I consider myself a rational environmentalist. While the left believes the only way to combat climate change is to destroy our economy, I believe we can reduce emissions, grow jobs, and stimulate the economy all at once.

That is why I am fighting back against radical ideas like the Green New Deal and banning fracking, which would kill hundreds of thousands of energy jobs in Texas alone and force us to rely on dirty energy from Russia and China to power our economy.

My plan? Make America a world leader in clean energy innovation, with technology like carbon capture, which will help us reduce emissions while we grow our economy. I’ve passed bipartisan legislation to do just that in Congress, and have introduced legislation to put us on a path to a New Energy Frontier.