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JOHN H. ADAMS, HONORARYNatural Resources Defense Council

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THE HONORABLE SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, VICE CHAIR

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THE HONORABLE CAROL BROWNER, CHAIRormer EPA Administrator

CARRIE CLARKNorth Carolina Lea ue of Conser ation Voters

BRIAN DEESEBlackRock

THE HONORABLE DONNA F. EDWARDSormer .S. Re resentati e

MICHAEL FOXEloise Ca ital

ELAINE FRENCH John and Elaine rench amily oundation

WADE GREENE, HONORARYRockefeller amily Associates

MARIA HANDLEYConser ation Colorado Education und

STEVE HOLTZMANBoies Schiller le ner LLP

RAMPA R. HORMEL, HONORARY Enlyst und

JOHN HUNTING, HONORARYJohn untin Associates

MICHAEL KIESCHNICKreen Ad ocacy Project

ROGER KIMDemocracy Alliance

MARK MAGAÑAreenLatinos

WINSOME MCINTOSH, HONORARYhe McIntosh oundation

MOLLY MCUSICWyss oundation

WILLIAM H. MEADOWS IIIhe Wilderness Society

GREG MOGAMo a In estments LLC

REUBEN MUNGERVision Rid e Partners LLC

SCOTT NATHANCenter for American Pro ress

BILL ROBERTSCorridor Partners

LARRY ROCKEFELLERAmerican Conser ation Association

THEODORE ROOSEVELT IV, HONORARY CHAIRBarclays Ca ital

KERRY SCHUMANN Wisconsin Conser ation Voters

LAURA TURNER SEYDELurner oundation

TRIP VAN NOPPENEarthjustice

KATHLEEN WELCHCorridor Partners

REVEREND LENNOX YEARWOOD, JR.i o Caucus

BRENT BLACKWELDERriends of the Earth

THE HONORABLE CAROL BROWNERormer EPA Administrator

SUNITA LEEDSEnfranchisement oundation

MARK MAGAÑAreenLatinos

REUBEN MUNGERVision Rid e Partners LLC

KERRY SCHUMANNWisconsin Conser ation Voters

TRIP VAN NOPPENEarthjustice

CAROL ANDRESS En ironmental Defense und

ALEXANDRA ADAMSNatural Resources Defense Council

BIDISHA BHATTACHARYYACenter for American Pro ress

ROBERT COWINnion of Concerned Scientists

LAURA DANIEL DAVISNational Wildlife oundation

ROBERT DEWEYDefenders of Wildlife

MARTY HAYDENEarthjustice

ANI KAME’ENUINational Parks Conser ation Association

CRAIG LASHERPo ulation Action International

JESSICA LOYAreenLatinos

DREW MCCONVILLEhe Wilderness Society

KRISTEN MILLER Alaska Wilderness Lea ue

KATIE MURTHAEn ironment America

MELINDA PIERCESierra Club

MICHELE ROBERTSEn ironmental Justice ealth Alliance

LUKAS ROSSriends of the Earth

ERIK SCHNEIDER National Audubon Society

KERENE TAYLOEWE AC for En ironmental Justice

ABBY TINSLEYNational Wildlife oundation

KATHY TSANTIRISOcean Conser ancy

CONTENTS1. ANALYSISOverview of the 1st Session of the 116th Congress 2

Voting Summary 5

2. SENATE SCORESVote Descriptions 8

Senate Votes 14

3. HOUSE SCORESVote Descriptions 20

House Votes 30

The nonprofit League of Conservation Voters (LCV) has

published a National Environmental Scorecard every

Congress since 1970, the year it was founded by lead-

ers of the environmental movement following the first

Earth Day. LCV believes our earth is worth fighting for because

everyone has a right to clean air, water, lands and a safe, healthy

community.

This edition of the National Environmental Scorecard provides

objective, factual information about the most important envi-

ronmental legislation considered and the corresponding voting

records of all members of the first session of the th Con ress.

This Scorecard represents the consensus of experts from about

20 respected environmental and conservation organizations who

selected the key votes on which members of Congress should

be scored. LCV scores votes on the most important issues of

the year, including energy, climate change, public health, public

lands and wildlife conservation, and spending for environmental

programs. The votes included in this Scorecard presented mem-

bers of Congress with a real choice and help distinguish which

legislators are working for environmental protection. Except in

rare circumstances, the Scorecard excludes consensus action on

the environment and issues on which no recorded votes occurred.

Dedicated environmentalists and national leaders volunteered

their time to identify and research crucial votes. We extend

special thanks to our Board of Directors, Issues & Account-

ability Committee, and Scorecard Advisory Committee for their

valuable input. We also thank Sam Bleicher, whose generous

support is making possible the widespread distribution of the

Scorecard.

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2019 OVERVIEW

What a difference a year makes. After eight long years of climate change deniers running the

show in the U.S. House of Representatives, the 2019 National Environmental Scorecard reflects

that Speaker Pelosi (D-CA) and the new pro-environment majority wasted no time passing

legislation to protect our air, water, lands and wildlife and to combat the climate crisis.

At the beginning of 2019, Speaker Pelosi an-

nounced that Congresswoman Kathy Castor (D-FL)

would lead the new Select Committee on the

Climate Crisis, which has led on the more than 120

hearings on climate change the House conducted

throughout the year. Furthermore, among the

first ten bills of honor, the House introduced and

passed a climate bill and two democracy reforms,

all of which are critical to our efforts to address

the climate crisis. H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now

Act, ensures that the Trump administration cannot

withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, while

H.R. 1, the For the People Act, and H.R. 4, the Voting

Rights Advancement Act, ensure that all people in

this country can equitably participate in our de-

mocracy—an undeniably necessary step for pro-

tecting our environment and public health in a time

when fossil fuel companies are spending excessive

amounts to defend their ability to keep polluting.

Over the course of the year, the House passed a

diverse set of pro-environment measures. When

it comes to public lands, 2019 started on a high

note with the enactment of the John D. Dingell, Jr.

Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act,

a package of public lands bills that permanently

reauthorized the Land and Water Conservation

Fund (LWCF) and protected over two million acres

of public lands and waters. Throughout 2019, the

House also passed important bills to protect the

Atlantic and Pacific coasts and the eastern Gulf of

Mexico from offshore drilling, to restore protections

for the pristine and culturally vital Arctic Refuge,

and to conserve treasured public lands throughout

the west. They also took badly needed steps to

protect our air and water from PFAS chemical con-

tamination. And, of course, the House began much

needed and long overdue oversight, accountability,

and efforts to block the myriad Trump rollbacks of

environmental and public health protections.

Even as the House began to make this profoundly

needed progress, as reflected by the majority of

the 29 votes included in the Scorecard, devas-

tating impacts of the climate crisis continued to

worsen across the globe. In the United States,

that included destructive flooding in the Midwest,

deadly fires and droughts continuing in the West,

and more intense hurricanes along the East Coast.

Around the globe, the world bore witness to the

horrific fires in Australia, the melting of the Arctic

permafrost, and the record temperatures in Ant-

arctica. Once again, it is the frontline communi-

ties and communities of color, which have already

been disproportionately impacted by decades of

exposure to toxic pollution, that continue to bear

the brunt of the climate crisis.

