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Garret Graves' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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  • Voted against HR 1280 "George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021" (votesmart.org)
  • Rated 89% by Center for Security Policy. (votesmart.org)
  • "The overwhelming and bipartisan passage of the NDAA demonstrates the critical importance of restoring our nation's military readiness and making sure our warfighters have the edge as they serve us all," said Graves. "We have to ensure that our military men and women have the resources, equipment, technology and support needed to maintain a defense posture that safeguards the American people against the dynamic tactics, threats and capabilities of her enemies." (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 7900 "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023" (votesmart.org)
  • "By getting our budget in order, cutting wasteful spending, and setting realistic priorities, Congress can partner with local governments and private companies to improve and rebuild Louisiana's infrastructure." (votesmart.org)
  • "From our highways to our waterways, having a reliable and safe transportation system is critical to the safety, efficiency and economic development of South Louisiana. Being on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and in a leadership position for the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, I will work tirelessly to reduce the traffic problems facing our area. Working with our local, state and congressional leadership, I will strive to achieve solutions in national transportation policy and local transportation challenges." (votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 3684 "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "You have a lot of people that are talking about spending $3.5 trillion to expand our social welfare programs. To spend $1.2 trillion -- including funding on things like human infrastructure that I don't even know what that is. You know, I gotta tell you -- we have very different priorities in Louisiana, and I think we have a very different idea on what real infrastructure is." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "The House just sent the CARES Act to POTUS' major legislation to help health care workers, families and small businesses get through this coronavirus challenge. Louisiana has been through tough challenges before, and I'm confident that together we'll come out strong from this one too." (www.facebook.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act. (votesmart.org)
  • "Madam Speaker, we have two amendments that are in this en bloc, and what they do is, they focus on the critical minerals, the rare Earth minerals that are important components of renewable energy. It is what is used in solar panels. It is what is used in energy storage technology. You can't suddenly say, Hey, we are going to use renewables, and not address this component." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "President Biden needs to be fully transparent with the American people. Under Biden's Paris pledge, Americans will pay more to fuel their cars, heat and cool their homes, and for every other good and service that requires energy. What we do know is that as far as global emissions are concerned, unless China stops its uninhibited growth of emissions, anything we do will be off-set fourfold by the Chinese. It continues to perplex me seeing all the celebration over the Paris Climate Accords when the agreement actually results in a net increase in global emissions and will cause Americans to lose their jobs. We need to be smart and make sure we're pursuing policies that lower global emissions through American innovation, domestic resources, and the free market -- the same approach that has made the U.S. the global leader in emission reduction." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 1119 - SENSE Act. (votesmart.org)
  • "Madam Speaker, these strategies are flawed. By rejecting some of these policies of the past, by pursuing the U.S. energy dominance agenda, we have been able to reduce emissions in the United States more than the next 12 countries combined, while continuing to have a robust economy, some of the lowest unemployment rates we have seen in decades, and ensuring that the United States can export energy like we are doing with liquified natural gas right now to 35 countries, rather than being dependent upon those other nations." (votesmart.org)
  • "Now, let's actually get into the contents of the agreement. The Paris accords set targets on emissions reductions for the United States. All right, so they try and set emissions reductions. Mr. Speaker, under this agreement, we could eliminate all emissions from the United States, all greenhouse gases. We can eliminate all of them, and China can come in and they can emit 10 times what we were emitting before we cut. Under this agreement that is totally legal. It doesn't make sense." (votesmart.org)
  • "President Biden needs to be fully transparent with the American people. Under Biden's Paris pledge, Americans will pay more to fuel their cars, heat and cool their homes, and for every other good and service that requires energy. What we do know is that as far as global emissions are concerned, unless China stops its uninhibited growth of emissions, anything we do will be off-set fourfold by the Chinese. It continues to perplex me seeing all the celebration over the Paris Climate Accords when the agreement actually results in a net increase in global emissions and will cause Americans to lose their jobs. We need to be smart and make sure we're pursuing policies that lower global emissions through American innovation, domestic resources, and the free market -- the same approach that has made the U.S. the global leader in emission reduction." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Think about it. If you were running a business and if your greatest asset was this abundance of American natural gas, of oil, of coal, think about if that is what your asset was and if you had this objective of achieving environmental sensitivities or this objective of reducing our emissions and providing more clean energy solutions, would you just go and say: Look, we are just going to ignore all these resources? No. You would develop technologies on carbon capture and storage, on utilization to where you could take that resource and you could actually market it and make products from it or you could sequester it. That way you can continue to have a robust economy; you can continue to have affordable energy; you can continue to have American jobs without harming our economy." (votesmart.org)
  • "I believe there are important factors to promoting ntl security & safety & it doesn't start w/ gun control." (twitter.com)
  • "I respect our hunting and fishing laws, the important role of conservation, and I believe that the right to bear arms is fundamental to what it means to be a citizen of the United States." (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 38 "Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017" (votesmart.org)
  • “Since President Biden took office, over 1.6 million illegal immigrants have been apprehended at our border. Imagine how many haven’t been caught. We don’t need to import criminal gangs, drugs, or illegal immigrants from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras or El Salvador. There is a legal immigration process, and it must be followed. For those waiting here for asylum cases, we are effectively letting them remain here with no court date on the taxpayer dime. And under the Build Back Better Act, we would be effectively rewarding previous illegal crossings with permanent citizenship. This court order requiring the deportation of illegal aliens to Mexico is a step in the right direction and the policy needs to be aggressively enforced.” (garretgraves.house.gov)
  • Voted in favor of HR 3003 "No Sanctuary for Criminals Act" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 3004 "Kate's Law" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 5430 "United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act" (votesmart.org)
  • Rated 0% by Public Citizen. (votesmart.org)
  • "Trade with Mexico and Canada is important to Louisiana's families and employment opportunities, but it needs to be fair. We cannot allow for unfair trade practices to simply shift jobs from the United States to Mexico. This new trade deal is going to inject even more energy into America's growing economy, and its positive impacts will be felt across the country -- especially in Louisiana. In 2018, Louisiana exported $9.22 billion worth of goods to Mexico and $3.57 billion to Canada. With this new agreement moving closer to ratification, the stage is set for even more explosive growth. The $68 billion of new economic activity and nearly 200,000 new American jobs that USMCA is expected to produce come on the heels of last week's historic jobs report showing the unemployment rate at a 50-year low and consumer confidence red-lining at 99% -- all of which show what our economy can do when government isn't in the way. Bottom line is this: USMCA is an improvement to NAFTA, it puts American workers first -- where they belong, and it should not have been held hostage by congressional politics this long. I urge swift passage in the House and Senate." (justfacts.votesmart.org)

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