“The United States led the world in lowering emissions while lowering energy costs for American households. We accomplished this by utilizing American resources made cheaper by innovation. Instead of punishing Americans with high prices, reducing consumer choice, or making it harder for Americans to innovate, we should be exporting this model of success to the...
Solution: Free Markets
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
“I think we can innovate, we can develop new sources, and the United States can absolutely lead on this.”
Buddy Carter
“If the government would get out of the way and let the private sector do their work, I think we’d all be better off, particularly in the way of energy.”
Bruce Westerman
“The data tells us that a free-market approach to conservation is the best way to go. We have this abundance of resources in the U.S. that can be beneficial for the environment, beneficial for the economy—especially in rural areas, but you have to let those market factors work and you have to have access to...
Frank Lucas
“My view is, instead of using taxes and regulatory actions to exterminate certain segments of the economy that provide energy, our responsibility on the federal level is to invest in research programs that will create the next generation of energy or improve the efficiency or lower the carbon footprint of existing sources of energy. Then...
David Joyce
“Republicans need to have a voice in creating practical solutions to address climate change. As conservatives, we are a group dedicated to implementing policies that reduce emissions and ensure Americans are good stewards of the environment without sacrificing jobs or hurting our economy. It’s my hope that this caucus will make real progress on climate...
David McKinley
“The U.S. should be leading the way by exporting our energy and our technology around the world and focus on innovating.”
Mike Pence
“The climate is changing. The issue is what’s the cause and what do we do about it?… The progress that we have made in a cleaner environment has been happening precisely because we have a strong free-market economy.”
Mike Pence
“What’s remarkable is that the United States has reduced CO2 more than countries that are still in the Paris Climate Accord, but we’ve done it through innovation. And we’ve done it through natural gas and fracking.”
Garret Graves
“We’re committed to policies that advance a clean energy future for the United States. But you know what else we are committed to? We are committed to solutions that have been proven to work.”