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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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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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Feb 2, 2022

I think that the White House and others should have stepped in well before we reached a level of chaos.

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Jan 19, 2022

Cutting production in the United States increases global emissions. Shame on us for not recognizing the flawed approaches of California, what has happened in New England and the UK, where their strategies that some of you are pushing have…

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Jan 19, 2022

The law requires that leases happen 'expeditiously.'

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Jan 19, 2022

All it does, when we stop domestic production, is increase our dependence upon foreign energy sources with greater emissions.

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Jan 19, 2022

For every ton of emissions we produce in the United States, China has gone up by four. This doesn't make sense.

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Jan 19, 2022

To suggest that this activity is racist is just--it is not factual and it is very concerning.

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Jan 19, 2022

We have to stop focusing on the source of energy, and instead focus on the emissions.

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Jan 11, 2022

These are the types of projects that I think give the Corps of Engineers a bad name. They must be prioritized and move forward.

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Dec 8, 2021

Why in the world would we disincentivize domestic energy production, domestic jobs, domestic economic activity, and yet incentivize Vladimir Putin to do it?

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Dec 8, 2021

If you decrease supply by pausing through an executive order exploration and production activity, you are decreasing supply but you don't have a corresponding decrease in demand, what happens?

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Dec 8, 2021

So if the Build Back Better Act imposes a tax of $10,000 a mile a year for pipelines, that is an increased cost.

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Dec 8, 2021

We have to have the holistic comprehensive strategy. If we are going to build the wind and solar, we also have to be committed to doing the things we need to build the transmission.

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Dec 8, 2021

The Biden Department of Energy just released a report looking at several energy future models.

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Nov 17, 2021

the Biden administration ignored the Navajo Tribe whenever they asked for an appropriate buffer, and they put a ban in place.

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Nov 17, 2021

So, Mr. Chairman, it sounds like you all have your own process where you review, kind of, from beginning to end and look at it and determine, just holistically, if this is the right move for the Tribe.

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Nov 17, 2021

You know, the United States is--we are leading the world in reducing emissions and doing it in an affordable way, benefiting our Tribal communities, benefiting Americans across the entire nation, across all of our states and our…

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Nov 17, 2021

It is critically important that all nations, including the United States and China, work to reduce emissions globally in order to mitigate Climate Change impacts.

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Nov 17, 2021

If the administration comes in and tries to prohibit or stop Tribes from producing conventional fuels, what does that do to the Southern Ute?

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Nov 17, 2021

Environmental justice should also be a consideration in the development of policies and approaches to addressing climate change overall.

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Nov 17, 2021

I ask unanimous consent the statement from the Navajo Nation regarding the Biden administration's actions on Chaco Canyon be included in the record.

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Nov 17, 2021

Let me say it again: American resources, natural gas--right there, Tribal resources, natural gas, zero emissions, affordable electricity, baseload power put onto the grid.

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Nov 17, 2021

We encourage the committee members, participants and other stakeholders to be open to new ideas and technologies...

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Nov 15, 2021

As I understand, the bill goes to great lengths to make it clear that shrimp are not subject to the restrictions in the legislation.

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Nov 11, 2021

We`ve watched our own president Madam Chair, shut down Keystone Pipeline, open up Nord Stream 2 pipeline, shut down domestic energy production.

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