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Conservation Report Card 2017 CONSERVATION REPORT CARD 115TH C ONGRESS , 1ST S ESSION efenders of Wildlife is a national, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to the protection of all native Danimals and plants in their natural communities. Defenders’ approach to conservation is direct and straightforward: We protect and restore imperiled species throughout North America by transforming policies and institutions and promoting innovative solutions. Informed by scientific, legal and policy expertise, hands-on wildlife management experience and effective advocacy, we strive to make a lasting difference for wildlife and its habitat in these uniquely challenging times. Defenders engages in vigorous congressional advocacy efforts in support of our mission. We express our views on legislation affecting wildlife and public lands, work to achieve acceptable pro-wildlife and habitat outcomes, and grade lawmakers on their votes in our annual conservation report cards. For real-time news and information, follow Defenders’ government relations team on Twitter: @DefendersGovRel. © 2017 Defenders of Wildlife 1130 17th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 www.defenders.org Cover photo: Caribou migrating near the Aichilik River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge © Janet Cerretani © MARTIN FALBISONER/CC BY-SA 3.0 FALBISONER/CC BY-SA MARTIN © efenders of Wildlife’s 2017 Conservation Report Card measures the commitment of U.S. senators and representatives to wildlifeD and habitat conservation during the 2017 session of the 115th 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 nine Senate votes and 10 House votes with serious implications for wildlife, habitat and the environment, including a tax bill that authorizes drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and revocations of rules that safeguard our streams, guide management of public lands and protect bears, wolves and their young on national wildlife refuges in Alaska. A bright spot in this session of setbacks is that comprehensive legislation to gut the ESA promised by some congressional leaders did not materialize in the 2017 session, and an amendment that could have led to the removal of more than 1,000 protected species from the endangered species list was defeated on the Senate floor. For more detailed vote descriptions and individual voting records of the 115th Congress, visit www.defenders.org/conservation-report-card. SENATE KEY ISSUES & VOTES 1 Revoking the Stream Protection Rule 5 Confirming David Bernhardt as Deputy The Senate passed a resolution to permanently Interior Secretary revoke the stream protection rule put in place The Senate voted to confirm David Bernhardt, to protect the health and safety of people and a former lobbyist for extractive industries and the environment from the harmful effects of developers, as deputy secretary of the Department surface coal mining and toxic runoff in our of the Interior. (July 24, 2017, Roll Call No. 166) waterways. (February 2, 2017, Roll Call No. 43) 6 Removing Federal Endangered Species Act 2 Confirming Scott Pruitt as EPA Administrator Protections for More Than 1,000 Species The Senate confirmed Oklahoma Attorney General The Senate rejected an amendment that would Scott Pruitt, a climate-change denier, as the have removed or blocked federal Endangered administrator of the Environmental Protection Species Act protections for all intrastate Agency. (February 17, 2017, Roll Call No. 71) species—plants and animals that exist solely within the borders of a single state—a category that includes more than 1,000 currently listed 3 Revoking an Important Land-Use Planning Rule The Senate passed a resolution to permanently species. (October 19, 2017, Roll Call No. 242) revoke the land-use planning rule for the Bureau of Land Management, which guides the use 7 Sparing the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and conservation of millions of acres of federal from Industrialization public lands and the wildlife that depend on The Senate rejected an amendment that them. (March 7, 2017, Roll Call No. 82) would have protected the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil and gas drilling. (October 19, 2017, Roll Call No. 243) 4 Revoking the Alaska National Wildlife Refuges Rule The Senate passed a resolution to permanently revoke the Alaska National Wildlife Refuges rule that was intended to help conserve NOTE: Legislators who served a full term received “Incomplete” scores if they missed native carnivores—including bears, wolves 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 and their young—on millions of acres while they were in office. of national