In more bad news, 2019 was the second hottest

year on record, making 18 of the last 19 the hot-

test ever. And the on the heels of the 2018 IPCC

bombshell report that found we have just 12 years

to stave off utter catastrophe, several more reports

in 2019 reinforced the urgent need to dramatically

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reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including the

disastrous toll that the climate crisis is taking on

our oceans.

While it’s clear that the stakes for our environ-

ment and our health have never been higher, that

seemed to matter not one bit to the Trump admin-

istration or Senate Majority Leader Mitch McCon-

nell, both of whom continued to cater to polluters

at every opportunity throughout 2019. Senator

McConnell refused to act on hundreds of important

House-passed bills, including many pro-environ-

ment measures found in the 2019 Scorecard, and

instead has let them languish in his ever-growing

legislative graveyard.

Making matters dramatically worse, at the same

time as McConnell blocked important legislation,

he worked with the Trump Administration to re-

shape the federal judiciary in ways that will haunt

us for decades, confirming an extremely large

number of very conservative judges to lifetime ap-

pointments. Additionally, McConnell led the Senate

in confirming Andrew Wheeler to be administrator

of the Environmental Protection Agency and David

Bernhardt to be Secretary of the Interior, despite

both serving as former industry lobbyists who

pushed proposals at odds with the mission of the

agencies they now run. For the third year in a row,

the Senate Scorecard votes are dominated—8 of

14—by extreme, partisan nominees to both the fed-

eral bench and cabinet and sub-cabinet positions

in the Trump administration.

Time and again, it was encouraging to see the pro-

environment majority in the House pass so many

bills to protect the environment and public health,

and it was extremely disappointing to see that

progress languish in the Senate. But, in stark con-

trast with the Republican leadership in the Senate,

Democratic Leader Schumer encouraged his cau-

cus to prioritize the climate crisis more than ever,

with the vast majority of Senate Democrats signing

on as original cosponsors of S. 1743, the Interna-

tional Climate Accountability Act, Senator Jeanne

Shaheen’s (D-NH) bill to block the Trump adminis-

tration from leaving the Paris Climate Agreement

New In 2019 ScorecardIn order to better align our Scorecard with our orga-

nizational focus on equity across gender, race, fam-

ily and health status, age, and physical ability and to

more accurately represent a member of Congress’s

commitment to the environment, we are changing

the way we score some missed votes. Starting in the

2019 Scorecard, votes missed by members of Con-

gress due to family and medical leave or disasters

are being treated as excused absences and will not

count against a member’s score. Votes missed for

other reasons, including running for elected office,

would still display as a missed vote and be counted

the same as casting an anti-environmental vote, as

they have for decades.

For the first time, we will be displaying the votes of

the five House Delegates representing American

Samoa, District of Columbia, Guam, Northern Mari-

ana Islands, and U.S. Virgin Islands and the Resident

Commissioner representing Puerto Rico. At the start

of the 116th Congress, Democrats, as they have every

time they have been in the majority since 1993, rein-

stated voting on the floor by these members when

the House meets in the Committee of the Whole.

Although the more than 4 million residents of the

federal district and these territories lack full voting

representation in Congress, we made this change as

part of our organizational focus on racial justice and

equity and those communities of color bearing the

brunt of climate change’s effects. In the past three

years, major category 4+ hurricanes or cyclones have

struck all of the island territories, and the District of

Columbia is also at risk from extreme weather events

and tidal flooding. We hope that the presence in the

Scorecard of these representatives will remind read-

ers of the need for greater representation and rights

of these communities in our democracy.


and, when it came time to vote on blocking the

Trump administration’s repeal of the Clean Power

Plan, most Senate Democrats made the pro-envi-

ronment choice. Senate Democrats also created the

Special Committee on the Climate Crisis and took to

the Senate floor early and often throughout 2019 to

call attention to the need for climate action.

Unfortunately, 2019 ended on a particularly disap-

pointing note with the failure of the FY2020 ap-

propriations package to extend and expand clean

energy and electric vehicle tax incentives; protect

the drinking water of communities poisoned by toxic

PFAS chemicals; and provide full, permanent fund-

ing for the Land and Water Conservation Fund. In

addition, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agree-

ment (USMCA) trade bill didn’t even mention the

words “climate change” or include any provisions to

address it.

These failures make clear, once again, that to get

good legislation enacted—the kind of legislation that

originated in the House all year—a pro-environment

majority in the Senate is necessary. We need to look

no further than the historic progress in the states in

2019 to see what can be accomplished when envi-

ronmental leaders are in power. Twelve states have

enacted major clean energy policies since many

new pro-environment governors and state legisla-

tors assumed office in early 2019. As a result, 1 in 4

people now live in a place committed to 100 percent

clean energy. In addition, six new governors joined

the U.S. Climate Alliance, a coalition of 24 biparti-

san governors committed to the goals of the Paris

Climate Agreement.

It is clear that the states are leading the way and

that the federal government must follow. Fortu-

nately, many of the members of Congress who

are included in this Scorecard for the first time are

determined to ensure that Congress does just that.

These are members who ran for Congress in 2018

because they cared so deeply about these issues,

and they have led on them since day one in office.

In fact, the average 2019 score of the new members

who defeated members of LCV’s 2018 Dirty Dozen

is 95 percent while the average lifetime score of the

members they defeated is 6 percent. LCV is eager to

continue working with these environmental champi-

ons and so many others across the House and Sen-

ate in 2020 and beyond to deliver the environmental

and public health results that communities across

this country want and deserve.


2019 STATE AND TERRITORY AVERAGES

VOTING SUMMARY

SENATE

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State/Territory SENATE HOUSEAlabama 57 16

Alaska 25 10

American Samoa N/A 15

Arizona 43 56

Arkansas 18 7

California 86 83

Colorado 61 57

Connecticut 100 96

Delaware 100 97

District of Columbia N/A 100

Florida 7 58

Georgia 21 39

Guam N/A 92

Hawaii 100 84

Idaho 7 12

Illinois 100 73

Indiana 18 32

Iowa 11 72

Kansas 21 34

Kentucky 7 22

Louisiana 7 20

Maine 79 97

Maryland 100 85

Massachusetts 89 97

Michigan 100 56

Minnesota 89 59

Mississippi 18 28

Missouri 14 28

Montana 64 3

Nebraska 4 24

Nevada 100 75

New Hampshire 100 97

New Jersey 75 94

New Mexico 96 97

New York 96 84

North Carolina 25 28

North Dakota 14 10

Northern Mariana Islands N/A 100

Ohio 64 29

Oklahoma 0 24

Oregon 100 80

Pennsylvania 50 52

Puerto Rico N/A 15

Rhode Island 93 97

South Carolina 21 32

South Dakota 18 7

Tennessee 29 26

Texas 4 37

Utah 7 24

Vermont 85 97

Virgin Islands N/A 77

Virginia 100 64

Washington 96 72

West Virginia 57 8

Wisconsin 50 43

Wyoming 7 3

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LOWEST DELEGATIONS

HIGHEST DELEGATIONS

SENATE SCORES OF 100

HOUSE SCORES 95 and Over (green indicates 100)

Connecticut 100%

Delaware 100%

Hawaii 100%

Illinois 100%

Maryland 100%

Michigan 100%

Nevada 100%

New Hampshire 100%

Oregon 100%

Virginia 100%

HIGHEST DELEGATIONS

Oklahoma 0%

Texas 4%

Nebraska 4%

Florida 7%

Idaho 7%

Kentucky 7%

Louisiana 7%

Utah 7%

Wyoming 7%

Montana 3%

Wyoming 3%

Arkansas 7%

South Dakota 7%

West Virginia 8%

Alaska 10%

North Dakota 10%

Idaho 12%

American Samoa 15%

Puerto Rico 15%

District of Columbia 100%

Northern Mariana Islands 100%

Delaware 97%

Maine 97%

Massachusetts 97%

New Hampshire 97%

New Mexico 97%

Rhode Island 97%

Vermont 97%

Connecticut 96%

SENATE SCORES OF 0

KENTUCKY Paul

NEBRASKA Sasse

OKLAHOMA Inhofe · Lankford

PENNSYLVANIA Toomey

TEXAS Cruz

UTAH Lee, M.

