2019 CONSERVATION REPORT CARD
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efenders of Wildlife’s 2019 Conservation Report Card measures the commitment of U.S. senators and representatives to wildlife andD habitat conservation during the 2019 session of the 116th Congress. It tells you at a glance if your elected representatives are preserving America’s natural heritage for our children and grandchildren. This report card reviews six Senate votes and nine House votes with serious implications for wildlife, habitat and the environment, including a House amendment that would have effectively blocked the development of new conservation measures for the critically imperiled North Atlantic right whale and a Senate amendment that would have replaced the proposed permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund with a short- term one. The Senate confirmed administration nominees with ties to anti-wildlife interests to top posts at the Department of the Interior: Secretary David Bernhardt, Assistant Secretary Susan Combs and Fish and Wildlife Service Director Aurelia Skipwith. On the positive side, the House passed an Interior Appropriations bill significant funding increases for the Endangered Species Act and other crucial wildlife programs and a bill to restore protections against oil development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. For more detailed vote descriptions and electronic versions of this and previous report cards, visit www.defenders.org/conservation-report-card. SENATE k ey issues & votes
1 Blocking Permanent Reauthorization of 5 Confirming Susan Combs as the Land and Water Conservation Fund an Assistant Interior Secretary The Senate tabled an amendment that would The Senate confirmed Susan Combs, have reduced permanent reauthorization of the a former Texas state comptroller and Land and Water Conservation Fund to five outspoken critic of the Endangered Species years. (February 7, 2019, Roll Call No. 19) Act, as the Interior Department’s assistant secretary for policy, management and budget. (June 5, 2019, Roll Call No. 141) 2 Undermining the Antiquities Act The Senate tabled an amendment that would have prohibited the president from 6 Confirming Aurelia Skipwith as designating national monuments in Utah. Fish and Wildlife Service Director (February 7, 2019, Roll Call No. 20) The Senate confirmed Aurelia Skipwith, a nominee with ties to interests opposing endangered species protection, as director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 3 Confirming Andrew Wheeler as EPA Administrator Service. (December 12, 2019, Roll Call No. 395) The Senate confirmed Deputy EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, a former coal-industry lobbyist, as the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (February 28, 2019, Roll Call No. 33)
4 Confirming David Bernhardt as Interior Secretary The Senate confirmed David Bernhardt, a former lobbyist for extractive industries and NOTE: Legislators who served a full term received “Incomplete” scores if they missed more than 25 percent of the key votes. Legislators who served a partial term did not developers, as secretary of the Department of receive “Incomplete” scores unless they missed more than 25 percent of the key votes the Interior. (April 11, 2019, Roll Call No. 77) while they were in office.
2 Conservation Report Card 2019 defenders.org/conservation-report-card 3 + VOTED WITH US - VOTED AGAINST US P VOTED PRESENT NV DID NOT VOTE NA NOT IN OFFICE + VOTED WITH US - VOTED AGAINST US P VOTED PRESENT NV DID NOT VOTE NA NOT IN OFFICE 100% ALWAYS VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 0% NEVER VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 100% ALWAYS VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 0% NEVER VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 1 Blocking Permanent Reauthorization of the Land and Water 1 Blocking Permanent Reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Conservation Fund 2 Undermining the Antiquities Act 2 Undermining the Antiquities Act
votes 3 Confirming Andrew Wheeler as EPA Administrator 3 Confirming Andrew Wheeler as EPA Administrator
4 Confirming David Bernhardt as Interior Secretary 4 Confirming David Bernhardt as Interior Secretary 5 Confirming Susan Combs as an Assistant Interior Secretary 5 Confirming Susan Combs as an Assistant Interior Secretary 6 Confirming Aurelia Skipwith as Fish and Wildlife Service Director 6 Confirming Aurelia Skipwith as Fish and Wildlife Service Director key SENATE
KEY VOTE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 SCORE KEY VOTE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 SCORE ALABAMA HAWAII Doug Jones D + + + + - - 67% Mazie K. Hirono D + + + + + + 100% Richard C. Shelby R + + - - - NV 40% Brian Schatz D + + + + + + 100% ALASKA IDAHO Lisa A. Murkowski R + + - - - - 33% Michael D. Crapo R ------0% Daniel Sullivan R + - - - - - 17% James E. Risch R ------0% ARIZONA ILLINOIS Kyrsten Sinema D + + NV - - - 40% Tammy Duckworth D + + + + + NV 100% Martha McSally R ------0% Richard J. Durbin D + + + + + + 100% ARKANSAS INDIANA John N. Boozman R + - - - - - 17% Mike Braun R ------0% Tom Cotton R ------0% Todd Young R + + - - - - 33% CALIFORNIA IOWA Dianne Feinstein D + + + + + + 100% Joni Ernst R + - - - - - 17% Kamala D. Harris D + + + NV + + 100% Charles E. Grassley R ------0% COLORADO KANSAS Michael Bennet D + + + + + + 100% Jerry Moran R + - - - NV - 20% Cory Gardner R + + - - - - 33% Pat Roberts R + + - - - - 33% CONNECTICUT KENTUCKY Richard Blumenthal D + + + + + + 100% Mitch McConnell R ------0% Christopher S. Murphy D + + + + - + 83% Rand Paul R - - - - - NV 0% DELAWARE LOUISIANA Thomas R. Carper D + + + + + + 100% Bill Cassidy R NV - - - - - 0% Christopher Coons D + + + + + + 100% John Kennedy R ------0% FLORIDA MAINE Marco Rubio R ------0% Susan M. Collins R + + + - - - 50% Rick Scott R ------0% Angus King I + + + - - + 67% GEORGIA MARYLAND Johnny Isakson R + + - - - NV 40% Benjamin L. Cardin D + + + + + + 100% David Perdue R - - - NV - - 0% Christopher Van Hollen D + + + + + + 100%
4 Conservation Report Card 2019 defenders.org/conservation-report-card 5 + VOTED WITH US - VOTED AGAINST US P VOTED PRESENT NV DID NOT VOTE NA NOT IN OFFICE + VOTED WITH US - VOTED AGAINST US P VOTED PRESENT NV DID NOT VOTE NA NOT IN OFFICE 100% ALWAYS VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 0% NEVER VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 100% ALWAYS VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 0% NEVER VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 1 Blocking Permanent Reauthorization of the Land and Water 1 Blocking Permanent Reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Conservation Fund 2 Undermining the Antiquities Act 2 Undermining the Antiquities Act
votes 3 Confirming Andrew Wheeler as EPA Administrator 3 Confirming Andrew Wheeler as EPA Administrator
