Issue Position: Environment and Energy

Issue Position

ENVIRONMENT
As a nation, we depend on our natural environment for our livelihoods, health, and economic security. We must ensure we have, at a minimum, clean air and clean water. Environmental Conservation: We are stewards of the natural inheritance we have been given, and must value sustainability as a core conservative principle.

THE GREAT LAKES
The Great Lakes are a natural treasure endowed upon our state of Michigan and represent fully 21% of the surface freshwater on earth. Anyone who seeks to be the voice for West Michigan in Congress has a duty to stand strong to protect the Great Lakes. I will work with my Michigan colleagues and President Trump to ensure that the Great Lakes are defended.

ENERGY INNOVATION
We need to encourage the private sector innovation which is driving the transition to renewable energy sources. At the same time, we need to understand that our power needs will always require on-demand energy sources. I support an all-of-the-above energy strategy that includes wind, solar, hydro, nuclear, and natural gas components. Under President Trump, America has become energy independent, and we can never again allow ourselves to become reliant on foreign sources of energy.

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