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10% life 7 22lcv 11/13%  <a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/moc/greg-p-walden">http://scorecard.lcv.org/moc/greg-p-walden</a>2014 3%----3 wolf bills<h1 class="legDetail" style="line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 1.75em; width: 736px;">H.R.1985 - Pacific Northwest Gray Wolf Management Act of 2015</h1><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/dan-newhouse/N000189" style="line-height: 15.996px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]</a> (Introduced 04/23/2015)<table class="item_table" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; width: 685px; border-top: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15.996px;"><tbody><tr><td class="actions" style="vertical-align: top; padding: 12px 10px; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221);"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/greg-walden/W000791" style="">Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]</a></td><td class="date" style="vertical-align: top; padding: 12px 10px; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); white-space: nowrap;">04/23/2015</td></tr><tr><td class="actions" style="vertical-align: top; padding: 12px 10px; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221);"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/chris-stewart/S001192" style="">Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]</a></td><td class="date" style="vertical-align: top; padding: 12px 10px; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); white-space: nowrap;">04/23/2015</td></tr><tr><td class="actions" style="vertical-align: top; padding: 12px 10px; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221);"><a target="blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/cathy-mcmorris-rodgers/M001159" style="">Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]</a></td></tr></tbody></table>----<div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 14px; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear390869" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2012<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber390869" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">603<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle390869" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2012-603-broad-environmental-assault" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Broad Environmental Assault</a><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues390869" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Air, Climate Change, Dirty Energy, Lands/Forests, Toxics/Public Right to Know, Water<span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice390869" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; background-image: url(" http="http" scorecard.lcv.org="scorecard.lcv.org" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" px="px" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" margin-right="margin-right" important="important" padding-left="padding-left"> </div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 14px; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear390438" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2012<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber390438" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">600<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle390438" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2012-600-regional-haze-air-pollution" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Regional Haze Air Pollution</a><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues390438" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Air, Dirty Energy, Lands/Forests<span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice390438" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; background-image: url(" http="http" scorecard.lcv.org="scorecard.lcv.org" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" px="px" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" margin-right="margin-right" important="important" padding-left="padding-left"> </div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 14px; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear390007" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2012<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber390007" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">597<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle390007" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2012-597-clean-water-safeguards" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Clean Water Safeguards</a><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues390007" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Water, Wildlife<span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice390007" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; background-image: url(" http="http" scorecard.lcv.org="scorecard.lcv.org" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" px="px" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" margin-right="margin-right" important="important" padding-left="padding-left"> </div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 14px; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear389576" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2012<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber389576" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">593<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle389576" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; 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padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; background-image: url(" http="http" scorecard.lcv.org="scorecard.lcv.org" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" px="px" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" margin-right="margin-right" important="important" padding-left="padding-left"> </div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 14px; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear389145" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2012<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber389145" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">568<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle389145" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2012-568-minnesota-boundary-waters-land-exchange" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Minnesota Boundary Waters Land Exchange</a><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues389145" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Lands/Forests, Water<span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice389145" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; background-image: url(" http="http" scorecard.lcv.org="scorecard.lcv.org" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" px="px" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" margin-right="margin-right" important="important" padding-left="padding-left"> </div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 14px; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear388714" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2012<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber388714" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">554<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle388714" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; 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padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2012<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber387416" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">506<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle387416" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2012-506-offshore-drilling-safety-reforms" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Offshore Drilling Safety Reforms</a><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues387416" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Drilling, Dirty Energy<span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice387416" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; background-image: url(" http="http" scorecard.lcv.org="scorecard.lcv.org" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" px="px" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" margin-right="margin-right" important="important" padding-left="padding-left"> </div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 