Garret Graves

If you get a better return on investment, whether it is green, gray, whatever it is, States should be able to make the decision.

We need to allow the States to prioritize what is most important to them, regardless of the funding stream.

I couldn't disagree more with the position. I think that it is a myopic view.

It is important that as we move forward, we come up with informed policies that are based upon science, based upon evidence, based upon data.

The climate issue has always been very important, but I think some of the recent actions by this administration, executive orders and others, have had a significant impact on our energy industry.

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) could be further modernized through proposals such as the Building U.S. Infrastructure through Limited Delays & Efficient Reviews (BUILDER) Act (H.R. 8333) (Rep. Graves (R-LA)).

The United States has reduced emissions more than the next 12 emissions-reducing countries combined in regard to emission reductions in the energy sector.

Thank you. Mr. Chairman, on June 2nd, Ranking Member Sam Graves and I requested GAO conduct a study to survey the aerospace stakeholders on COVID relief and recovery.

We want to commend U.S. Representatives Sharice Davids and Garret Graves for introducing H.R. 1339

As the chairman noted, we don't need to just get back to where we were before.

Congress has stepped up and twice now provided the Payroll Support Program, supporting workers, because what is important is that we actually have the bandwidth, we have the capacity of our airline industry.

This pandemic has been extraordinary, in terms of the impacts to everyday Americans. Everything from mental health challenges, an increase in suicides, an increase in opioid dependence, lost jobs, lost economic activity.

I just want to again reiterate what the chairman said in regard to helping us to think forward and project some of the needs out of this body.

We have also made investments in airports to ensure that the infrastructure is there, is ready, and ready to go.

The good news, as the chairman noted, is that 130 million vaccines have already been prepared and available for Americans as of the end of this month.

On February 4, 2021, the full House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will be meeting to discuss the topic of 'Protecting Transportation Workers and Passengers from COVID: Gaps in Safety, Lessons Learned, and Next Steps.'

I just want to quickly make note for the record that Hurricane Katrina was largely the result of the Federal Government's actions, the devastation that was caused, the loss of life. The Chief of Engineers of the U.S. Army Corps of…

In regard to a cleaner energy future, reducing emissions, the United States continuing to be the global energy technology leader, I am 100 percent in.

None of this is based on science. None of this is based upon fact.

The facts clearly show that when you reduce domestic production, you increase your dependence upon foreign sources of energy.

It is really embarrassing to continue to see legislation like this that is so offensive to the people that I represent.

We have to stop this dream world that some people are operating in.

For example, if this legislation were implemented years ago, we would have lost $200 billion--that is with a B--$200 billion to the United States Treasury.

Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to submit for the record House Resolution No. 38 that was passed by the Louisiana Legislature, including unanimously passed by the Louisiana Senate, that is in total opposition to the underlying bill…

All these people are coming to try to prescribe solutions for us that have no idea what in the world they are talking about.