Matt Gaetz on Environment

Introduced bill to abolish the EPA

In fact, more than half of the Republicans on the caucus earned less than 10 percent (Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, who once proposed a bill to abolish the EPA, is among them with 6 percent).

[The Climate Solutions Caucus's] critics charge the caucus has expanded its size at the expense of its credibility, providing Republicans who have been actively hostile to government programs a low-stakes opportunity to "greenwash" their climate credentials without backing meaningful action--just in time for midterm elections.

Introduced legislation to abolish the EPA

So why have they enlisted? The evidence suggests that most of the Republicans who populate this group hold imperiled seats in competitive or swing districts.

A case in point, some say, is Rep. Gaetz, who once introduced legislation to abolish the EPA. "The supposed Climate Solutions Caucus is welcome to add any member they'd like--even climate deniers who propose legislation to terminate the EPA," said a Sierra Club's spokeman. "But, until the silent half of the caucus backs up the name of the caucus with actual votes for clean energy solutions and against the fossil fuel industry, being a member will be nothing more than a line on representatives' resumes."

Environmental regulations are job-killing overreach