4 Confirming David Bernhardt as Interior Secretary 4 Confirming David Bernhardt as Interior Secretary 5 Confirming Susan Combs as an Assistant Interior Secretary 5 Confirming Susan Combs as an Assistant Interior Secretary 6 Confirming Aurelia Skipwith as Fish and Wildlife Service Director 6 Confirming Aurelia Skipwith as Fish and Wildlife Service Director key SENATE
KEY VOTE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 SCORE KEY VOTE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 SCORE MASSACHUSETTS NEW YORK Edward J. Markey D + + + + NV + 100% Kirsten E. Gillibrand D + NV + + NV + Incomplete* Elizabeth Warren D + + + + NV NV Incomplete* Charles E. Schumer D + + + + + + 100% MICHIGAN NORTH CAROLINA Gary Peters D + + + + + + 100% Richard Burr R + + - - - NV 40% Debbie Stabenow D + NV + + + + 100% MINNESOTA Thom Tillis R + + - - - - 33% Amy Klobuchar D + NV + + + NV Incomplete* NORTH DAKOTA Tina Smith D + + + + + + 100% Kevin Cramer R ------0% MISSISSIPPI John Hoeven R - NV - - - - 0% Cindy Hyde-Smith R + + - - - - 33% OHIO Roger F. Wicker R ------0% Sherrod Brown D + + + + + + 100% MISSOURI Rob Portman R + + - - - - 33% Roy Blunt R + - - - - - 17% OKLAHOMA Josh Hawley R ------0% James M. Inhofe R ------0% MONTANA Steve Daines R + + - - - - 33% James Lankford R ------0% Jon Tester D + + + + + + 100% OREGON NEBRASKA Jeffrey Merkley D + + + + + + 100% Deb Fischer R ------0% Ron Wyden D + + + + + + 100% Ben Sasse R - NV - - - - 0% PENNSYLVANIA NEVADA Robert P. Casey D + + + + + + 100% Catherine Cortez Masto D + + + + + + 100% Pat Toomey R ------0% Jacklyn Rosen D + + + + + + 100% RHODE ISLAND NEW HAMPSHIRE Jack Reed D + + + + + + 100% Maggie Hassan D + + + + + + 100% Sheldon Whitehouse D - + + + + + 83% Jeanne Shaheen D + + + + + + 100% NEW JERSEY SOUTH CAROLINA Cory A. Booker D NV + + NV NV NV Incomplete* Lindsey O. Graham R + + - - - - 33% Robert Menendez D + + + + + + 100% Tim Scott R ------0% NEW MEXICO SOUTH DAKOTA Martin T. Heinrich D + + + - + + 83% Mike Rounds R + + - - - - 33% Tom Udall D + + + + + + 100% John Thune R + - - - - - 17%
*Missed more than 25% of key votes eligible to cast. *Missed more than 25% of key votes eligible to cast.
6 Conservation Report Card 2019 defenders.org/conservation-report-card 7 + VOTED WITH US - VOTED AGAINST US P VOTED PRESENT NV DID NOT VOTE NA NOT IN OFFICE 100% ALWAYS VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 0% NEVER VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 1 Blocking Permanent Reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund 2 Undermining the Antiquities Act HOUSE votes 3 Confirming Andrew Wheeler as EPA Administrator key issu es & votes 4 Confirming David Bernhardt as Interior Secretary 5 Confirming Susan Combs as an Assistant Interior Secretary 6 Confirming Aurelia Skipwith as Fish and Wildlife Service Director key SENATE
KEY VOTE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 SCORE 1 Opposing Damaging Border Wall Funding TENNESSEE The House passed a short-term funding bill to Lamar Alexander R + + - - NV - 40% reopen the Department of Homeland Security, Marsha W. Blackburn R + - - - - - 17% closed due to a government shutdown, without TEXAS additional funding for the expansion of a John Cornyn R - NV - - - - 0% proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The Ted Cruz R - NV - - - - 0% wall would damage sensitive lands and wildlife UTAH habitat. (January 3, 2019, Roll Call No. 9) Michael Lee R ------0% 2 Blocking Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Mitt Romney R ------0% Change Agreement VERMONT The House passed a bill that would have Patrick J. Leahy D + + + + + + 100% required the president to adhere to and update Bernard Sanders I + + + + NV NV Incomplete* the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement on climate VIRGINIA change. (May 2, 2019, Roll Call No. 184) Tim Kaine D + + + + + + 100% 3 Blocking Conservation Measures for North Mark Warner D + + + + + + 100% Atlantic Right Whales WASHINGTON The House rejected an amendment that would Maria Cantwell D + + + + - + 83% have prohibited the National Marine Fisheries Patty Murray D + + + + + + 100% Service (NMFS) from using a science-based, WEST VIRGINIA stakeholder-driven decision support tool for Shelley Moore Capito R + + - - - - 33% conservation and protection of the critically Joe Manchin D + + + - - - 50% imperiled North Atlantic right whale. The WISCONSIN amendment would have effectively blocked vital Tammy Baldwin D + + + + + + 100% new right whale protections under development Ron Johnson R ------0% by NMFS. (June 20, 2019, Roll Call No. 372) WYOMING John A. Barrasso R ------0% Michael B. Enzi R ------0%
*Missed more than 25% of key votes eligible to cast.
8 Conservation Report Card 2019 defenders.org/conservation-report-card 9 HOUSE key issu es & votes
4 Protecting the Tongass—America’s Rainforest 7 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off the Atlantic The House passed an amendment to protect and Pacific Coasts the Tongass National Forest by blocking multi- The House passed a bill prohibiting the million-dollar tax subsidies for expensive and Interior Department from conducting oil and destructive road building in this forest with gas leasing in the outer continental shelf off 17 million acres of prime fish and wildlife the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, preventing habitat. (June 20, 2019, Roll Call No. 382) activities that could threaten marine wildlife. (September 11, 2019, Roll Call No. 525) 5 Funding Wildlife Protections and Rejecting Harmful Riders 8 Restoring Protections Against Oil Development The House passed an FY 2020 Interior in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge appropriations bill that provided significant The House passed legislation to stop the funding increases for the Endangered Species government from opening Arctic National Act and other crucial wildlife programs, held the Wildlife Refuge to Big Oil by repealing the Trump administration accountable for drilling in controversial arctic lease sale provision of the 2017 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and eliminated a tax bill. (September 12, 2019, Roll Call No. 530) rider blocking protections for the imperiled greater sage-grouse. (June 25, 2019, Roll Call No. 408) 9 Eviscerating Key Marine Mammal Protections The House rejected an amendment that would 6 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off have gutted key provisions of the Marine Florida’s Gulf Coast Mammal Protection Act to fast-track seismic The House passed a bill permanently extending airgun blasting and other industrial activities a moratorium on oil and gas leasing off the in the ocean that harm marine mammals. It Florida Gulf Coast to reduce threats to marine would also have created dangerous loopholes in wildlife. (September 11, 2019, Roll Call No. 521) Endangered Species Act protections for marine mammals. (December 10, 2019, Roll Call No. 666)
NOTE: Legislators who served a full term received “Incomplete” scores if they missed more than 25 percent of the key votes. Legislators who served a partial term did not receive “Incomplete” scores unless they missed more than 25 percent of the key votes while they were in office.