wildlife refuges in Alaska. (March 21, 2017, Roll Call No. 92) 2 Conservation Report Card 2017 defenders.org/conservation-report-card 3 Wildlife suffered some SENATE heavy first-session losses KEY ISSUES & VOTES in the 115th Congress, including Senate approval of cabinet nominees 8 Advancing Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Passing who have long fought an Anti-Environmental Budget The Senate passed a budget resolution that environmental protections. paves the way for oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and proposes drastic cuts to discretionary spending totaling $800 billion, which could hurt environmental programs. (October 19, 2017, Roll Call No. 245) 9 Authorizing Oil and Gas Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge The Senate voted to pass the tax bill, which authorizes an oil and gas drilling program in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge after more than three decades of fighting to protect this wildlife haven from Big Oil’s advances. (December 20, 2017, Roll Call Vote No. 323) 4 Conservation Report Card 2017 GRAYdefenders.org/conservation-report-card WOLF © ROBERT HARDING PICTURE LIBRARY/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE 5 + 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 Revoking the Stream Protection Rule 6 Removing Federal Endangered Species Act Protections 2 Confirming Scott Pruitt as EPA Administrator for More Than 1,000 Species VOTES 7 Sparing the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from Industrialization 3 Revoking an Important Land-Use Planning Rule 8 Advancing Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Passing 4 Revoking the Alaska National Wildlife Refuges Rule an Anti-Environmental Budget 5 Confirming David Bernhardt as Deputy Interior Secretary 9 Authorizing Oil and Gas Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge KEY SENATE KEY VOTE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SCORE ALABAMA Richard C. Shelby R - - - - - - - - - 0% Jeff Sessions R NV NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Incomplete* Luther Strange R NA - - - - - - - - 0% ALASKA Lisa A. Murkowski R - - - - - - - - - 0% Daniel Sullivan R - - - - - - - - - 0% ARIZONA John McCain R - NV - - NV - - - NV Incomplete* Jeff Flake R - - - - - - - - - 0% ARKANSAS John N. Boozman R - - - - - - - - - 0% Tom Cotton R - - - - - - - - - 0% CALIFORNIA Dianne Feinstein D + + + + + + + + + 100% Kamala D. Harris D + + + + + + + + + 100% COLORADO Michael Bennet D + + + + - + + + + 89% Cory Gardner R - - - - - - - - - 0% CONNECTICUT Richard Blumenthal D + + + + + + + + + 100% Christopher S. Murphy D + + + + + + + + + 100% DELAWARE Thomas R. Carper D + + + + + + + + + 100% Christopher Coons D + + + + + + + + + 100% FLORIDA Bill Nelson D + + + + + + + + + 100% Marco Rubio R - - - - - - - - - 0% GEORGIA Johnny Isakson R - - NV NV - - - - - 0% David Perdue R - - - - - - - - - 0% *Missed more than 25% of key votes eligible to cast. 6 Conservation Report Card 2017 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 Revoking the Stream Protection Rule 6 Removing Federal Endangered Species Act Protections 2 Confirming Scott Pruitt as EPA Administrator for More Than 1,000 Species VOTES 7 Sparing the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from Industrialization 3 Revoking an Important Land-Use Planning Rule 8 Advancing Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Passing 4 Revoking the Alaska National Wildlife Refuges Rule an Anti-Environmental Budget 5 Confirming David Bernhardt as Deputy Interior Secretary 9 Authorizing Oil and Gas Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge KEY SENATE KEY VOTE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SCORE HAWAII Brian Schatz D + + + + + + + + + 100% Mazie K. Hirono D + + + + + + + + + 100% IDAHO Michael D. Crapo R - - - - - - - - - 0% James E. Risch R - - - - - - - - - 0% ILLINOIS Richard J. Durbin D + + + + + + + + + 100% Tammy Duckworth D + + + + + + + + + 100% INDIANA Joseph Donnelly D - NV + + - + + + + 75% Todd Young R - - - - - - - - - 0% IOWA Charles E. Grassley R - - - - - - - - - 0% Joni Ernst R - - - - - - - - - 0% KANSAS Pat Roberts R - - - - - - - - - 0% Jerry Moran R - - - - - - - - - 0% KENTUCKY Mitch McConnell R - - - - - - - - - 0% Rand Paul R - - - - - - - + - 11% LOUISIANA Bill Cassidy R - - - - - - - - - 0% John Kennedy R - - - - - - - - - 0% MAINE Susan M. Collins R + + - - - + + - - 44% Angus King I + + + - - + + + + 78% MARYLAND Benjamin L. Cardin D + + + + + + + + + 100% Christopher Van Hollen D + + + + + + + + + 100% 8 Conservation Report Card 2017 defenders.org/conservation-report-card 9 + VOTED WITH US - VOTED AGAINST US
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