GQP Firmly Opposed To Any Action On Carbon Pricing; Even API's BS Greenwash Is Too Much
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Proposals that impose a cost on carbon will hurt American families," the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee's top Republican, Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, said in a statement that didn't specifically mention API.
"This will lead to higher electricity bills and gas prices for American consumers," Barrasso added. "Spiking Americans' energy costs while our economy recovers from a global pandemic is a disastrous idea." Political moderates and the business community have long touted carbon pricing as a Republican-friendly idea that could make climate policy bipartisan. A coalition of right-leaning carbon tax groups has popped up over the years, but the policy has never taken hold among congressional Republicans.
Only a handful of Republican lawmakers currently support or are open to the idea — including Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and Sens. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) — but it's far from enough to overcome the Senate filibuster. Other Republican supporters, such as former Florida Reps. Carlos Curbelo and Francis Rooney, have left office.
Senate Republicans also unanimously backed an amendment last month that would have banned federal carbon taxes during debate on the blueprint for COVID-19 stimulus. Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.), ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, offered a strong rebuke of API's announcement, calling carbon pricing a "cop-out approach to appease the radical left."
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"Luckily, we don't represent companies; we represent people," Graves said. "And I think it's important to keep in mind that the majority of companies that are driving this for API are multinational companies that I think are responding to pressure from other places."
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