Louisiana’s Garret Graves to Lead GOP on House Climate Panel (1)

Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.), a former coastal protection official in an oil-producing state, will lead Republicans on the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) also announced Feb. 28 the appointments of five other GOP lawmakers to the panel: Morgan Griffith (Va.), Gary Palmer (Ala.), Buddy Carter (Ga.), Carol Miller (W.Va.), and Kelly Armstrong (N.D.).

“I think that there’s both a biogenic or natural impact and I think that there’s also a man-made impact that is contributing, and I do think that we should be looking at it ...