10 Conservation Report Card 2019 defenders.org/conservation-report-card 11 + VOTED WITH US - VOTED AGAINST US P VOTED PRESENT NV DID NOT VOTE NA NOT IN OFFICE S SPEAKER DID NOT VOTE 100% ALWAYS VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 0% NEVER VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 1 Opposing Damaging Border Wall Funding 7 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts 2 Blocking Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Change Agreement 8 Restoring Protections Against Oil Development in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
votes 3 Blocking Conservation Measures for North Atlantic Right Whales 9 Eviscerating Key Marine Mammal Protections 4 Protecting the Tongass—America’s Rainforest 5 Funding Wildlife Protections and Rejecting Harmful Riders 6 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off Florida’s Gulf Coast key HOUSE
DISTRICT KEY VOTE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SCORE ALABAMA 1 Bradley Byrne R ------0% 2 Martha Roby R ------0% 3 Michael D. Rogers R ------0% 4 Robert B. Aderholt R ------NV 0% 5 Mo Brooks R - - + ------11% 6 Gary J. Palmer R ------0% 7 Terri A. Sewell D + + + + + + + + + 100% ALASKA 1 Don Young R ------0% ARIZONA 1 Tom O’Halleran D + + + + + + + + + 100% 2 Ann Kirkpatrick D + + NV NV + + + + + 100% 3 Raúl M. Grijalva D + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 Paul A. Gosar R ------0% 5 Andy Biggs R ------0% 6 David Schweikert R - - + ------11% 7 Ruben Gallego D + + + + + + + + + 100% 8 Debbie Lesko R ------0% 9 Greg Stanton D + + + + + + + + + 100% ARKANSAS 1 Rick Crawford R - NV + ------13% 2 J. French Hill R - - + ------11% 3 Steve Womack R - - + ------11% 4 Bruce Westerman R ------0% CALIFORNIA 1 Doug LaMalfa R - - + ------11% 2 Jared Huffman D + + + + + + + + + 100% 3 John Garamendi D + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 Tom McClintock R ------0%
12 Conservation Report Card 2019 defenders.org/conservation-report-card 13 + VOTED WITH US - VOTED AGAINST US P VOTED PRESENT NV DID NOT VOTE NA NOT IN OFFICE S SPEAKER DID NOT VOTE 100% ALWAYS VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 0% NEVER VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 1 Opposing Damaging Border Wall Funding 7 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts 2 Blocking Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Change Agreement 8 Restoring Protections Against Oil Development in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
votes 3 Blocking Conservation Measures for North Atlantic Right Whales 9 Eviscerating Key Marine Mammal Protections 4 Protecting the Tongass—America’s Rainforest 5 Funding Wildlife Protections and Rejecting Harmful Riders 6 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off Florida’s Gulf Coast key HOUSE
DISTRICTDISTRICT KEY VOTE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SCORE 5 Mike Thompson D + + + + + + + + + 100% 6 Doris Okada Matsui D + + + + + + + + + 100% 7 Ami Bera D + + + + + + + + + 100% 8 Paul Cook R ------0% 9 Jerry McNerney D + + + + + + + + + 100% 10 Josh Harder D + + + + + + + + + 100% 11 Mark DeSaulnier D + + + + + + + + + 100% 12 Nancy Pelosi D S + S S S S S S S Incomplete* 13 Barbara Lee D + + + + + + + + + 100% 14 Jackie Speier D + + + + + + + + + 100% 15 Eric Swalwell D + + NV NV NV + + + + Incomplete* 16 Jim Costa D + + + - + + + - + 78% 17 Ro Khanna D + + + + + + + + + 100% 18 Anna G. Eshoo D + + + + + + + + + 100% 19 Zoe Lofgren D + + + + + + + + + 100% 20 Jimmy Panetta D + + + + + + + + + 100% 21 TJ Cox D + + + + + + + + + 100% 22 Devin Nunes R ------0% 23 Kevin McCarthy R ------0% 24 Salud O. Carbajal D + + + + + + + + + 100% 25 Katie Hill D + + + + + + + + NA 100% 26 Julia Brownley D + + + + + + + + + 100% 27 Judy Chu D + + + + + + + + + 100% 28 Adam B. Schiff D + + + + + + + + + 100% 29 Tony Cárdenas D + + + + + + + + + 100% 30 Brad Sherman D + + + + + + + + + 100% 31 Pete Aguilar D + + + + + + + + + 100% 32 Grace F. Napolitano D + + + + + + + + + 100% 33 Ted Lieu D + + + + + + + + NV 100%
*Missed more than 25% of key votes eligible to cast.
