Garret Graves

But what changes you are making to where--you felt it was right, OK, before--and making sure that there are changes.

I would appreciate if you could come back to the committee after looking through some of the recommendations of NTSB and others and advise us of any recommendations that you do not concur with.

This is about people. That's truly why we are here, and we can't lose sight of that throughout this process.

I represent part of the coast of Louisiana, and one of the top commercial and recreational fishing destinations and producers in the United States.

I very much appreciate all of your efforts to remove plastic from the waste stream, a goal that I very much share.

We have so much data out there, but we are not properly quantifying it or evaluating it and comparing it to other expenditures.

We were able to pioneer efforts to engineer oyster reefs in our coastal communities where we could design them in geometric formations.

I think that it is often an overlooked part of the overall solution, that we need to be maximizing.

I think this is an issue where we have much opportunity to work together to make a lot of progress.

Thank you, Madam Chair, and I want to thank you once again, 2 weeks in a row, for holding a really good, topical hearing.

It's great to hear that programs like this are protecting vulnerable populations--the ones who can least afford to be displaced from their home or job after a disaster.

Your testimony highlighted the role that buildings play in global emissions--40 percent.

All of this is for naught if the FAA doesn't do what we directed them to do in the first place.

This legislation makes a lot of progress in terms of addressing the future of aviation safety.

Implementation is everything. Part of our job is to make sure that the laws we've already passed are being implemented as intended.

This bill was signed into law about a year ago, almost a year ago. It includes over 400 pages of text.

Companies need the right incentives to phase out old polluting factories and adopt these new approaches.

It will result in greater greenhouse gas emissions for the globe.

That is not a global win. It is not.

And importantly, and perhaps most importantly, you discussed how the wrong policies could result in offshoring or leakage of emissions to other countries.

I want to make note that you talked about the role of incentives, you talked about considering employment impacts and economic impacts.

That is not a global greenhouse gas emissions strategy, that is not a global climate change strategy.

It is not a global win. It is not.

For every one ton of emissions we have had in the United States, China has increased their emissions by four tons.

I think those are important, very important factors that we need to be working together on as we move forward.