Georgia is home to one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world. When you look out at it, whether from the shores of Savannah, the beaches of St. Marys, or the waters of Tybee Island, it is impossible not to marvel at Mother Nature's beauty.
My job in Congress is to represent the great people of Georgia's First District, but it is also my job to protect our coast, farms, beaches, and climate for generations to come. One of the biggest lies perpetrated by Washington Democrats is that Republicans don't believe in protecting our environment. That is fundamentally false. Conservation is conservative.
As co-chair of the Roosevelt Conservation Caucus and a member of the Select Committee on the Climate, I understand the importance of implementing clean energy strategies that will preserve our planet for future generations.
I also know that we cannot shut off our dependence on traditional energy sources overnight and call that "progress."
Candidate Biden declared a war on fossil fuels and, unfortunately, President Biden has delivered on that promise. From cancelling the Keystone XL pipeline to banning drilling on federal lands, this is truly the most anti-fossil fuel and anti-American energy dominance Administration in history.
But radical, left-wing environmentalists like those in the White House must contend with an uncomfortable truth: reducing domestic oil and gas production only exacerbates the impact our energy consumption has on the climate and the rest of the world.
The United States produces the cleanest oil and gas in the world. If we truly aspire to greener, cleaner planet, then that goal starts with increasing domestic oil production - not outsourcing it.
Instead of placating Green New Deal fanatics who would rather push socialism than workable environmental policies, we need to harness the innovative power of our private sector and hold other nations, such as China, accountable for their high pollution rates and environmental desecration.
America is a leader in green energy policy - let's keep it that way.
