to the schedule…

Congressional Record · 2020-07-24
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Jul 24, 2020

Madam Speaker, I agree. We worked very closely over a period of weeks to come up with the CARES Act, which I have heard from so many families and small businesses throughout my district, as well as through my colleagues and their…

Congressional Record · 2020-07-24
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Jul 24, 2020

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for that. Maybe as we get toward the middle or end of next week, we will have a better idea where we are, and that number could change. Maybe there is an agreement by then, so we will continue this…

Congressional Record · 2020-07-24
Cedric Richmond
@cedricrichmond· Democratic · LA· Jul 22, 2020

Mr. Speaker, let me say that the goal of the bill is positive, but how it is achieved is just flat wrong. To pay for this legislation, what we do is go straight to Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas and take $1.9 billion a year of…

Congressional Record · 2020-07-22
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Jul 22, 2020

Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend and colleague, the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Walker), for yielding. I join with my colleagues, both Republican and Democrat, who mourn the loss of John Lewis. We have so many honors to be able to…

Congressional Record · 2020-07-22
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Jul 22, 2020

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Arizona for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this bill. And when you think about where we are as a country, we are in the middle of a global pandemic. And at the beginning of…

Congressional Record · 2020-07-22
Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Jul 22, 2020

Mr. President, COVID-19 is a continuing threat to Americans' physical and financial health, and it is at this intersection that Congress can make a meaningful impact on the family budgets of all Americans by passing sensible legislation to…

Congressional Record · 2020-07-22
Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Jul 22, 2020

Mr. Speaker, I want to introduce another dose of reality, something you have not heard many folks talk about today. Where is this money coming from? How are we paying for this initially--what is it?--$1.9 or $2.9 billion a year in…

Congressional Record · 2020-07-22
Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Jul 22, 2020

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the ranking member for yielding. ``Quick, there is a global pandemic. Let's spend billions of dollars repairing fences, putting up new signs, and fixing toilets at our wildlife refuges, parks, and forests,''…

Congressional Record · 2020-07-22
Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Jul 21, 2020

Americans want air dominance worldwide from our military forces, and the parents and families of our pilots want those pilots to have total confidence in their aircraft.

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