Republican congressman Rep. John Curtis (R-Utah) claimed Republicans care deeply about climate change despite the GOP opposing efforts to curb the crisis.
Curtis, the chairman of the Conservative Climate Caucus told said on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” on Sunday that Republicans care about the planet, but they’ve been subjected to a “branding problem.”
“I’m here from the state of Utah, and I guarantee you there are more Republicans here than most places, and I know, deep down, everybody cares about this planet. We want to do what’s best for it. We want to leave it off better for our children,” Curtis said. “It’s fair to say we’re turned off by the extremist rhetoric, and we don’t always agree on the way to get there. But I can promise you, Republicans do care deeply, and let me just show you this caucus is a great example,” he added.
When host Margaret Brennan pointed out his opposition to President Biden’s reconciliation bill that has $555 billion in clean energy investments, including 6 billion for nuclear reactors, which Rep. Curtis believes is a suitable alternative to fossil fuels, the congressman suggested that $6 billion was not enough.
“A blind squirrel could find a nut in a forest, right? That’s what it’s like looking through this bill, trying to find something that you like in it. Six billion dollars out of trillions and trillions of dollars isn’t really a serious effort to explore things that really are fundamental if we’re going to get to a green future,” Curtis said.