14 Conservation Report Card 2019 defenders.org/conservation-report-card 15 + VOTED WITH US - VOTED AGAINST US P VOTED PRESENT NV DID NOT VOTE NA NOT IN OFFICE S SPEAKER DID NOT VOTE 100% ALWAYS VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 0% NEVER VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 1 Opposing Damaging Border Wall Funding 7 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts 2 Blocking Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Change Agreement 8 Restoring Protections Against Oil Development in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
votes 3 Blocking Conservation Measures for North Atlantic Right Whales 9 Eviscerating Key Marine Mammal Protections 4 Protecting the Tongass—America’s Rainforest 5 Funding Wildlife Protections and Rejecting Harmful Riders 6 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off Florida’s Gulf Coast key HOUSE
DISTRICT KEY VOTE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SCORE 34 Jimmy Gomez D + + + + + + + + + 100% 35 Norma J. Torres D + + + + + + + + + 100% 36 Raul Ruiz D + + + + + + + + + 100% 37 Karen Bass D + + + + + + + + + 100% 38 Linda T. Sánchez D + + + + + + + + + 100% 39 Gilbert Ray Cisneros D + + + + + + + + + 100% 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D + + + + + + + + + 100% 41 Mark Takano D + + + + + + + + + 100% 42 Ken Calvert R ------0% 43 Maxine Waters D + + + + + + + + + 100% 44 Nanette Diaz Barragán D + + + + + + + + + 100% 45 Katie Porter D + + + + + + + + + 100% 46 J. Luis Correa D + + + + + + + NA + 100% 47 Alan S. Lowenthal D + + + + + + + + + 100% 48 Harley Rouda D + NA + + + + + + + 100% 49 Mike Levin D + + + + + + + + + 100% 50 Duncan D. Hunter R - - + - - - - - NV 13% 51 Juan Vargas D + NA + + + + + + + 100% 52 Scott H. Peters D + + + + + + + + + 100% 53 Susan A. Davis D + + + + + + + + + 100% COLORADO 1 Diana DeGette D + + + + + + + + + 100% 2 Joseph Neguse D + + + + + + + + + 100% 3 Scott R. Tipton R ------0% 4 Ken Buck R ------0% 5 Doug Lamborn R - - + ------11% 6 Jason Crow D + + + + + + + + + 100% 7 Ed Perlmutter D + + + + + + + + + 100%
16 Conservation Report Card 2019 defenders.org/conservation-report-card 17 + VOTED WITH US - VOTED AGAINST US P VOTED PRESENT NV DID NOT VOTE NA NOT IN OFFICE S SPEAKER DID NOT VOTE 100% ALWAYS VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 0% NEVER VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 1 Opposing Damaging Border Wall Funding 7 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts 2 Blocking Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Change Agreement 8 Restoring Protections Against Oil Development in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
votes 3 Blocking Conservation Measures for North Atlantic Right Whales 9 Eviscerating Key Marine Mammal Protections 4 Protecting the Tongass—America’s Rainforest 5 Funding Wildlife Protections and Rejecting Harmful Riders 6 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off Florida’s Gulf Coast key HOUSE
DISTRICTDISTRICT KEY VOTE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SCORE CONNECTICUT 1 John B. Larson D + + + + + + + + + 100% 2 Joseph Courtney D + + - + + + + + + 89% 3 Rosa L. DeLauro D + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 James A. Himes D + + + + + + + + + 100% 5 Jahana Hayes D + + + + + + + + + 100% DELAWARE 1 Lisa Blunt Rochester D + + + + + + + + + 100% FLORIDA 1 Matt Gaetz R - - - - - + + - + 33% 2 Neal Dunn R - - - - - + - - - 11% 3 Ted S. Yoho R - - + - - - - NA - 13% 4 John H. Rutherford R - - + - - + + - + 44% 5 Al Lawson D + + + + + + + + + 100% 6 Michael Waltz R - - + - - + + - + 44% 7 Stephanie N. Murphy D + + + + + + + + + 100% 8 Bill Posey R - - + - - + - - + 33% 9 Darren Soto D + + + + + + + + + 100% 10 Val Butler Demings D + + + + + + + + + 100% 11 Daniel Webster R - - + - - + - - - 22% 12 Gus Michael Bilirakis R - - + - - + - - + 33% 13 Charles Crist D + + + + + + + + + 100% 14 Katherine Castor D + + + + + + + + + 100% 15 Ross Spano R - - + - - + - - - 22% 16 Vern Buchanan R - + + - - + + - + 56% 17 W. Gregory Steube R - - - - - + - - - 11% 18 Brian J. Mast R - - + - - + + - + 44% 19 Francis Rooney R - NV + + NV + + + NV Incomplete* 20 Alcee L. Hastings D + NV NV NV + + + + + Incomplete* 21 Lois Frankel D + + + + + + + + + 100%
*Missed more than 25% of key votes eligible to cast.
18 Conservation Report Card 2019 defenders.org/conservation-report-card 19 + VOTED WITH US - VOTED AGAINST US P VOTED PRESENT NV DID NOT VOTE NA NOT IN OFFICE S SPEAKER DID NOT VOTE 100% ALWAYS VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 0% NEVER VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 1 Opposing Damaging Border Wall Funding 7 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts 2 Blocking Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Change Agreement 8 Restoring Protections Against Oil Development in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
votes 3 Blocking Conservation Measures for North Atlantic Right Whales 9 Eviscerating Key Marine Mammal Protections 4 Protecting the Tongass—America’s Rainforest 5 Funding Wildlife Protections and Rejecting Harmful Riders 6 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off Florida’s Gulf Coast key HOUSE
DISTRICTDISTRICT KEY VOTE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SCORE 22 Theodore Deutch D + + + + + + + + + 100% 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D + + + + + + + + NV 100% 24 Frederica S. Wilson D + + + + + + + + + 100% 25 Mario Diaz-Balart R - - + - - + - - + 33% 26 Debbie Mucarsel-Powell D + + + + + + + + + 100% 27 Donna E. Shalala D + + + + + + + + + 100% GEORGIA 1 Earl Carter R - - + - - - - - + 22% 2 Sanford D. Bishop D + + + - + + + + + 89% 3 A. Drew Ferguson R - - + ------11% 4 Henry C. Johnson D + + + + + + + + + 100% 5 John Lewis D + + + + + + + + + 100% 6 Lucy McBath D + + + + + + + + + 100% 7 Rob Woodall R - - + ------11% 8 Austin Scott R - - + ------11% 9 Doug Collins R - - + ------11% 10 Jody B. Hice R ------0% 11 Barry Loudermilk R - NV + ------13% 12 Rick W. Allen R - - + ------11% 13 David A. Scott D + + + + + + + + + 100% 14 Tom Graves R - - + - - - - - + 22% HAWAII 1 Edward Case D + + + + + + + + + 100% 2 Tulsi Gabbard D + + + + NV + + NV NV Incomplete* IDAHO 1 Russ Fulcher R ------+ 11% 2 Michael K. Simpson R - - + ------11% ILLINOIS 1 Bobby L. Rush D + + + + + + + + + 100% 2 Robin L. Kelly D + + + + + + + + + 100%
*Missed more than 25% of key votes eligible to cast.