WISCONSIN Johnson

HOUSE SCORES OF 0

LOWEST DELEGATIONS

SENATE

house

ALABAMA Sewell

ARIZONA O’Halleran · Kirkpatrick · Grijalva · Gallego · Stanton

CALIFORNIA u man · Garamendi · Matsui · Bera · McNerney · Harder · DeSaulnier · Lee, B. · Khanna · Panetta · Cox · Carbajal · Bro nley Chu Schi Cardenas · Napolitano · Gomez · Torres · Ruiz · Sanchez · Cisneros · Roybal-Allard · Takano · Waters, Maxine · Barragán · Lowenthal · Levin · Vargas · Peters, S.

COLORADO DeGette · Neguse · Crow · Perlmutter

CONNECTICUT Larson, J. · DeLauro · Himes · Hayes

DELAWARE Blunt Rochester

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Holmes Norton

FLORIDA Lawson · Murphy · Soto · Demings · Crist · Castor · Frankel · Deutch · Mucarsel-Powell · Shalala

GEORGIA Johnson, H. · McBath · Scott, D.

HAWAII Case

ILLINOIS Rush · Kelly, R. · Lipinski · Garcia · Quigley · Casten · Davis, D. · Krishnamoorthi · Schakowsky · Schneider · Foster · Underwood · Bustos

INDIANA Visclosky

IOWA Loebsack

KANSAS Davids

MAINE Pingree · Golden

MARYLAND Ruppersberger · Sarbanes · Brown, A. · Hoyer · Trone · Cummings · Raskin

MASSACHUSETTS Neal · McGovern · Trahan · Kennedy, J. · Clark, K · Pressley · Lynch · Keating

MICHIGAN Kildee · Slotkin · Levin, A. · Dingell · Tlaib

MINNESOTA Craig · Phillips · McCollum · Omar

MISSOURI Clay · Cleaver

NEVADA Titus · Lee · Horsford

NEW HAMPSHIRE Pappas · Kuster

NEW JERSEY Norcross · Kim · Gottheimer · Pallone · Malinowski · Pascrell · Watson Coleman

NEW MEXICO Haaland · Torres Small · Luján, B.R.

NEW YORK Suozzi · Meng · Velázquez · Je ries Clarke, Y. · Nadler · Maloney, C. · Espaillat · Ocasio-Cortez · Serrano · Engel · Maloney, S.P. · Delgado · Tonko · Brindisi · Morelle · Higgins, B.

NORTH CAROLINA Price · Adams

NORTHERN MAR. ISL. Sablan

OHIO Beatty · Kaptur

OREGON Bonamici · DeFazio

PENNSYLVANIA Boyle · Evans · Dean · Scanlon · Houlahan · Wild · Cartwright · Doyle

RHODE ISLAND Cicilline · Langevin

TENNESSEE Cohen

TEXAS Green, A. · Escobar · Johnson, E.B. · Veasey · Doggett ·

VERMONT Welch

VIRGINIA Luria · Scott, R. · McEachin · Spanberger · Beyer · Wexton · Connolly

WASHINGTON Delbene · Kilmer · Jayapal · Schrier · Smith, Adam

WISCONSIN Pocan · Kind · Moore

ALABAMA Palmer

ARIZONA Biggs

CALIFORNIA Nunes

COLORADO Buck

GEORGIA Hice

LOUISIANA Scalise · Abraham

MARYLAND Harris, A.

MICHIGAN Huizenga

MISSOURI Smith. J.

NORTH CAROLINA Bishop, D. · Meadows

OHIO Jordan

OKLAHOMA Mullin

PENNSYLVANIA Marino

TENNESSEE Green, M.

TEXAS Roy · Williams · Cloud

VIRGINIA Cline

WISCONSIN Sensenbrenner

CALIFORNIA Feinstein

CONNECTICUT Blumenthal · Murphy

DELAWARE Carper · Coons

HAWAII Hirono · Schatz

ILLINOIS Duckworth · Durbin

MARYLAND Cardin · Van Hollen

MASSACHUSETTS Markey

MICHIGAN Peters · Stabenow

MINNESOTA Smith

MONTANA Tester

NEVADA Cortez Masto · Rosen

NEW HAMPSHIRE Hassan · Shaheen

NEW JERSEY Menendez

NEW MEXICO Udall

NEW YORK Schumer

OHIO Brown

OREGON Merkley · Wyden

PENNSYLVANIA Casey

RHODE ISLAND Reed

VERMONT Leahy

VIRGINIA Kaine · Warner

WASHINGTON Cantwell

WISCONSIN Baldwin

2019 HIGH AND LOW SCORES


SENATECOMMITTEE CHAIR SCORE RANKING MEMBER SCORE

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Roberts (KS) 29 Stabenow (MI) 100

Appropriations Shelby (AL) 29 Leahy (VT) 100

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Wicker (MS) 7 Cantwell (WA) 100

Energy and Natural Resources Murkowski (AK) 36 Manchin (WV) 86

Environment and Public Works Barrasso (WY) 7 Carper (DE) 100

SENATE COMMITTEE LEADER AVERAGE CHAIRS 22 RANKING MEMBERS 97

HOUSECOMMITTEE CHAIR SCORE RANKING MEMBER SCORE

Agriculture Peterson (MN-07) 69 Conaway (TX-11) 7

Appropriations Lowey (NY-17) 93 Granger (TX-12) 10

Energy and Commerce Pallone (NJ-06) 100 Walden (OR-02) 21

Natural Resources Grijalva (AZ-03) 97 Bishop, R. (UT-01) 3

Science, Space, and Technology Johnson, E.B. (TX-30) 97 Lucas (OK-03) 7

Transportation and Infrastructure DeFazio (OR-04) 97 Graves, S. (MO-06) 3

Select Committee on the Climate Crisis Castor (FL-14) 97 Graves, G. (LA-06) 17

HOUSE COMMITTEE LEADER AVERAGE CHAIRS 93 RANKING MEMBERS 10

party leaders' scores

DEMOCRATS SCORE REPUBLICANS SCORE

Schumer (NY), Minority Leader 100 McConnell (KY), Majority Leader 14

Durbin (IL), Minority Whip 100 Thune (SD), Majority Whip 14

Murray (WA), Assistant Democratic Leader 93 Barasso (WY), Conference Chair 7

Stabenow (MI), Chairwoman of Policy

and Communications Committee 100 Blunt (MO), Policy Committee Chair 21

LEADERSHIP AVERAGE 98 LEADERSHIP AVERAGE 14

DEMOCRATS SCORE REPUBLICANS SCORE

Pelosi (CA-12), Speaker of the House* N/A

Hoyer (MD-05), Majority Leader 97 McCarthy, Kevin (CA-23), Minority Leader 3

Clyburn (SC-06), Majority Whip 96 Scalise, Steve (LA-01), Minority Whip 0

Lujan, B.R. (NM-03), Assistant Speaker 97 Cheney (WY-AL), Conference Chairman 3

Jeffries (NY-08), Caucus Chairman 97 Palmer (AL-06), Policy Committee Chairman 0

LEADERSHIP AVERAGE 96 LEADERSHIP AVERAGE 2

*The Speaker of the House votes at her discretion.

