Garret Graves

We have watched, the States have come in, misapplied section 401 in ways to achieve their objectives related to climate change goals.

How has this law that is supposed to be protecting our wetlands resulted in the agency in charge of regulating them the greatest loss of wetlands in the United States history?

There is no question that the law has resulted in benefits to many communities and our environment across the United States in many cases.

Data doesn't lie, and the facts show that this Administration's energy policies are pushing people into poverty, are pushing jobs overseas, and are making energy unaffordable.

We are talking about misrepresenting the truth to the American people.

Certainty is crucial for investment.

The regulatory barriers that exist today are often caused by a lack of adjustment in regulation.

There are plenty of ways to get transmission built.

The challenges with, and opposition to, opening new mines and mineral processing in America has been well documented by federal, state and private entities.

If the rest of the nation switches to a solar/wind grid, California won't be able to count on neighboring power plants to make up for losses during regional dips in wind and sunlight availability.

Los Angeles' goal to become 100 percent carbon-free by 2035 will require significant investment.

The Biden administration has said energy demand is going to increase 50 percent between now and 2050.

We need to have a strategy in the United States to meet these demands to ensure that our citizens aren't forced into energy poverty as a result of these policies that lack evidence.

We have seen examples where the State of California is choosing to shut down nuclear power plants.

We have seen one of the highest rates of emissions increases last year that we have seen in recent history.

We are going to have to triple investment in our electrical grid to meet growing demand.

We have seen energy policies that have not resulted in those outcomes.

California has had some of the worst emissions growth in America.

I thank my friend for actually expressing the real intent behind this, and this is, I think, the jurisdictional desire of the Financial Services Committee to be involved in disasters. The reality, as we all know, Mr. Speaker, the…

We greatly appreciate Representatives Greg Stanton and Garret Graves for their leadership and the Committee for its support in advancing this important legislation.

Passage this year of the legislation will allow for valuable work and input to be undertaken...

I am very concerned as to how these struggles will impact commercial travel, general aviation, and how these struggles may potentially thwart or impede the development and deployment of new aviation advancements in the United States.

General aviation is a critical part of our Nation's economy, particularly in rural areas like Tarkio.

We have got to continue to contemplate what this regulatory structure looks like for advanced air mobility, but we must also think about the infrastructure needs that are there.

I want to thank our witnesses for the testimony today.