14px; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear386983" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2012<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber386983" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">468<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle386983" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2012-468-hardrock-mining" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Hardrock Mining</a><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues386983" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Lands/Forests<span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice386983" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; background-image: url(" http="http" scorecard.lcv.org="scorecard.lcv.org" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" px="px" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" margin-right="margin-right" important="important" padding-left="padding-left"> </div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 14px; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear386550" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2012<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber386550" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">447<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle386550" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2012-447-migratory-bird-treaty-act" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Migratory Bird Treaty Act</a><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues386550" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Wildlife<span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice386550" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; background-image: url(" http="http" scorecard.lcv.org="scorecard.lcv.org" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" px="px" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" margin-right="margin-right" important="important" padding-left="padding-left"> </div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 14px; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear386116" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2012<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber386116" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">411<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle386116" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2012-411-coal-ash-pollution" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Coal Ash Pollution</a><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues386116" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Dirty Energy, Water<span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice386116" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; background-image: url(" http="http" scorecard.lcv.org="scorecard.lcv.org" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" px="px" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" margin-right="margin-right" important="important" padding-left="padding-left"> </div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 14px; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear385682" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2012<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber385682" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">410<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle385682" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2012-410-oil-above-all-energy-strategy" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">"Oil Above All" Energy Strategy</a><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues385682" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Air, Lands/Forests, Drilling, Dirty Energy<span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice385682" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; background-image: url(" http="http" scorecard.lcv.org="scorecard.lcv.org" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" px="px" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" margin-right="margin-right" important="important" padding-left="padding-left"> </div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 14px; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear385248" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2012<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber385248" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">395<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle385248" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2012-395-public-health-basis-clean-air-act" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Public Health Basis of the Clean Air Act</a><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues385248" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Air<span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice385248" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; background-image: url(" http="http" scorecard.lcv.org="scorecard.lcv.org" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" px="px" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" margin-right="margin-right" important="important" padding-left="padding-left"> </div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 14px; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear384814" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2012<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber384814" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">387<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle384814" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2012-387-broad-assault-lands-wildlife" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Broad Assault on Lands & Wildlife</a><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues384814" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Lands/Forests, Wildlife<span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice384814" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; background-image: url(" http="http" scorecard.lcv.org="scorecard.lcv.org" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" px="px" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" margin-right="margin-right" important="important" padding-left="padding-left"> </div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 14px; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear384380" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2012<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber384380" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">385<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle384380" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; 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padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; background-image: url(" http="http" scorecard.lcv.org="scorecard.lcv.org" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" px="px" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" margin-right="margin-right" important="important" padding-left="padding-left"> </div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 14px; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear383946" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2012<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber383946" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">329<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle383946" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2012-329-nuclear-energy-subsidy" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Nuclear Energy Subsidy</a><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues383946" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Dirty Energy<span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice383946" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; background-image: url(" http="http" scorecard.lcv.org="scorecard.lcv.org" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" px="px" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" margin-right="margin-right" important="important" padding-left="padding-left"> </div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 