20 Conservation Report Card 2019 defenders.org/conservation-report-card 21 + VOTED WITH US - VOTED AGAINST US P VOTED PRESENT NV DID NOT VOTE NA NOT IN OFFICE S SPEAKER DID NOT VOTE 100% ALWAYS VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 0% NEVER VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 1 Opposing Damaging Border Wall Funding 7 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts 2 Blocking Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Change Agreement 8 Restoring Protections Against Oil Development in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
votes 3 Blocking Conservation Measures for North Atlantic Right Whales 9 Eviscerating Key Marine Mammal Protections 4 Protecting the Tongass—America’s Rainforest 5 Funding Wildlife Protections and Rejecting Harmful Riders 6 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off Florida’s Gulf Coast key HOUSE
DISTRICT KEY VOTE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SCORE 3 Daniel Lipinski D + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 Jesús G. García D + + + + + + + + + 100% 5 Michael Quigley D + + + + + + + + + 100% 6 Sean Casten D + + + + + + + + + 100% 7 Danny K. Davis D + + + + + + + + + 100% 8 Raja Krishnamoorthi D + + + + + + + + + 100% 9 Janice D. Schakowsky D + + + + + + + + + 100% 10 Bradley Scott Schneider D + + + + + + + + + 100% 11 Bill Foster D + + + + + + + + + 100% 12 Mike Bost R ------0% 13 Rodney Davis R - - + ------11% 14 Lauren Underwood D + + + + + + + + + 100% 15 John Shimkus R - - + ------11% 16 Adam Kinzinger R - - + ------11% 17 Cheri Bustos D + + + + + + + + + 100% 18 Darin LaHood R - - + ------11% INDIANA 1 Peter J. Visclosky D + + + + + + + + + 100% 2 Jackie Walorski R ------0% 3 Jim Banks R - - + ------11% 4 James R. Baird R ------NV - 0% 5 Susan W. Brooks R - - + - - - - - + 22% 6 Greg Pence R - - + ------11% 7 André Carson D + + + + + + + + + 100% 8 Larry Bucshon R - - + ------11% 9 Trey Hollingsworth R - - + - - + + - - 33% IOWA 1 Abby Finkenauer D + + - + + + + + + 89% 2 David Loebsack D + + + + + + + + + 100% 3 Cynthia Axne D + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 Steven A. King R - - + ------11%
22 Conservation Report Card 2019 defenders.org/conservation-report-card 23 + VOTED WITH US - VOTED AGAINST US P VOTED PRESENT NV DID NOT VOTE NA NOT IN OFFICE S SPEAKER DID NOT VOTE 100% ALWAYS VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 0% NEVER VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 1 Opposing Damaging Border Wall Funding 7 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts 2 Blocking Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Change Agreement 8 Restoring Protections Against Oil Development in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
votes 3 Blocking Conservation Measures for North Atlantic Right Whales 9 Eviscerating Key Marine Mammal Protections 4 Protecting the Tongass—America’s Rainforest 5 Funding Wildlife Protections and Rejecting Harmful Riders 6 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off Florida’s Gulf Coast key HOUSE
DISTRICT KEY VOTE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SCORE KANSAS 1 Roger W. Marshall R - - + - - - - - + 22% 2 Steven C. Watkins R - - + ------11% 3 Sharice Davids D + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 Ron Estes R - - + ------11% KENTUCKY 1 James Comer R - - - + - - - - - 11% 2 Steven Brett Guthrie R - - + ------11% 3 John A. Yarmuth D + + - + + + + + + 89% 4 Thomas Massie R ------0% 5 Harold Rogers R ------0% 6 Garland Barr R - - + ------11% LOUISIANA 1 Steve J. Scalise R ------0% 2 Cedric L. Richmond D + + + + + + + + + 100% 3 Clay Higgins R - - + ------11% 4 Mike Johnson R - - + ------11% 5 Ralph Lee Abraham R - NV - - NV NV NV NV - Incomplete* 6 Garret Graves R - - + ------11% MAINE 1 Chellie Pingree D + + - + + + + + + 89% 2 Jared Golden D + + - + + + + + + 89% MARYLAND 1 Andrew P. Harris R ------0% 2 C.A. Ruppersberger D + + + + + + + + + 100% 3 John P. Sarbanes D + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 Anthony G. Brown D + + - + + + + + + 89% 5 Steny H. Hoyer D + + + + + + + + + 100% 6 David J. Trone D + + + + + + + + + 100% 7 Elijah E. Cummings D + + + + + + + + NA 100% 8 Jamin B. Raskin D + + + + + + + + + 100% *Missed more than 25% of key votes eligible to cast. 24 Conservation Report Card 2019 defenders.org/conservation-report-card 25 + VOTED WITH US - VOTED AGAINST US P VOTED PRESENT NV DID NOT VOTE NA NOT IN OFFICE S SPEAKER DID NOT VOTE 100% ALWAYS VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 0% NEVER VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 1 Opposing Damaging Border Wall Funding 7 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts 2 Blocking Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Change Agreement 8 Restoring Protections Against Oil Development in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
votes 3 Blocking Conservation Measures for North Atlantic Right Whales 9 Eviscerating Key Marine Mammal Protections 4 Protecting the Tongass—America’s Rainforest 5 Funding Wildlife Protections and Rejecting Harmful Riders 6 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off Florida’s Gulf Coast key HOUSE
DISTRICTDISTRICT KEY VOTE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SCORE MASSACHUSETTS 1 Richard E. Neal D + + + + + + + + + 100% 2 James P. McGovern D + + + + + + + + + 100% 3 Lori Trahan D + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 Joseph Kennedy D + + + + + + + + + 100% 5 Katherine Clark D + + + + + + + + + 100% 6 Seth Moulton D + + + + NV + + + + 100% 7 Ayanna Pressley D + + + + + + + + + 100% 8 Stephen F. Lynch D + + + + + + + + + 100% 9 Bill Keating D + + + + + + + + + 100% MICHIGAN 1 Jack Bergman R - - + ------11% 2 Bill Huizenga R/I ------NV - 0% 3 Justin Amash I - - + + - - - - + 33% 4 John Moolenaar R - - + ------11% 5 Daniel Kildee D + + + + + + + + + 100% 6 Fred Upton R - - + + - - - - + 33% 7 Tim Walberg R - - + ------11% 8 Elissa Slotkin D + + + + + + + + + 100% 9 Andy Levin D + + + + + + + + + 100% 10 Paul Mitchell R ------0% 11 Haley M. Stevens D + + - + + + + + + 89% 12 Debbie Dingell D + + + + + + + + + 100% 13 Rashida Tlaib D + + + + + + + + + 100% 14 Brenda Lawrence D + + + + + NV NV + + 100% MINNESOTA 1 Jim Hagedorn R - - + ------11% 2 Angela Craig D + + + + + + + + + 100% 3 Dean Phillips D + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 Betty McCollum D + + + + + + + + + 100% 5 Ilhan Omar D + + + + + + + + + 100%
