Buddy Carter

But now it is all at risk. All of it is in jeopardy. The largest investment in the history of the State of Georgia in jeopardy because of the Inflation Reduction Act.

Listen, we hear much from manufacturers who suggest that their restrictions are imposed because of intellectual property rights.

Look, we all want the same thing, but how we get there is I think where we differ.

I am an all-of-the-above type guy as far as the energy goes.

Look, we all agree--we all agree that we need to modernize our grid.

We all understand that.

You are trying to teach safety and actually helping young people.

Parents must teach your children how to handle firearms properly.

It is real easy to profile and just say, oh, you are a gun manufacturer, you are an awful person.

I would love to visit with you on that and to work with our Chair and our Ranking Member.

I really think that we deserve to have credit for that.

We produce it cleaner, we produce it safer in the United States than anywhere else in the world.

Unfortunately, we saw a significant turn last year with the Biden administration where emissions went from a decline...

Continuing to build upon the successes of our Governors that are here today in deploying methane-reduction strategies...

We were fighting the administration's efforts to become more dependent upon Russian energy.

What we do in this country obviously should influence what happens elsewhere in the world.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank all of you for being here today.

I hope that we can use this study, I hope that we can make an accurate assessment of what exists out there.

How can you justify 2 days for recreational fishing for red snapper?

According to FEMA, no other coastal state besides Georgia has completed disaster recovery and redevelopment plans for every coastal county as we have.

I have always said, in order to deal with climate change, you got to do three things. You got to have adaptation, mitigation, and innovation, and they are very important.

It just baffles me that someone could possibly even think that or say that.

I mean, honestly and sincerely and seriously, do you think we are stupid?

I want to build off of what some of my colleagues have been talking about the deficit.

And how much is that going to cost us?