14px; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear383513" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2012<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber383513" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">317<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle383513" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2012-317-fossil-fuel-funding" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Fossil Fuel Funding</a><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues383513" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Dirty Energy<span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice383513" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; background-image: url(" http="http" scorecard.lcv.org="scorecard.lcv.org" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" pro-env-icon-20.png="pro-env-icon-20.png" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" px="px" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" margin-right="margin-right" important="important" padding-left="padding-left"> </div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 14px; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear383080" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2012<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber383080" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">311<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle383080" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2012-311-clean-energy-funding" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Clean Energy Funding</a><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues383080" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Clean Energy<span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice383080" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; background-image: url(" http="http" scorecard.lcv.org="scorecard.lcv.org" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" pro-env-icon-20.png="pro-env-icon-20.png" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" px="px" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" margin-right="margin-right" important="important" padding-left="padding-left"> </div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 14px; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear382647" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2012<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber382647" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">308<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle382647" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2012-308-clean-water-protections" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Clean Water Protections</a><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues382647" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Water<span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice382647" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; background-image: url(" http="http" scorecard.lcv.org="scorecard.lcv.org" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" px="px" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" margin-right="margin-right" important="important" padding-left="padding-left"> </div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 14px; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear382214" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2012<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber382214" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">292<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle382214" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2012-292-keystone-xl-tar-sands-pipeline" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline</a><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues382214" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Climate Change, Dirty Energy, Water<span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice382214" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; background-image: url(" http="http" scorecard.lcv.org="scorecard.lcv.org" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" px="px" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" margin-right="margin-right" important="important" padding-left="padding-left"> </div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 14px; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear381781" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2012<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber381781" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">262<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle381781" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2012-262-flood-insurance-reform" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Flood Insurance Reform</a><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues381781" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Lands/Forests, Water, Other<span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice381781" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; background-image: url(" http="http" scorecard.lcv.org="scorecard.lcv.org" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" pro-env-icon-20.png="pro-env-icon-20.png" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" px="px" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" margin-right="margin-right" important="important" padding-left="padding-left"> </div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 14px; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear381348" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2012<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber381348" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">241<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle381348" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2012-241-climate-change-education" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Climate Change Education</a><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues381348" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Climate Change<span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice381348" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; background-image: url(" http="http" scorecard.lcv.org="scorecard.lcv.org" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" px="px" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" margin-right="margin-right" important="important" padding-left="padding-left"> </div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 14px; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear380915" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2012<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber380915" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">236<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle380915" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; 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font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; background-image: url(" http="http" scorecard.lcv.org="scorecard.lcv.org" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" px="px" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" margin-right="margin-right" important="important" padding-left="padding-left"> </div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 14px; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear378317" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; 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vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">National Monuments</a><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues378317" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Lands/Forests<span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice378317" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 32px; background-image: url(" http="http" scorecard.lcv.org="scorecard.lcv.org" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" px="px" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" margin-right="margin-right" important="important" padding-left="padding-left"> </div>House Republicans are ramping up their opposition to the Green New Deal, invoking increasingly dire rhetoric as the proposal gains prominence. In a press conference on Thursday, several top Republicans called for Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to direct all House committees to hold hearings to discuss the details of the ambitious climate action proposal.Calling the Green New Deal resolution a “fantasy-land proposal” and “tantamount to genocide,” House Republicans said they want to have a public debate on the plan in order to “pull the curtain back.”The resolution was introduced last month by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA). The proposal mandates rapid and widespread decarbonization of the U.S. economy, along with universal health care and a federal jobs guarantee. Calls for climate action have become more prominent since the November midterm elections, but Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal — which has strong support from youth activists — has now forced lawmakers to grapple with climate change as a top political issue.