SENATE

HOUSE

RATING THE LEADERSHIP OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEES


2019 SENATE VOTE DESCRIPTIONS

1. STOPPING BORDER WALL FUNDING Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) o�ered an amendment to H.R. 268, which would have reopened and funded the federal government during the Trump shutdown without funding the environmentally destructive and xenophobic border wall. �e border wall threatens communities living along our southern border, has far ranging negative impacts on our lands, wildlife and waterways, and circumvents bedrock environmental laws. �e Schumer amendment stood in stark contrast to one o�ered by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) that would have provided $5.7 billion for the damaging border wall and waived 36 environmental and cultural laws for its construction. On January 24, the Senate rejected the Schumer amend-ment by a vote of 52-44 (60 votes were needed for passage; Senate roll call vote 10). YES IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. A di�erent bill (H.J. Res. 31) was approved by Congress and signed by the President on February 15, which funded the government for the rest of �scal year 2019 and included nearly $1.4 billion for fencing along the border.

2. BLOCKING PERMANENT REAUTHORIZATION OF THE LAND & WATER CONSERVATION FUND Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) o�ered an amendment to S. 47, the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, an amendment which would undermine the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) by limiting its reauthorization in this package of public lands bills. �e underlying legislation permanently reauthorized LWCF, but this amendment would have limited it to a temporary �ve-year reauthorization. From 2015 to 2018, LWCF’s authorization ex-pired twice, putting in jeopardy this critical conservation program, which has protected National Parks and other federal lands, neighborhood parks, and historical sites in nearly every county in America. On February 7, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) o�ered a motion to table the Lee amendment, which the Senate approved by a vote of 68-30 (Senate roll call vote 19). YES IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. �e Senate and House subsequently passed S. 47 and the president signed this legislation into law on March 12, which permanently reauthorized LWCF.

3. UNDERMINING THE ANTIQUITIES ACT Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) o�ered an amendment to S. 47, the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, an amendment which would limit the president’s authority to protect national monuments. �is amendment would weaken the Antiquities Act by restricting the president from designating new national monuments in the state of Utah. �e Antiquities Act, which has been used by 17 presidents of both parties, has provided initial protections for nearly half of our national parks, including Grand Canyon and Acadia National Parks. Presidents need this authority to continue to act swi�ly to protect irreplaceable natural, cultural, and historical sites on our public lands, especially in the face of threats to these magni�cent places. On February 11, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) o�ered a motion to table the Lee amendment, which the Sen-ate approved by a vote of 60-30 (Senate roll call vote 20). YES IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE.

4. PUBLIC LANDS PACKAGESenator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) sponsored S. 47, the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Manage-ment, and Recreation Act, a package of public lands bills that permanently reauthorized the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and protected over two million acres of public lands and


waters, among other provisions. LWCF is the nation’s best and most accessible parks program and has bene�tted every region and nearly every county in the country by funding projects that range from increasing access to national parks to creating local parks. In addition to the LWCF provisions, S. 47 also included more than 100 local and regional land protection bills, including legislation to designate wilderness areas and other protections, as well as the Every Kid Outdoors Act, which provides free access to our nation’s public lands and waters for fourth graders and their families. While not every provision in the package bene�tted conservation, overall, this legislation advanced public lands and waters protections. On February 12, the Senate approved S. 47 by a vote of 92-8 (Senate roll call vote 22). YES IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. �e House approved S. 47 on February 26 and the president signed this legislation into law on March 12.

5. MILLER CONFIRMATION (NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS) �e Senate considered President Trump’s nomination of Eric Miller to be a U.S. Circuit Court judge for the Ninth Circuit. Circuit courts are o�en the ultimate arbiters of highly signi�cant cases, including those involving environmental protections, and it is critical that the judges con-�rmed to serve lifetime appointments on these courts are quali�ed, non-partisan, and committed to treating parties fairly. In particular, the Ninth Circuit is critically important for environmental issues, covering nearly two-thirds of the nation’s public land and over half of all endangered spe-cies. LCV is committed to furthering racial justice and equity, and Miller has repeatedly chal-lenged tribal rights, recognition and sovereignty, including through pro bono representation. We share the concerns of the National Council of American Indians and the Native American Rights Fund, who strongly opposed Miller’s nomination and questioned his ability to rule fairly on cases involving tribal issues. Moreover, Miller’s record, including his writings and public statements, re�ect a view of the legal system as a tool to protect corporations, rather than the public interest. On February 26, the Senate con�rmed Miller to the Ninth Circuit by a vote of 53-46 (Senate roll call vote 29). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE.

6. WHEELER CONFIRMATION (EPA ADMINISTRATOR)�e Senate considered President Trump’s nomination of Andrew Wheeler for administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). �e mission of the EPA is to protect human health and the environment, but Wheeler has dedicated his career to weakening environmental protec-tions—he served as a lobbyist for numerous fossil fuel clients, including one of our country’s big-gest polluters, Murray Energy. Wheeler’s inherent con�icts of interest, which stem from his long history of ties to the fossil fuel industry, and actions to undermine public health and environmen-tal safeguards as deputy administrator of the EPA made him an entirely inappropriate choice for leading the agency. On February 28, the Senate con�rmed Wheeler to be administrator of the EPA by a vote of 52-47 (Senate roll call vote 33). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE.

7. RAO CONFIRMATION (D.C. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS)�e Senate considered President Trump’s nomination of Neomi Rao to be a U.S. Circuit Court judge for the D.C. Circuit. Circuit courts are o�en the ultimate arbiters of highly signi�cant cas-es, including those involving environmental protections, and it is critical that the judges con-�rmed to serve lifetime appointments on these courts are quali�ed, non-partisan, and committed to treating parties fairly. As administrator of the O�ce of Information and Regulatory A�airs


(OIRA), Rao led e�orts to roll back fundamental environmental protections and misuse the regu-latory review process for partisan political purposes. Rao spent the past 20 years arguing against environmental and other public protections, disparaging e�orts to keep our air and water clean as unnecessary burdens on corporate freedom, and even referring to the greenhouse e�ect as a “controversial theory.” Her long record on this issue, as well as her o�ensive and demeaning writ-ings on sexual assault, race, and LGBTQ rights made it clear that she is incapable of serving fairly as a federal judge. On March 13, the Senate con�rmed Rao to the D.C. Circuit by a vote of 53-46 (Senate roll call vote 44). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE.

