"We all want to protect the North Atlantic Right Whale. But we can't implement policies that would threaten the livelihoods of millions of people--not just in my district, but up and down the east coast."
"Estimates say that this rule could threaten up to 340,000 American jobs, and negatively impact nearly $84 billion in economic contributions."
"I am incredibly worried that the speed restrictions imposed by NOAA's rule would all but shut down the thriving communities we have up and down the East coast."
"that is one that Representative John Rutherford has, and that is the Red Snapper Act."
"That is why I am proud to lead a bipartisan effort to oppose NOAA's proposed rule by introducing the 'Protecting Whales, Human Safety and the Economy Act of 2023.'"
"This bipartisan bill aims to better inform constituents of where sinkholes are located or could form."
"perhaps, Mr. President, who is supposed to be in charge of taxes coming to our Nation, and who so frequently tells us that the American people are not paying enough taxes, might want to wander down th..."
"So that is not a sane policy."
"I just want to know why the American oil and gas workers have to suffer, while we look to other countries, some of them hostile, for our energy needs."
"the very people they claim to care about, are the ones they hurt the most."
"We are not using fewer fossil fuels, we are just using them differently."