Since then, conservatives have criticized the plan as a socialist plot that will end air travel, wipe out all the cows, take away Americans’ ice cream, and threaten the entire U.S. economy. “Not only do we believe this is unrealistic, we fear it could permanently put the American dream out of reach from millions of Americans,” said Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), who sits on the Energy and Commerce Committee.“The socialist left” has taken over the Democratic party, Walden said. And it is time for Pelosi to show where the party stands, he argued. “Frankly, House Democrats are afraid to have this debated in public and in committees,” Walden said, “[because] they know the sensible proposals Republicans are putting forward are better.”Repeatedly, the Republican lawmakers called for Pelosi to direct every single committee to hold a hearing on the Green New Deal. This is because it is a “vague document we’re trying to assess,” said Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OR), who sits on the Agriculture Committee. Hearings are needed, he continued, “so we can get to the facts, so we can determine the validity or lack of validity of the proposals. We’re here for the folks back home.”The proposal “must have thorough public scrutiny before Congress takes any additional action,” echoed Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX).=<div></div><div><h1 class="headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 40px; line-height: 3.375rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">pardoned by Trump, Oregon ranchers ride home in style on Pence ally’s private jet</h1><div class="page-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 40px; display: flex;"><main class="page-main" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 300px; width: calc(100% - 320px);"><div class="page-main-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 750px;"><article class="story" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 750px;"><div class="byline" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-flow: column nowrap; align-items: flex-start; justify-content: initial; margin-bottom: 20px; max-width: 680px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><div class="authors" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 12px; text-transform: uppercase;"><div class="author-name" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0.875rem; display: inline;">BY <a class="link" href="https://www.latimes.com/people/matt-pearce" aria-label="Matt Pearce" data-click="standardBylineAuthorName" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; background-color: transparent;">MATT PEARCE</a>STAFF WRITER </div></div><time datetime="2018-07-12T17:30:00.000Z" class="published-date" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0.875rem; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-transform: uppercase; word-break: keep-all; margin-bottom: 20px;">JULY 12, 2018</time></div><div class="page-article-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 680px; margin: 0px auto;"><div class="page-article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="rich-text-article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="rich-text-article-body-content rich-text-body" data-subscriber-content="" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.9375rem;">A day earlier, ranchers Dwight and Steven Hammond were prisoners at the minimum-security federal prison on Terminal Island in San Pedro, serving five-year sentences for arson.But on Wednesday, following a Tuesday pardon by President Trump, the father-and-son pair got to fly home in style to Burns, Ore., on an oil company’s private jet, riding alongside the company’s founder, Forrest Lucas — who used his relationship with Vice President Mike Pence to help secure the Hammonds’ release.With the massive amounts of pardon requests the federal government receives every year, “It takes talking to someone to be able to get it done, and that’s what happened here,” said David Duquette, national strategic planner for Protect the Harvest, Lucas’ nonprofit advocacy group for ranchers and farmers.Pence was “very instrumental in helping to get this to the front and getting it out there” for a pardon by Trump, Duquette said.The Hammonds, who own a ranch in remote eastern Oregon, had been convicted of arson for setting fires that burned federally owned land. Their five-year mandatory minimum sentence drew criticism from ranchers’ groups who have been critical of the government’s stewardship of the nation’s expansive federal lands.the Hammonds’ case captured national attention after an armed group of antigovernment activists protested their prison sentences by seizing the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge for 41 days in 2016. Public-lands advocates have criticized Trump’s pardon as a tacit approval of the occupation.The Hammonds’ ride home with Lucas — whose company owns the naming rights to the Indianapolis Colts’ NFL playing field, Lucas Oil Stadium — illustrates the depth of the lobbying effort that helped secure clemency for the ranchers.Lucas had taken an interest in the Hammonds after they were sentenced and imprisoned in 2015, and he broached the issue with Pence before the 2016 election, when Pence was still governor of Indiana, according to Duquette, who said Lucas wasn’t available for an interview Thursday.<div class="enhancement" data-click="enhancement" data-align-center="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 30px 0px; width: 680px;"><ps-nativo-module data-fetch-offset="1.0" data-integration-script="https://s.ntv.io/serve/load.js" data-hide-mobile="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></ps-nativo-module></div>Lucas, a fellow Indiana native, is a generous donor to Republican candidates, including to Pence, who received at least $50,000 from Lucas and his wife when Pence was running for governor of Indiana.Lucas also gave Pence two tickets worth $774 to attend a Colts game in 2017 that Pence abruptly left after players on the opposing team kneeled during the national anthem. Lucas was also rumored to be <a class="link" href="https://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/forrest-lucas-trump-interior-secretary-228364" target="blank" style="box-sizing: border-box;">a top choice</a> to become Interior secretary by Trump’s transition team, which was led by Pence.In the political world, Lucas is also known for his battles against animal-rights advocates, founding the Protect the Harvest activist group.Protect the Harvest, like other ranching advocacy groups, pressed public officials for the Hammonds’ release. Lawyers for the Hammonds had filed a clemency request with the government during the Obama administration, but only heard back silence.With Trump’s election, and his increasingly confident use of his presidential pardon powers, the Hammonds’ supporters grew hopeful. Trump “has been very vocal, even publicly on TV, asking for more cases like this, where people know that there was a major injustice [WHITE GREIVANCE? COWBOYS? ]and they need to look at it,” Duquette said.The Hammonds’ advocates also reached out to Oregon’s congressional delegation. They found little support among the state’s elected Democrats but managed to secure help from the state’s lone Republican congressman, Greg Walden, according to Lawrence Matasar, a Portland attorney who represented the Hammonds at trial and helped file the clemency petition.