Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, I thank Ranking Member McCaul for yielding. Mr. Chair, in my district in Pennsylvania, we are conservationists. But with this bill, H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act, more appropriately known as the U.S. energy disadvantage act, the American people are being told yet again that Big Government is the solution to all of the people's problems. The American people know better than that, and they expect solutions, not more government. The latest data is revealing. The U.S. is actually a global leader in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. In 2017, while global CO<INF>2</INF> emissions increased by 1.6 percent, the United States reduced its CO<INF>2</INF> emissions by more than 42 million tons, an annual reduction of 0.5 percent, the largest reduction of any country in the world. The data also underscores that we have not seen this type of progress from other countries that are still part of the Paris Agreement. American leadership is ongoing while countries like Spain, Canada, India, South Korea, and China and the EU are all increasing their CO<INF>2</INF> emissions by 100 million tons and more. If the U.S. stayed party to this agreement, it would be a huge and unnecessary drag on our economy that would be passed on to the American taxpayer. Moreover, it would not improve the situation, as most of the world is moving in the wrong direction. The U.S. is reducing our emissions without the heavy hand of this Congress.…”