‘We Have Led The World In Reducing Emissions’: Garret Graves Fires Back At Dems’ Claims

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During House floor remarks on Tuesday, Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) urged support for two major appropriations packages.

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00:00Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentleman from Louisiana, Mr. Graves, for two minutes.

00:05Gentleman's recognized.

00:06Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank the gentleman from Tennessee for yielding.

00:10This legislation funds the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It funds efforts

00:15like resiliency. In my home state of Louisiana, it funds hurricane protection. It funds

00:20flood control. It funds coastal restoration projects. One project in particular I want to

00:24thank and the chairman and highlight included in this legislation is the Morganza to the Gulf

00:29project. This hurricane protection project in Terrebonne and Lafourche Parish is for a community

00:35that has imposed a property tax on themselves. It has imposed a sales tax on themselves to help fund

00:41this project. They pulled together over a billion dollars in funds and this bill finally starts

00:48bringing more dollars to the table, partnering with the locals to ensure that the U.S. Army

00:53Corps of Engineers can fund this community, can fund this important project because here's the

00:57reality, Mr. Chairman, we can either spend millions now building this project or we can

01:02spend billions later picking up the pieces in the aftermath of a disaster in the aftermath of a

01:08hurricane. This bill also importantly funds in projects like the Upper Barataria project, St.

01:13Charles and Lafourche Parishes on up to Ascension. It funds the home and navigation channel and other

01:18critical projects for our community, but it also funds the nuclear triad. As President Reagan said,

01:24peace through strength, ensuring that we have the strength here in America.

01:28This legislation ensures that the strategic petroleum reserve, our oil reserve,

01:33now at some of the lowest levels in history are actually returned to appropriate levels. And

01:39lastly, Mr. Chairman, in regard to the previous speaker's comments, I want to remind the American

01:44public, our nation under the last 17 years has reduced emissions more than the next six or seven

01:52emissions-reducing countries combined. We have led the world in reducing emissions. And you know

01:57what? This wasn't done because of government. It was done because of entrepreneurs, because of

02:03innovators. That's how we have led the world. And during this time, as we've reduced emissions,

02:08for every one ton we've reduced, China's increased by five tons. I want to thank the staff of the

02:14subcommittee, including Angelina Giancarlo and the rest of the team for their help in this

02:18legislation. I thank Chairman Fleschman. Yield back. The gentleman yields.

‘We Have Led The World In Reducing Emissions’: Garret Graves Fires Back At Dems’ Claims

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