26 Conservation Report Card 2019 defenders.org/conservation-report-card 27 + VOTED WITH US - VOTED AGAINST US P VOTED PRESENT NV DID NOT VOTE NA NOT IN OFFICE S SPEAKER DID NOT VOTE 100% ALWAYS VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 0% NEVER VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 1 Opposing Damaging Border Wall Funding 7 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts 2 Blocking Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Change Agreement 8 Restoring Protections Against Oil Development in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
votes 3 Blocking Conservation Measures for North Atlantic Right Whales 9 Eviscerating Key Marine Mammal Protections 4 Protecting the Tongass—America’s Rainforest 5 Funding Wildlife Protections and Rejecting Harmful Riders 6 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off Florida’s Gulf Coast key HOUSE
DISTRICTDISTRICT KEY VOTE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SCORE 6 Tom Emmer R - - NV NV - - - - - 0% 7 Collin C. Peterson D + + + + + - - - + 67% 8 Peter Stauber R ------0% MISSISSIPPI 1 Trent Kelly R - - + ------11% 2 Bennie G. Thompson D + NV + + + + + + + 100% 3 Michael Guest R - - + ------11% 4 Steven Palazzo R - - + ------11% MISSOURI 1 William Lacy Clay D + + + + + + + + + 100% 2 Ann Wagner R - - - + - - - - - 11% 3 Blaine Luetkemeyer R - - + ------11% 4 Vicky Hartzler R - - + ------11% 5 Emanuel Cleaver D + + + + + + + + + 100% 6 Sam Graves R - - + ------11% 7 Billy Long R - - + ------11% 8 Jason Smith R ------0% MONTANA 1 Greg Gianforte R ------0% NEBRASKA 1 Jeffrey Fortenberry R - - + - - - - - + 22% 2 Donald Bacon R - - + - - - - - + 22% 3 Adrian M. Smith R ------NV - - 0% NEVADA 1 Dina Titus D + NV + + + + + + + 100% 2 Mark E. Amodei R ------0% 3 Suzanne Lee D + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 Steven Horsford D + + + + + + + + + 100% NEW HAMPSHIRE 1 Christopher Pappas D + + + + + + + + + 100% 2 Ann M. Kuster D + + + + + + + + + 100%
28 Conservation Report Card 2019 defenders.org/conservation-report-card 29 + VOTED WITH US - VOTED AGAINST US P VOTED PRESENT NV DID NOT VOTE NA NOT IN OFFICE S SPEAKER DID NOT VOTE 100% ALWAYS VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 0% NEVER VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 1 Opposing Damaging Border Wall Funding 7 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts 2 Blocking Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Change Agreement 8 Restoring Protections Against Oil Development in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
votes 3 Blocking Conservation Measures for North Atlantic Right Whales 9 Eviscerating Key Marine Mammal Protections 4 Protecting the Tongass—America’s Rainforest 5 Funding Wildlife Protections and Rejecting Harmful Riders 6 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off Florida’s Gulf Coast key HOUSE
DISTRICTDISTRICT KEY VOTE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SCORE NEW JERSEY 1 Donald W. Norcross D + + - + + + + + + 89% 2 Jefferson Van Drew D + + + + + + + + + 100% 3 Andy Kim D + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 Christopher H. Smith R + - + + - + + + + 78% 5 Joshua Gottheimer D + + + + + + + + + 100% 6 Frank Pallone D + + + + + + + + + 100% 7 Tom Malinowski D + + + + + + + + + 100% 8 Albio Sires D + + + + + + + + + 100% 9 Bill Pascrell D + + + + + + + + + 100% 10 Donald M. Payne D + + + + + + + + + 100% 11 Mikie Sherrill D + + + + + + + + + 100% 12 Bonnie Watson Coleman D + + + + + + + + + 100% NEW MEXICO 1 Debra A. Haaland D + + + + + + + + + 100% 2 Xochitl Torres Small D + + + + + + + + + 100% 3 Ben Ray Luján D + + + + + + + + + 100% NEW YORK 1 Lee M. Zeldin R - - - + - - + - - 22% 2 Peter T. King R - - + - - + + - + 44% 3 Thomas Suozzi D + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 Kathleen M. Rice D + + + + + + + NV + 100% 5 Gregory W. Meeks D + + + + NV + + + + 100% 6 Grace Meng D + + + + + + + + + 100% 7 Nydia M. Velázquez D + + + + + + + + + 100% 8 Hakeem Jeffries D + + + + + + + + + 100% 9 Yvette Diane Clarke D + + + + + + + + + 100% 10 Jerrold Nadler D + + + + + + + + + 100% 11 Max Rose D + + - + + + + + + 89% 12 Carolyn B. Maloney D + + + + + + + + + 100% 13 Adriano Espaillat D + + + + + + + + + 100%
30 Conservation Report Card 2019 defenders.org/conservation-report-card 31 + VOTED WITH US - VOTED AGAINST US P VOTED PRESENT NV DID NOT VOTE NA NOT IN OFFICE S SPEAKER DID NOT VOTE 100% ALWAYS VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 0% NEVER VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 1 Opposing Damaging Border Wall Funding 7 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts 2 Blocking Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Change Agreement 8 Restoring Protections Against Oil Development in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
votes 3 Blocking Conservation Measures for North Atlantic Right Whales 9 Eviscerating Key Marine Mammal Protections 4 Protecting the Tongass—America’s Rainforest 5 Funding Wildlife Protections and Rejecting Harmful Riders 6 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off Florida’s Gulf Coast key HOUSE
DISTRICTDISTRICT KEY VOTE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SCORE 14 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D + + + + + + + + + 100% 15 José E. Serrano D + + + + + + + + NV 100% 16 Eliot L. Engel D + + + + + + + + + 100% 17 Nita M. Lowey D + + + + + + + + + 100% 18 Sean Patrick Maloney D + + + + + + + + + 100% 19 Antonio Delgado D + + + + + + + + + 100% 20 Paul Tonko D + + + + + + + + + 100% 21 Elise Stefanik R + + - - - + - + + 56% 22 Anthony Brindisi D + + + + + + + + + 100% 23 Tom Reed R - - + + - - - - - 22% 24 John Katko R + - + - - + - - + 44% 25 Joseph D. Morelle D + + + + + + + + + 100% 26 Brian Higgins D + + + + + + + + + 100% 27 Chris Collins R - - + - - - - NV - 14% NORTH CAROLINA 1 George K. Butterfield D + + + + + + + + + 100% 2 George Holding R - - + ------11% 3 Gregory Murphy R NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA + Incomplete* 4 David E. Price D + + + + + + + + + 100% 5 Virginia Foxx R - - + ------11% 6 Mark Walker R - - + ------11% 7 David Rouzer R - - + ------11% 8 Richard Hudson R - - + ------11% 9 Dan Bishop R NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA - Incomplete* 10 Patrick T. McHenry R - - + - - + - - - 22% 11 Mark Meadows R ------0% 12 Alma S. Adams D + NV + + + + + + + 100% 13 Theodore Budd R - - + ------11% NORTH DAKOTA 1 Kelly Armstrong R - - + ------11%
*Missed more than 25% of key votes eligible to cast.
