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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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Dec 1, 2021

I want to try and understand the mandatory minimum policy by the administration and understand what the intent is, and maybe get at what some of the repercussions are.

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Nov 24, 2021

Joe Biden is the only president out of the last three presidents who`s been dumb enough to really follow through with this sort of populist outrage of bringing the boys home, no more endless wars.

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

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Nov 17, 2021

Carbon capture technology is not ready for market. Lies.

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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

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

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

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Nov 17, 2021

These things are profitable, they work.

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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 17, 2021

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

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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 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

I hope China is never a recipient of that.

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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 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

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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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

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

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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 21, 2021

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 204, nays 218, not voting 8, as…

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Jul 21, 2021

I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Crenshaw moves to recommit the bill, H.R. 2467, to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The…

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