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Joint Republican statement on the committee’s Democratic staff report

Jun 30, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON — House Select Climate Committee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-La.) and every other Republican member of the committee made the following joint statement about the Democratic staff report:

GRAVES: “We should all be working on resiliency together.”

Dec 11, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON — House Select Climate Committee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-La.) made the following statement after today’s hearing:

GRAVES: “Innovation is essential to maintaining our emissions-reducing leadership — and economically lowering global emissions.”

Dec 9, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON — Because of innovation, America has cut more carbon emissions than the next 12 emissions-reducing countries combined. Preliminary assessments show that trend will persist in 2019.

GRAVES: “We have to get good at resilient living. This is an area where we should all be working together.”

Nov 20, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON — House Select Climate Committee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-La.) made the following statement after today’s hearing:

GRAVES: “The point of the Paris Accord is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but the agreement allows China to increase their emissions by another 50 percent.”

Nov 4, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON — House Select Climate Committee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-La.) made the following statement about the Paris Agreement today:

GRAVES: “American farmers are more productive than those in other countries while emitting less — so exporting our products will lower global emissions.”

Oct 30, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON — House Select Climate Committee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-La.) made the following statement after today’s hearing:

GRAVES: “We must apply lessons learned in energy efficiency and conservation to buildings, but we can’t have mandates that make homes unaffordable.”

Oct 17, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON — House Select Climate Committee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-La.) made the following statement after today’s hearing:

GRAVES: “The wrong policies will send industrial emissions to other countries.”

Sep 26, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON — House Select Climate Committee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-La.) made the following statement after today’s hearing:

GRAVES: “We must move forward in a rational manner that builds on our success.”

Sep 18, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON — House Select Climate Committee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-La.) made the following statement after today’s hearing:

GRAVES: “If we aren’t thoughtful about our manufacturing policies, we will just export emissions, dollars and jobs overseas.”

Sep 10, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON — House Select Climate Committee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-La.) made the following statement after today’s hearing:

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