Kevin McCarthy Thinks That GOP Should Talk About Climate, Maybe Introduce Some "Free Market" Bills

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) made waves over the weekend, when he told the Washington Examiner the GOP is planning to introduce a series of free-market bills to counter the Green New Deal. In light of polling that shows younger voters care about climate, the GOP risks alienating a big chunk of voters in their late 20s.

"We need to have an open discussion about what should the party look like 20 years from now, and we should be a little nervous," McCarthy said, according to the Examiner. "We have to do something different than we've done." Some conservatives advocating on the issue took the comments as a deeply meaningful sign: They believe McCarthy has seen the polling they've been conducting for years and is now officially signaling a new direction for the party.

Florida Rep. Francis Rooney (Ed. - Retiring), the most active House Republican on climate, said McCarthy has reached out to him with ideas for legislation, which would likely involve advancing carbon capture and sequestration, but not a price on carbon.

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Three top Energy and Commerce Republicans — Chairman Greg Walden of Oregon (Ed. - Retiring) and Reps. John Shimkus (Ed - Retiring) of Illinois and Fred Upton of Michigan — penned an op-ed back in February arguing Republicans have better answers on climate change. From the first hearing this year, Republicans on E&C took that attitude to the committee dais and now rarely espouse climate-skeptical positions (E&E Daily, March 7). And notably, McCarthy tapped Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.), who has never openly denied climate science, to lead the GOP on the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, though he also passed over Rooney, who had publicly expressed interest.

Ed. - Emphasis added - Ooh! He's "never openly denied climate science!" It's a whole new generation of green Republicans!!

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https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/2019/10/31/stories/1061421263

[abqtommy]

1. Hey Kevin, I hope that in 20 years the reTHUGlican party is only a bad memory and you're

sure doing your part to make my hope a reality.

[Botany]

2. Hey Kevin your state is on fire because of climate change.

"Free Market Bills."

[NCjack]

3. Kevin is intensifying the GOP #1 policy: "How may we appear to help USA?" nt

[Faux pas]

4. They haven't

cared about anything important forever, and now we're supposed to look and that new shiny object. Yeah, sure, ya betcha.