8. WYRICK CONFIRMATION (DISTRICT COURT FOR WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA)�e Senate considered President Trump’s nomination of Patrick Wyrick to be a U.S. District Court judge for the Western District of Oklahoma. It is critical that the judges con�rmed to serve lifetime appointments on our federal courts are quali�ed, non-partisan, and committed to treat-ing parties fairly. As Solicitor General for Oklahoma, Wyrick was former Oklahoma Attorney General and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s “dear friend and trusted counselor”—they worked together on multiple cases that challenged the EPA’s ability to protect public lands and clean air and address climate change. Wyrick’s record also raised serious ethical concerns. He made several inaccurate statements to the Senate Judiciary Committee, including about his involvement in his wife’s business, his con�icts with oil and gas companies, and his false statements before the U.S. Supreme Court. On April 9, the Senate con�rmed Wyrick to the Western District of Oklahoma by a vote of 53-47 (Senate roll call vote 68). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE.

9. BERNHARDT CONFIRMATION (INTERIOR SECRETARY)�e Senate considered President Trump’s nomination of David Bernhardt to serve as the secre-tary of the Department of the Interior (DOI). �is position is critical to protecting our natural resources for future generations, but Bernhardt’s con�rmation put our public lands and oceans, national parks and monuments, clean air and water, and wildlife at risk. With his long history of lobbying for the very industries under the Department of the Interior’s purview—creating numerous con�icts of interest—and his proximity to ethics scandals during his roles as acting Interior secretary and deputy secretary, it is clear Bernhardt has not put the public interest �rst. Bernhardt was the architect of some of the Trump administration’s most destructive natural re-source policies, including overseeing the largest elimination of protected public lands and waters in U.S. history through President Trump’s unprecedented attempt to rescind two million acres of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, a radical expansion of o�shore drilling, and the fast-tracking of e�orts to drill in the pristine and sacred Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. On April 11, the Senate con�rmed Bernhardt to be secretary of the Department of the Interior by a vote of 56-41 (Senate roll call vote 77). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE.

10. JORJANI CONFIRMATION (INTERIOR SOLICITOR)�e Senate considered President Trump’s nomination of Daniel Jorjani to serve as the solici-tor of the Department of the Interior (DOI). �is position is the top lawyer for DOI, and is the bottom line on legal issues and ethics for the department. Before joining DOI, Jorjani held several positions with groups funded by the well-known oil magnates, the Koch brothers. Pri-


or to his con�rmation, Jorjani served as Interior’s Principal Deputy Solicitor and was respon-sible for providing legal guidance for some of the Interior Department’s most egregious deci-sions in support of Trump’s“energy dominance” agenda. Time and again his legal opinions bene�tted oil, gas, mining or extractive interests at the expense of conservation and public health. Jorjani has also demonstrated an aversion to transparency, including restricting Free-dom of Information Act responses and justifying Interior Secretary Bernhardt’s troubling prac-tice of not maintaining a calendar, which made it harder for the public to know with whom he has been meeting. Jorjani’s ties to the fossil fuel industry and e�orts to hinder transpar-ency within the Department put him at odds with the core mission of the o�ce of the solic-itor. On September 24, the Senate con�rmed Jorjani to be the solicitor of the Department of the Interior by a vote of 51-43 (Senate roll call vote 300). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE.

11. SCALIA CONFIRMATION (LABOR SECRETARY)�e Senate considered President Trump’s nomination of Eugene Scalia to serve as the secretary of the Department of Labor (DOL). �is position is critical to protecting labor rights and the safety of our workers as we transition to a clean energy economy, but Scalia’s con�rmation puts workers and our communities at risk. He has a long history of working on behalf of corporate interests who have fought health and safety standards, including representing Big Oil’s �ght against re�n-ery safety regulations following catastrophic re�nery �res across the nation. E�orts to transition to a clean energy economy require strong labor protections to keep workers safe, ensure greater equity and establish family-sustaining jobs. Scalia’s record starkly contrasts with these goals as well as the very mission of the Department of Labor. On September 26, the Senate con�rmed Scalia to be secretary of the Department of Labor by a vote of 53-44 (Senate roll call vote 313). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE.

12. STOPPING ROLLBACKS OF CARBON POLLUTION LIMITS FOR POWER PLANTSSenator Ben Cardin (D-MD) sponsored S.J. Res. 53, the resolution of disapproval of the Trump administration EPA’s A�ordable Clean Energy rule. In addition to demonstrating the broad op-position to the rule, if enacted, the resolution would invalidate the rule. Trump’s rule, more accu-rately titled the Dirty Power Scam, is part of a dangerous pattern of this administration ignoring science and favoring polluters over the public interest. �is rule does nothing to �ght climate change or protect communities from toxic pollution, and it lets fossil fuel-�red power plants o� the hook to clean up their carbon pollution. �e Dirty Power Scam would put no meaningful limits on carbon pollution, and, in fact, could lead to more pollution in many parts of the country than if there were no standard at all. On October 17, the Senate rejected S.J. Res. 53 by a vote of 41-53 (Senate roll call vote 324). YES IS THE PRO ENVIRONMENT VOTE.

13. UNDERMINING THE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUNDSenator Mike Lee (R-UT) o�ered an amendment to H.R. 3055, the Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans A�airs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropri-ations Act, 2020, which would undermine the Land and Water Conservation Fund’s (LWCF) core conservation mission by jeopardizing the program’s ability to acquire lands for new or expanded


LWCF sites. LWCF secures vital public access to green spaces; protects wildlife and other irre-placeable resources; help agencies reduce costs and address ongoing management issues (such as invasive species and wild�res); and enhances outdoor recreation opportunities. �e rejection of this amendment is a victory for our nation’s best parks program and for all those who cherish our public lands. On October 31, the Senate rejected the Lee amendment by a vote of 29-64 (Senate roll call vote 339). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE.

14. VANDYKE CONFIRMATION (NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS)�e Senate considered President Trump’s nomination of Lawrence VanDyke to be a U.S. Cir-cuit Court judge for the Ninth Circuit. Circuit courts are o�en the ultimate arbiters of highly signi�cant cases, including those involving environmental protections, and it is critical that the judges con�rmed to serve lifetime appointments on these courts are quali�ed, non-partisan, and committed to treating parties fairly. In particular, the Ninth Circuit is critically important for environmental issues, covering nearly two-thirds of the nation’s public land and over half of all endangered species. VanDyke spent his career opposing environmental protections and support-ing the expansion of oil and gas drilling on public lands. He joined with three mining companies in a lawsuit challenging bipartisan e�orts to protect sage-grouse habitats, challenged the proposed Clean Water Rule, opposed the EPA’s Clean Power Plan to address climate change, and opposed the protection of one million acres of Grand Canyon watershed from the harms of uranium min-ing. His long record on environmental issues, as well as signi�cant concerns voiced by his col-leagues about his quali�cations to serve fairly as a judge make clear that he is incapable of objec-tively ruling on environmental matters. On December 11, the Senate con�rmed VanDyke to the Ninth Circuit by a vote of 51-44 (Senate roll call vote 391). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE.

