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Dan Crenshaw

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Dan Crenshaw is an American politician and former Navy SEAL officer currently serving as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Crenshaw has focused on issues such as national security, veterans' affairs, and economic policy during his time in office. He gained national attention for his advocacy on military and foreign policy matters, leveraging his military background to inform his legislative priorities.

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Nov 17, 2021

What you are saying is deeply, deeply untrue and misleading and, frankly, probably damaging to our mutual goals of reducing emissions in this country and around the world.

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Nov 17, 2021

The facts are that natural gas and the fracking industry and the technology associated with that is the--it is almost 100 percent responsible for our reduction in emissions in this country back to 1992 levels.

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Nov 17, 2021

Carbon capture technology is not ready for market. Lies.

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Nov 17, 2021

There are no direct tax credits. There are no direct subsidies to oil and gas.

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Nov 17, 2021

To oversubsidize those technologies, renewable technologies to the detriment of reliable clean technologies, like carbon capture and nuclear energy, is insanity.

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Nov 17, 2021

These things are profitable, they work.

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Nov 17, 2021

No, renewables are not cheaper than natural gas. That is complete nonsense, complete nonsense.

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Nov 17, 2021

To Chairman Baker, your answer can simply be, we can do whatever we want because of Tribal sovereignty.

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Nov 17, 2021

I applaud my colleagues for their concern over the direction of scarce federal resources.

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Nov 17, 2021

During my time in Congress, 'subsidy' has generally been defined as a sum of money transferred by the government to assist an industry or business.

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Nov 7, 2021

A lot of people are mad because 13 Republicans voted for it, gave Pelosi and Biden a win, in their eyes.

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Oct 27, 2021

They are not going to COP26, and they should not be hailed as some leader in climate policy.

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Oct 27, 2021

I hope China is never a recipient of that.

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Oct 19, 2021

The Build Back Better Act--offers a bold and urgent opportunity to address the climate crisis before it's too late, and give working families the support they deserve.

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Aug 26, 2021

I think we should retake more airfields throughout the country that will take troops on the ground, it will take a complete reassessment of our strategy, but the military can do it.

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Aug 12, 2021

Don’t kid yourself into believing that’s why we lost. It’s not. It’s not.

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Jul 28, 2021

All of the environmental justice literature is completely against carbon capture, and Representative Casten just spent his entire time calling it a boondoggle.

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Jul 28, 2021

What about energy justice? What about the right of people to have power when they need it?

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Jul 28, 2021

It is a total fallacy to believe that [solar and wind] can happen.

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Jul 28, 2021

I don't know how we are supposed to keep engaging in bipartisanship when the majority is threatening the minority with fines and jail time for not wearing a mask.

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Jul 28, 2021

We should be in person. This hearing is about science. Our decisions here in the Capitol should be about science.

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Jun 27, 2021

What this is, it`s a CRT theory but it manifests in this anti-racism training. All of this stuff is connected. The primary thread that links them altogether is this. America, institutions are inherently racist.

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May 24, 2021

The reality is, is that there is nothing in this bill that prioritizes communities with the highest lead readings or homes in the oldest housing stocks.

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May 24, 2021

How do we prioritize where we look and how lead service line replacement actually gets sought out?

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May 24, 2021

I don't think there is a lot of guardrails in place.

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