32 Conservation Report Card 2019 defenders.org/conservation-report-card 33 + VOTED WITH US - VOTED AGAINST US P VOTED PRESENT NV DID NOT VOTE NA NOT IN OFFICE S SPEAKER DID NOT VOTE 100% ALWAYS VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 0% NEVER VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 1 Opposing Damaging Border Wall Funding 7 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts 2 Blocking Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Change Agreement 8 Restoring Protections Against Oil Development in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
votes 3 Blocking Conservation Measures for North Atlantic Right Whales 9 Eviscerating Key Marine Mammal Protections 4 Protecting the Tongass—America’s Rainforest 5 Funding Wildlife Protections and Rejecting Harmful Riders 6 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off Florida’s Gulf Coast key HOUSE
DISTRICTDISTRICT KEY VOTE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SCORE OHIO 1 Steven Chabot R - - + + - - - - - 22% 2 Brad R. Wenstrup R ------0% 3 Joyce Beatty D + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 James D. Jordan R ------0% 5 Robert E. Latta R - - + ------11% 6 Bill Johnson R - - + ------11% 7 Bob Gibbs R - - + ------11% 8 Warren Davidson R ------0% 9 Marcy Kaptur D + + + + + + + + + 100% 10 Michael R. Turner R - - NV - - - - - + 13% 11 Marcia L. Fudge D + NV + + + + + + + 100% 12 Troy Balderson R ------0% 13 Timothy J. Ryan D + + NV NV NV + + + + Incomplete* 14 David P. Joyce R - - + - - - - - + 22% 15 Steve Stivers R - - + ------11% 16 Anthony Gonzalez R - - + ------11% OKLAHOMA 1 Kevin Hern R - - + ------11% 2 Markwayne Mullin R ------0% 3 Frank D. Lucas R - - + - NV - - - - 13% 4 Tom Cole R - - + ------11% 5 Kendra S. Horn D + + - + + + + + + 89% OREGON 1 Suzanne Bonamici D + + + + + + + + + 100% 2 Greg Walden R - - + ------11% 3 Earl Blumenauer D + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 Peter A. DeFazio D + + + + + + + + + 100% 5 Kurt Schrader D + + + - + + + + + 89% PENNSYLVANIA 1 Brian K. Fitzpatrick R + + + + - + + + + 89% *Missed more than 25% of key votes eligible to cast. 34 Conservation Report Card 2019 defenders.org/conservation-report-card 35 + VOTED WITH US - VOTED AGAINST US P VOTED PRESENT NV DID NOT VOTE NA NOT IN OFFICE S SPEAKER DID NOT VOTE 100% ALWAYS VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 0% NEVER VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 1 Opposing Damaging Border Wall Funding 7 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts 2 Blocking Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Change Agreement 8 Restoring Protections Against Oil Development in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
votes 3 Blocking Conservation Measures for North Atlantic Right Whales 9 Eviscerating Key Marine Mammal Protections 4 Protecting the Tongass—America’s Rainforest 5 Funding Wildlife Protections and Rejecting Harmful Riders 6 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off Florida’s Gulf Coast key HOUSE
DISTRICTDISTRICT KEY VOTE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SCORE 2 Brendan F. Boyle D + + + + + + + + + 100% 3 Dwight Evans D + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 Madeleine Dean D + + + + + + + + + 100% 5 Mary Gay Scanlon D + + + + + + + + + 100% 6 Christina Houlahan D + + + + + + + + + 100% 7 Susan Wild D + + + + + + + + + 100% 8 Matthew Cartwright D + + + + + + + + + 100% 9 Daniel Meuser R ------NV 0% 10 Scott Perry R ------NV 0% 11 Lloyd K. Smucker R NV ------NV 0% 12 Fred Keller R NA NA ------NV Incomplete* 13 John Joyce R ------NV 0% 14 Guy Reschenthaler R ------0% 15 Glenn Thompson R ------NV 0% 16 Mike Kelly R ------NV 0% 17 Conor Lamb D + + - + + + + + + 89% 18 Michael F. Doyle D + + + + + + + + + 100% RHODE ISLAND 1 David Cicilline D + + + + + + + + + 100% 2 James R. Langevin D + + + + + + + + + 100% SOUTH CAROLINA 1 Joe Cunningham D + + + - + + + + + 89% 2 Addison Graves Wilson R - - + ------11% 3 Jeff Duncan R - - + ------11% 4 William R. Timmons R - - - + - - - - + 22% 5 Ralph Norman R - - + - - - - - + 22% 6 James E. Clyburn D + + + + NV NV NV NV + Incomplete* 7 Tom Rice R - - + ------11% SOUTH DAKOTA 1 Dustin Johnson R - - + ------11%
*Missed more than 25% of key votes eligible to cast.