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= E cused (does not count)

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Shelby R 29 3 13 � % % % � � � � � � � � % �ALASKA

Murkowski R 36 6 18 % % % % � � � � � � � � % �

Sullivan R 14 3 8 � % � % � � � � � � � � � �ARIZONA

McSally R 14 10 7 � � � % � � � � � � � � % �

Sinema* D 71 77 77 % % % % ? ? % % � % % � % %

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Boozman R 21 3 21 � % � % � � � � � � � � % �

Cotton R 14 0 14 � � � % � � � � � � � � % �CALIFORNIA

Feinstein D 100 97 90 % % % % % % % % % % % % % %

Harris, K.** D 71 100 91 % % % % % % % % ? ? % ? ? %

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Bennet D 86 91 89 % % % % % % % % % % % % ? ?

Gardner R 36 3 11 % % % % � � � � � � � � % �CONNECTICUT

Blumenthal D 100 100 98 % % % % % % % % % % % % % %

Murphy, C. D 100 97 97 % % % % % % % % % % % % % %

DELAWARE

Carper D 100 97 84 % % % % % % % % % % % % % %

Coons D 100 94 94 % % % % % % % % % % % % % %

* Senator Sinema entered statements into the Congressional Record noting how she would have voted on roll call vote 29 and 33, which would have been scored as pro-environ-ment.

**Senator Harris entered statements into the Congressional Record noting how she would have voted on roll call votes 77, 300, 324, and 339, which would have been scored as pro-environment.

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Scott R 7 N/A 7 � � � % � � � � � � � � � �GEORGIA

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Perdue R 14 3 3 � � � % � � � � ? � � � % �HAWAII

Hirono D 100 100 95 % % % % % % % % % % % % % %

Schatz D 100 100 97 % % % % % % % % % % % % % %

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Risch R 7 3 7 ? � � % � � � � � � � � � �ILLINOIS

Duckworth D 100 94 90 % % % % % % % % % % % % % %

Durbin D 100 100 88 % % % % % % % % % % % % % %

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Young, T. R 29 3 5 � % % % � � � � � � � � % �IOWA

Ernst R 14 3 3 � % � % � � � � � � � � � �

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Roberts R 29 3 9 � % % % � � � � � � � � % �KENTUCKY

McConnell R 14 6 7 � � � % � � � � � � � � % �Paul R 0 6 8 ? � � � � � � � � � � � � ?

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Kennedy, John R 7 3 4 � � � % � � � � � � � � � �MAINE

Collins R 64 27 61 % % % % � % � � � % � % % %

King, A. I 93 82 91 % % % % % % % % � % % % % %

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Van Hollen D 100 100 98 % % % % % % % % % % % % % %

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Markey D 100 97 94 % % % % % % % % % % % % % %

Warren D 79 100 96 % % % % % % % % % % ? % ? ?

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Peters, G. D 100 100 93 % % % % % % % % % % % % % %

Stabenow D 100 97 89 % % E % % % % % % % % % % %

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Smith D 100 N/A 100 % % % % % % % % % % % % % %

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Wicker R 7 3 5 � � � % � � � � � � � � � �MISSOURI

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Rosen* D 100 N/A 96 E % % % % % % % % % % % % %

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Shaheen D 100 97 96 % % % % % % % % % % % % % %

NEW JERSEY

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Menendez D 100 94 95 % % % % % % % % % % % % % %

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Udall D 100 94 96 % % % % % % % % % % % % % %

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2019 HOUSE VOTE DESCRIPTIONS

1. STOPPING BORDER WALL FUNDINGHouse Appropriations Committee Chair Nita Lowey (D-NY) sponsored H.J. Res. 1, which would have reopened and funded the Department of Homeland Security during the Trump shutdown without funding the environmentally destructive and xenophobic border wall. �e border wall threatens communities living along our southern border, has far ranging negative impacts on our lands, wildlife and waterways, and circumvents bedrock environmental laws. �is bill was packaged with other bills to reopen and fund the federal government for the rest of the year. On January 3, the House approved H.J. Res. 1 by a vote of 239-192 (House roll call vote 9). YES IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. �e Senate took no action on this legislation, but a di�erent bill (H.J. Res. 31) was approved by Congress and signed by the President on February 15, which funded the government for the rest of �scal year 2019 and included nearly $1.4 billion for fencing along the border.

2. PUBLIC LANDS PACKAGESenate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chair Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) sponsored S. 47, the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, a package of public lands bills that permanently reauthorized the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and protected over two million acres of public lands and waters, among other provisions. LWCF is the nation’s best and most accessible parks program and has bene�tted every region and nearly every county in the country by funding a wide scope of projects that range from increasing access to national parks to creating local parks. In addition to the LWCF provisions, S. 47 included more than 100 local and regional land protection bills, as well as the Every Kid Outdoors Act, which provides free access to our nation’s public lands and waters for fourth graders and their families. While not every provision in the package bene�tted conservation, overall, this legislation ad-vanced public lands and waters protections. On February 26, the House approved S. 47 by a vote of 363-62 (House roll call vote 95). YES IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. �e Senate approved S. 47 on February 12 and the president signed this legislation into law on March 12.

3. PROTECTING OUR DEMOCRACYRepresentative John Sarbanes (D-MD) sponsored H.R. 1, the For the People Act, a sweeping democracy reform bill that would address a range of threats to our democracy by expanding vot-ing rights, strengthening ethics reforms, and reducing the in�uence of money in our elections. Everyone’s right to be heard and counted in the political process is essential to the function of our democracy, and far too o�en it is people of color and frontline communities who are targeted by restrictive voting laws and partisan gerrymandering. By ensuring that voters have access to the ballot box and their voices are not drowned out by outsized corporate interests, the people will be better equipped to hold politicians accountable and accomplish meaningful climate action. On March 8, the House approved H.R. 1 by a vote of 234-193 (House roll call vote 118). YES IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. �e Senate took no action on this legislation.

4. RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE Representative Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) o�ered an amendment to H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act, which calls on the House to consider the impact of climate change on communities of color and disenfranchised communities when upholding our commitment to the Paris Climate


Agreement. Climate change hits low income communities and communities of color the hardest, and in the �ght for climate action, it is critical that, at every step of the process, policies advance environmental justice for communities disproportionately su�ering from the e�ects of climate change. �is amendment would ensure environmental justice is actively incorporated into our country’s strategy to uphold the Paris Climate Agreement. On May 2, the House approved the Espaillat amendment by a vote of 237-185 (House roll call vote 175). YES IS THE PRO- ENVIRON-MENT VOTE. �e House passed H.R. 9, with the Espaillat amendment attached, on May 2. �e Senate took no action on this legislation.

5. ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE’S DAMAGESRepresentative Je� Van Drew (R-NJ) o�ered an amendment to H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act, which stresses the importance of avoiding and reducing losses due to climate change and the need for sustainable development. Communities across the country are experiencing the devas-tating impacts of wild�res, earthquakes, hurricanes, �ooding, and other weather events fueled by climate change. It is critical that these communities have adequate resources to prepare for and recover from such weather events, especially as they occur more frequently and their severity is exacerbated by climate change. On May 2, the House approved the Van Drew amendment by a vote of 257-167 (House roll call vote 181). YES IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. �e House passed H.R. 9, with the Van Drew amendment attached, on May 2. �e Senate took no action on this legislation.

