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Garret Graves

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Garret Graves is a U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 6th congressional district, serving since January 6, 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Graves has focused on issues related to infrastructure, disaster recovery, and environmental policy. He has played a significant role in advocating for federal support for Louisiana's coastal restoration efforts and has worked on legislation aimed at improving the state's infrastructure resilience against natural disasters.

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Mar 8, 2022

California and the European Union are two perfect examples of fatally flawed strategies.

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Mar 8, 2022

We are going to shut it down now. We are going to ban Russian oil now because it is politically popular.

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Mar 8, 2022

No isn't an energy policy. Opposing everything isn't an energy policy.

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Mar 8, 2022

Look at what is happening right now. We are dependent upon foreign sources of energy from volatile places around the world. We are bringing in energy from African nations. We have recently brought in energy from Venezuela, from Russia…

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Mar 7, 2022

We have the highest gasoline prices, the highest energy prices in American history right now.

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Mar 7, 2022

I have been speaking out against the Secretarial Order, the Keystone Pipeline, since last February, 13 months ago.

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Mar 7, 2022

I have offered amendments in this Committee asking that we not carry out policies that have a disproportionate impact on Native American communities, on communities of color, on communities of low economic activity.

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Mar 7, 2022

We are in a bind now because we can't prepare for this. We are going to cut off oil energy, or we are going to cut off energy from Russia, and we can't backfill it.

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Mar 7, 2022

We have a crisis going on in Ukraine and Russia. We have a crisis going on right here in the United States.

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Mar 1, 2022

I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for yielding. I just heard my friends on the other side say, let's follow the money. Let's follow the money. Mr. Speaker, right now under this administration, we have gone from buying approximately…

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Feb 14, 2022

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

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Feb 14, 2022

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.

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Feb 14, 2022

Certainty is crucial for investment.

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Feb 14, 2022

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

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Feb 14, 2022

One in every five Americans say they can't even afford to pay their energy bill in full each month.

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Feb 14, 2022

She did not say that anyone was anti-American. She clearly stated that she was advocating for policies that were anti-American energy policies.

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Feb 14, 2022

We certainly share the objective of moving in a direction of improved access to energy, improved affordability to energy, and lower emissions from energy.

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Feb 14, 2022

there are plenty of ways to get transmission built.

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Feb 14, 2022

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

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Feb 14, 2022

We have seen energy prices...increase anywhere from 24 to 54 percent.

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Feb 14, 2022

Big but affordable effort needed for America to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.

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Feb 7, 2022

I have very strong concerns about ensuring that my children... have the same opportunity that we have had in our lifetime.

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Feb 7, 2022

It is amazing to me to think that you would come before this Congress. You have crossed so far over from science into political theater, it really undermines your credibility.

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Feb 3, 2022

Had I been present, I would have noted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 20. Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress Adams (Brown (MD)) Allred (Wexton) Armstrong (Murphy (NC)) Axne (Kuster) Baird (Bucshon) Beyer (Raskin)…

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Feb 2, 2022

We need them analyzing the data they are receiving from radio altimeter manufacturers, wireless communication companies, and aircraft manufacturers, and reporting what they have learned about potential interference.

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