36 Conservation Report Card 2019 defenders.org/conservation-report-card 37 + VOTED WITH US - VOTED AGAINST US P VOTED PRESENT NV DID NOT VOTE NA NOT IN OFFICE S SPEAKER DID NOT VOTE 100% ALWAYS VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 0% NEVER VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 1 Opposing Damaging Border Wall Funding 7 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts 2 Blocking Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Change Agreement 8 Restoring Protections Against Oil Development in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
votes 3 Blocking Conservation Measures for North Atlantic Right Whales 9 Eviscerating Key Marine Mammal Protections 4 Protecting the Tongass—America’s Rainforest 5 Funding Wildlife Protections and Rejecting Harmful Riders 6 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off Florida’s Gulf Coast key HOUSE
DISTRICTDISTRICT KEY VOTE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SCORE TENNESSEE 1 Phil Roe R - - + ------11% 2 Tim Burchett R - - + ------11% 3 Chuck Fleischmann R - - + ------11% 4 Scott DesJarlais R ------0% 5 James Cooper D + + + + + + + + + 100% 6 John W. Rose R ------0% 7 Mark E. Green R ------0% 8 David Kustoff R - - + ------11% 9 Stephen I. Cohen D + + + + + + + + + 100% TEXAS 1 Louie Gohmert R - - + ------11% 2 Dan Crenshaw R - - + ------11% 3 Van Taylor R ------0% 4 John Ratcliffe R - - + ------11% 5 Lance Gooden R - - + - - - - - NV 13% 6 Ron Wright R - - + ------11% 7 Lizzie Fletcher D + + + + + - - - + 67% 8 Kevin Brady R - - + ------11% 9 Al Green D + + + + + + + + + 100% 10 Michael T. McCaul R - - + - - - - - + 22% 11 K. Michael Conaway R ------0% 12 Kay Granger R - - + ------11% 13 Mac Thornberry R - - - - NV - - - - 0% 14 Randy Weber R - - + ------11% 15 Vicente González D + + + + + + - NV + 88% 16 Veronica Escobar D + + + + + + + + + 100% 17 Bill Flores R - - + ------11% 18 Sheila Jackson Lee D + + + + + + + + + 100% 19 Jodey Arrington R - - + ------11% 20 Joaquín Castro D + + + + + + + NV + 100%
38 Conservation Report Card 2019 defenders.org/conservation-report-card 39 + VOTED WITH US - VOTED AGAINST US P VOTED PRESENT NV DID NOT VOTE NA NOT IN OFFICE S SPEAKER DID NOT VOTE 100% ALWAYS VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 0% NEVER VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 1 Opposing Damaging Border Wall Funding 7 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts 2 Blocking Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Change Agreement 8 Restoring Protections Against Oil Development in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
votes 3 Blocking Conservation Measures for North Atlantic Right Whales 9 Eviscerating Key Marine Mammal Protections 4 Protecting the Tongass—America’s Rainforest 5 Funding Wildlife Protections and Rejecting Harmful Riders 6 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off Florida’s Gulf Coast key HOUSE
DISTRICTDISTRICT KEY VOTE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SCORE 21 Chip Roy R ------0% 22 Pete Olson R - - + ------11% 23 Will Hurd R + - + ------22% 24 Kenny Marchant R - - + - - - - NV - 13% 25 Roger Williams R ------0% 26 Michael C. Burgess R - - + ------11% 27 Michael Cloud R ------0% 28 Henry Cuellar D + + + + + - - - + 67% 29 Sylvia Garcia D + + + + + - - + + 78% 30 Eddie Bernice Johnson D + + + + + + + + + 100% 31 John R. Carter R - - + ------11% 32 Colin Z. Allred D + + + + + + + + + 100% 33 Marc A. Veasey D + + + + + + + + + 100% 34 Filemon Vela D + + - + + - + - + 67% 35 Lloyd Doggett D + + + + + + + + + 100% 36 Brian Babin R - - + ------11% UTAH 1 Robert W. Bishop R - - NV ------0% 2 Chris Stewart R ------0% 3 John R. Curtis R ------0% 4 Ben McAdams D + + + + - + + + + 89% VERMONT 1 Peter F. Welch D + + + + + + + + + 100% VIRGINIA 1 Robert J. Wittman R ------0% 2 Elaine Luria D + + + + + + + + + 100% 3 Robert C. Scott D + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 A. Donald McEachin D + + + + + NV NV NV + Incomplete* 5 Denver Riggleman R - - + + - - - - - 22% 6 Benjamin L. Cline R ------0%
*Missed more than 25% of key votes eligible to cast.
40 Conservation Report Card 2019 defenders.org/conservation-report-card 41 + VOTED WITH US - VOTED AGAINST US P VOTED PRESENT NV DID NOT VOTE NA NOT IN OFFICE S SPEAKER DID NOT VOTE 100% ALWAYS VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 0% NEVER VOTED PRO-CONSERVATION 1 Opposing Damaging Border Wall Funding 7 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts 2 Blocking Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Change Agreement 8 Restoring Protections Against Oil Development in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
votes 3 Blocking Conservation Measures for North Atlantic Right Whales 9 Eviscerating Key Marine Mammal Protections 4 Protecting the Tongass—America’s Rainforest 5 Funding Wildlife Protections and Rejecting Harmful Riders 6 Prohibiting Oil and Gas Leasing off Florida’s Gulf Coast key HOUSE
DISTRICTDISTRICTDISTRICT KEY VOTE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SCORE 7 Abigail Davis Spanberger D + + + + + + + + + 100% 8 Donald Beyer D + + + + + + + + + 100% 9 H. Morgan Griffith R - - + ------11% 10 Jennifer T. Wexton D + + + + + + + + + 100% 11 Gerald E. Connolly D + + + + + + + + + 100% WASHINGTON 1 Suzan K. DelBene D + + + + + + + + + 100% 2 Rick Larsen D + + - + + + + + + 89% 3 Jaime Herrera Beutler R - - NV NV - + + - - 29% 4 Dan Newhouse R - - + ------11% 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R - - + ------11% 6 Derek C. Kilmer D + + + + + + + + + 100% 7 Pramila Jayapal D + + + + + + + + + 100% 8 Kim Schrier D + + + + + + + + + 100% 9 Adam Smith D + + + + + + + + + 100% 10 Denny Heck D + + + + + + + + + 100% WEST VIRGINIA 1 David B. McKinley R - - + ------11% 2 Alexander X. Mooney R - - - + - - - - - 11% 3 Carol D. Miller R - - + ------11% WISCONSIN 1 Bryan Steil R - - + ------11% 2 Mark Pocan D + + + + + + + + + 100% 3 Ron Kind D + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 Gwen Moore D + + + + + + + + + 100% 5 F. James Sensenbrenner R ------0% 6 Glenn Grothman R - - + ------11% 7 Sean P. Duffy R - - + - - - - - NA 0% 8 Mike Gallagher R - - + - - + - - - 22% WYOMING 1 Liz Cheney R - - + - NV - - - - 13%
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