6. KEEPING AMERICA’S COMMITMENT TO THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENTHouse Select Committee on the Climate Crisis Chair Kathy Castor (D-FL) sponsored H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act, which would honor America’s commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement, recognize the urgency of tackling climate change, and lay the groundwork for further climate action. Climate change is already having devastating impacts on communities across the country. More extreme storms, record-breaking �oods, and raging wild�res are hurting our fami-lies and devastating communities, and these impacts and the burden of toxic pollution hit lower income, communities of color, and Indigenous peoples �rst and worst. H.R. 9 is a strong rebuke of the Trump administration’s denial of the climate crisis, e�orts to undermine progress, and the ill-conceived decision to become the only country in the world to reject the landmark Paris Climate Agreement. In response to this utter failure of leadership, governors, mayors, universi-ties, businesses, faith leaders, and investors are stepping up to support climate action to meet this agreement. In 2019 alone, eight new governors have joined the U.S. Climate Alliance, bringing the total to 24 states committed to meeting the Paris Climate Agreement’s goals. On May 2, the House approved H.R. 9 by a vote of 231-190 (House roll call vote 184). YES IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. �e Senate took no action on this legislation.

7. PROTECTING DREAMERS AND IMMIGRANTS FLEEING DISASTERSRepresentative Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) sponsored H.R. 6, the American Dream and Prom-ise Act of 2019, which would provide permanent protections for Dreamers, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) holders who are living in limbo due to the Trump administration’s decision to strip away their legal status. Dreamers, or adults who were brought to the U.S. without papers as children, are integral members of our communities and


make invaluable contributions to our society—including as LCV sta�, members and volunteers. Many of the individuals who have quali�ed for TPS have come to the U.S. in the wake of natural disasters—including hurricanes and earthquakes—that have devastated their homelands and be-cause of wars over diminishing natural resources, much of which is being driven by the growing climate crisis. And communities of color and immigrant communities face a higher rate of harm from exposure to toxic pollution, are o�en hit �rst and worst by climate change’s impacts, and far too o�en are not able to participate equitably in our democracy. On June 4, the House passed H.R. 6 by a vote of 237-187 (House roll call 240). YES IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. �e Senate took no action on this legislation.

8. IGNORING THE COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGERepresentative Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) o�ered an amendment to H.R. 2740, an appropria-tions bill funding various government agencies, which would have precluded federal agencies from considering the social cost of carbon in their rulemaking processes. �e social cost of carbon is a monetary estimate of the damages caused by carbon pollution, or greenhouse gas emissions, contributing to climate change. Climate change is already having devastating impacts on com-munities across the country and the costs are piling up. More extreme storms, record-breaking �oods, and raging wild�res are hurting our families and devastating communities, and these im-pacts and the burden of toxic pollution hit lower income, communities of color, and Indigenous peoples �rst and worst. �is amendment would not allow the federal government to take into ac-count the true cost of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions, making it much more challenging to implement emissions limits or other policies that would help avert climate change. On June 19, the House rejected the Mullin amendment by a vote of 186-248 (House roll call vote 362). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE.

9. BLOCKING THE DISASTROUS PEBBLE MINE Representative Jared Hu�man (D-CA) o�ered an amendment to H.R. 2740, an appropriations bill funding various government agencies, which would prohibit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from moving forward with �nalizing the Environmental Impact Statement for Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska and block development of the mine. �is proposed gold and copper mine would wreak immense and irreversible harm on the waters of Bristol Bay, which contain the world’s largest sockeye salmon �shery and most proli�c king salmon run in the world. �e Bristol Bay �shery forms the foundation of a robust and sustainable economy and the way of life of over 30 Alaskan Native communities who have relied on the watershed for generations, and it also serves as critical habitat for bears, eagles, wolves, and many other species. On June 19, the House approved the Hu�man amendment by a vote of 233-201 (House roll call vote 363). YES IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. �e House passed H.R. 2740, including the Hu�man amendment, on June 19. �e Hu�man amendment was not included in any appropriations bill that became law.

10. BOOSTING CLEAN ENERGY AND CLIMATE FUNDINGRepresentative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) sponsored H.R. 2740, the Labor, Health and Human Ser-vices, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appro-priations Act, 2020, which rejected the Trump administration’s irresponsible budget cuts, blocked the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, increased investments


to �ght climate change, and boosted clean energy. �e Energy and Water division of H.R. 2740 rightly focused on using the federal government’s resources to help �ght climate change. �e bill’s signi�cant increases for renewable energy, energy e�ciency, and scienti�c research respond to rising concerns about climate change and support for action to address the crisis. On June 19, the House approved H.R. 2740 by a vote of 226-203 (House roll call vote 367). YES IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. While the Senate rejected H.R. 2740 on October 31, some smaller funding increases for clean energy and to �ght climate change were included in H.R. 1865, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, an omnibus appropriations bill that the president signed into law on December 20.

11. BLOCKING PROTECTIONS FOR ENDANGERED WHALESRepresentative Jared Golden (D-ME) o�ered an amendment to H.R. 3055, an appropriations bill funding various government agencies, which would hinder the recovery of the critically endan-gered North Atlantic right whale. �ere are fewer than 420 of these majestic creatures le� on earth, and they could be extinct within a few decades. At a time when action is desperately need-ed, this amendment would have prohibited the National Marine Fisheries Service from imple-menting science-based, consensus recommendations to save the North Atlantic right whale. On June 20, the House rejected the Golden amendment by a vote of 84-345 (House roll call vote 372). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE.

12. STOPPING CARBON POLLUTION LIMITS FOR POWER PLANTSRepresentative Je� Duncan (R-SC) o�ered an amendment to H.R. 3055, an appropriations bill funding various government agencies, which would have stopped enforcement of the Clean Power Plan, thus attacking carbon pollution standards for existing power plants and new power plants. Climate change is already having devastating impacts on communities across the country. More extreme storms, record-breaking �oods, and raging wild�res are hurting our families and devastating communities, and these impacts and the burden of toxic pollution hit lower income, communities of color, and Indigenous peoples �rst and worst. On June 20, the House rejected the Duncan amendment by a vote of 192-240 (House roll call vote 381). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRON-MENT VOTE.

13. BLOCKING LOGGING IN THE TONGASS NATIONAL FORESTRepresentative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) o�ered an amendment to H.R. 3055, an appropriations bill funding various government agencies, which would halt the Trump administration’s attempt to open up Alaska’s majestic Tongass National Forest to private logging by disallowing roads to be built using taxpayer dollars in the old-growth wilderness. For decades, the timber industry has quietly bene�ted from hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies, much of which has covered costs associated with building logging roads in the Tongass National Forest that serve no other public purpose. On June 20, the House approved the Blumenauer amendment by a vote of 243-188 (House roll call vote 382). YES IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. �e House passed H.R. 3055, with the Blumenauer amendment attached, on June 25. �e Blumenauer amendment was not included in any appropriations bills that became law.


14. BLOCKING THE EPA FROM REDUCING CARBON POLLUTIONRepresentative Paul Gosar (R-AZ) o�ered an amendment to H.R. 3055, an appropriations bill funding various government agencies, which would have prohibited the EPA from recognizing the health and environmental dangers of carbon dioxide and blocked implementation of stan-dards to reduce carbon pollution. Climate change is already having devastating impacts on com-munities across the country and the costs are piling up. More extreme storms, record-breaking �oods, and raging wild�res are hurting our families and devastating communities, and these im-pacts and the burden of toxic pollution hit lower income, communities of color, and Indigenous peoples �rst and worst. On June 20, the House rejected the Gosar amendment by a vote of 178-254 (House roll call vote 383). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE.

15. HALTING OIL DRILLING IN THE ARCTIC REFUGERepresentative Je� Duncan (R-SC) o�ered an amendment to H.R. 3055, an appropriations bill funding various government agencies, which would have struck a provision in the underlying bill that e�ectively blocked oil and gas lease sales in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by ensuring that the sales could not go forward unless they raised the large sums of revenues promised in the 2017 tax legislation that mandated those lease sales. Based on revenues generated by lease sales in lands adjacent to the Arctic Refuge, it is extremely unlikely that Arctic Refuge sales could generate the revenues promised, e�ectively blocking the sales from happening. Drilling in the Arctic Ref-uge would do irreparable damage to one of America’s most magni�cent and wildest landscapes, which is home to polar and brown bears, muskoxen, and birds that migrate from all 50 states and six continents. �e indigenous Gwich’in people call the Arctic Refuge’s coastal plain “the sacred place where life begins,” in part because the Porcupine Caribou Herd calves in the area and the Gwich’in rely on these caribou for subsistence food and their spiritual needs. On June 20, the House rejected the Duncan amendment by a vote of 198-233 (House roll call vote 384). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE.

16. METHANE POLLUTION SAFEGUARDSRepresentative Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) o�ered an amendment to H.R. 3055, an appropria-tions bill funding various government agencies, which would have prevented the Environmen-tal Protection Agency (EPA) from implementing standards to reduce methane pollution from new and modi�ed sources in the oil and gas industry. �e EPA’s methane pollution rule would have required compliance with low-cost, proven safeguards that are critical to reducing methane’s contributions to climate change. �e climate bene�ts were estimated to reach $170 million by 2025 while also curbing toxic air pollutants that contribute to smog and jeopardize the health of nearby communities, particularly the health of low income communities, communities of color, and Indigenous peoples who already bear a disproportionate burden of pollution. On June 20, the House rejected the Mullin amendment by a vote of 191-241 (House roll call vote 385). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE.


17. ELIMINATING EPA’S CHEMICAL HAZARD ASSESSMENT PROGRAM, IRISRepresentative Andy Biggs (R-AZ) o�ered an amendment to H.R. 3055, an appropriations bill funding various government agencies, which would have eliminated funding for the Environmen-tal Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) program that evaluates the health and environmental hazards of chemicals, known as the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). �e EPA and state and local agencies rely on this program to help determine air and water pollution limits, waste site cleanup standards, and other risk levels and regulatory actions. On June 20, the House rejected the Biggs amendment by a vote of 157-275 (House roll call vote 390). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE.

18. PRESERVING THE MERCURY & AIR TOXICS STANDARDSRepresentative Kim Schrier (D-WA) o�ered an amendment to H.R. 3055, an appropriations bill funding various government agencies, which would halt the Trump administration’s attempt to undermine the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards—critical safeguards that protect our children from mercury and other toxic pollution spewed into our air by dirty power plants. When ingest-ed, mercury is a powerful neurotoxin known to cause permanent damage to developing brains and can lead to developmental delays, learning disabilities, and birth defects. And power plants are one of the largest contributors to mercury pollution in the environment and the �sh we eat. On June 20, the House approved the Schrier amendment by a vote of 253-177 (House roll call vote 395). YES IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. �e House passed H.R. 3055, with the Schrier amendment attached, on June 25. �e Schrier amendment was not included in any appropriations bills that became law.

19. PRO-ENVIRONMENT FUNDING BILLRepresentative José Serrano (D-NY) sponsored H.R. 3055, the Commerce, Justice, Science, Ag-riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans A�airs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appro-priations Act, 2020, which rejected the Trump administration’s irresponsible budget cuts and in-stead increased investments to �ght climate change, protect communities from toxic pollution, safeguard our lands and waters, cut air pollution, and boost clean energy. �e investments in this bill would help protect kids’ health and grow our outdoor recreation economy. H.R. 3055 in-creased funding for the Environmental Protection Agency to speci�cally address environmental justice and for our land management agencies, such as the National Park Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service, to improve our parks and wildlife refuges. H.R. 3055 is a strong rebuke of the Trump administration’s denial of the climate crisis, e�orts to undermine environmental progress, and promotion of polluters over people. On June 25, the House approved H.R. 3055 by a vote of 227-194 (House roll call vote 408). YES IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. H.R. 3055 became law a�er it was stripped of its substantive provisions and became a stopgap funding bill. H.R. 1865, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, the omnibus appropriations bill that the president signed into law on December 20, rejected the draconian cuts originally proposed by the Trump administration and included some spending increases for environmental programs.


20. STOPPING FUTURE DRILLING IN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICORepresentatives Francis Rooney (R-FL) and Kathy Castor (D-FL) sponsored H.R. 205, the Pro-tecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act of 2019, a bipartisan bill that would permanently extend the moratorium on o�shore drilling on the Florida Gulf Coast, which is set to expire in 2022. It also includes an amendment reinstating Obama-era rules requiring stricter safety stan-dards on o�shore drilling rigs. �is legislation would protect the clean and healthy coasts and marine ecosystems that are vital to Florida’s economy and coastal communities. On September 11, the House approved H.R. 205 by a vote of 248–180 (House roll call vote 521). YES IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. �e Senate took no action on this legislation.

21. BANNING OFFSHORE DRILLING IN THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANSRepresentative Joe Cunningham (D-SC) sponsored H.R. 1941, the Coastal and Marine Econo-mies Protection Act, which would prohibit drilling o� the Atlantic and Paci�c coasts. �e bill also included amendments establishing a moratorium on seismic blasting o� the Atlantic coast and authorizing studies on the impacts of o�shore drilling on coastal communities, including the economic risks to tourism, �shing, boating, and other activities. �is bill would protect coastal communities and marine wildlife from the devastating e�ects of oil spills that can wreck entire economies and ecosystems. On September 11, the House approved H.R. 1941 by a vote of 238–189 (House roll call vote 525). YES IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. �e Senate took no action on this legislation.

22. RESTORING PROTECTIONS FOR THE ARCTIC REFUGERepresentative Jared Hu�man (D-CA) sponsored H.R. 1146, the Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act, which would reverse a 2017 tax bill provision that mandated the sale of oil and gas leases in the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. �e Coastal Plain is considered the cultural and biological heart of the Arctic Refuge: it is home to majestic wildlife such as Porcupine Caribou (the Gwich’in people’s sacred animal), polar bears, and muskoxen. �is bill is a major victory for Gwich’in rights and the preservation of one of the wildest and most pristine areas in our country. On September 12, the House approved H.R. 1146 by a vote of 225–193 (House roll call vote 530). YES IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT V

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