“He was very helpful. He said he’d take a look,” Matasar said. “What really happened? I don’t know. It was a black box to me. From what I heard, Walden reached out to Pence.”Two weeks ago, Walden gave a speech on the House floor calling for Trump to pardon the ranchers, and on July 1, Walden wrote in a Facebook post that the president had called him to say he was “seriously considering” clemency.Pence’s office did not immediately respond for comment, and the Hammonds could not be reached for comment.The former U.S. Attorney for Oregon who handled the case, Amanda Marshall, said in an interview earlier this week that the pardon was a “slap in the face” to the jurors who found the ranchers guilty, adding, “There’s no place for favoritism in law enforcement, but that’s exactly what this comes down to in the Trump administration.”<a class="link" href="mailto:matt.pearce@latimes.com" target="blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">matt.pearce@latimes.com</a>Matt Pearce is a national reporter for The Times. Follow him on Twitter at <a class="link" href="https://www.twitter.com/mattdpearce" target="blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">@mattdpearce</a>.</div></div></div></div></article></div></main></div></div><div>=</div><div>bob smith was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;">Portland, Oregon</a>, and grew up in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burns,Oregon" title="Burns, Oregon" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;">Burns, Oregon</a>. His father, Benjamin F. Smith, was a doctor.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Freeman_Smith#cite_note-MarriageFeb1966-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;">[1]</a> He attended <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willamette_University" title="Willamette University" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;">Willamette University</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem,Oregon" title="Salem, Oregon" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;">Salem, Oregon</a>, graduating in 1953 with a bachelor's degree in agriculture. He worked as a rancher until his election to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_House_of_Representatives" title="Oregon House of Representatives" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;">Oregon House of Representatives</a> in 1960.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Freeman_Smith#cite_note-HouseHistory-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;">[2]</a><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; font-family: "Linux Libertine", Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Career[</h2>
Smith served in the state House until he retired in 1972 to return to his ranch. He was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Speakers_of_the_Oregon_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Speakers of the Oregon House of Representatives" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;">Speaker</a> of the House for the 1969 and 1971 sessions.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Freeman_Smith#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;">[3]</a> Between 1965 and 1969, Smith was the president of the Oregon Public Land Commission.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Freeman_Smith#cite_note-HouseHistory-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;">[2]</a>After more than a decade out of politics, Smith was elected to Congress from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Oregon's 2nd congressional district" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;">Oregon's 2nd congressional district</a> in 1982. The district's incumbent, freshman Republican <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denny_Smith" title="Denny Smith" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;">Denny Smith</a> (no relation), opted to run in the newly created <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Oregon's 5th congressional district" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;">5th district</a> after it absorbed much of the western portion of the old 2nd, including Denny Smith's home in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem,Oregon" title="Salem, Oregon" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;">Salem</a>. Smith served in Congress until 1995. After a brief retirement, he returned to Congress in 1997.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Freeman_Smith#cite_note-HouseHistory-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[2]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Cooley(politician)" title="Wes Cooley (politician)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Wes Cooley</a>, the Republican who had succeeded Smith in the House, had been caught in several lies about his military service and Smith was persuaded to come out of retirement.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Freeman_Smith#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[4]</a> Upon his return, he was elected chairman of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Agriculture" title="United States House Committee on Agriculture" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">House Agriculture Committee</a>, but only served one term before retiring for good.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Freeman_Smith#cite_note-HouseHistory-2" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[2]</a><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; font-family: "Linux Libertine", Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Personal life[</h2>On February 19, 1966, Smith married Kaye Elizabeth Tomlinson in Salem.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Freeman_Smith#cite_note-MarriageFeb1966-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;">[1]</a> Her father was the clerk of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_County,Oregon" title="Marion County, Oregon" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;">Marion County</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Freeman_Smith#cite_note-MaudlinJan1971-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;">[5]</a> The wedding was attended by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.F.Montgomery" title="F. F. Montgomery" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;">F. F. Montgomery</a>, the Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives, among others.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Freeman_Smith#cite_note-MarriageFeb1966-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;">[1]</a> By January 1971, Smith and his wife had two sons and a daughter.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Freeman_Smith#cite_note-MaudlinJan1971-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;">[5]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Car wreck[</h3>On February 8, 2016, Smith <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_collision_types#Collisions_involving_pedestrians" title="Road collision types" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;">struck and killed a pedestrian</a> while driving in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medford,Oregon" title="Medford, Oregon" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;">Medford, Oregon</a>. The pedestrian was in the crosswalk when Smith hit him with his car, and he later died at the scene. Smith did not flee the scene, was cooperative with investigators, and was determined to not be under the influence of intoxicants at the time of the wreck. No charges or citations were filed against him regarding the wreck.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Freeman_Smith#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;">[6]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Death[</h3>Smith died on September 21, 2020, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medford,Oregon" title="Medford, Oregon" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;">Medford, Oregon</a> at the age of 89.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Freeman_Smith#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;">[7]</a></div><div>=</div><div>7 22</div><div>gregory Paul Walden (born January 10, 1957) is an American politician who served as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">U.S. representative</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Oregon's 2nd congressional district" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Oregon's 2nd congressional district</a> from 1999 to 2021. He is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Republican</a>. Walden is the son of three-term Oregon State Representative <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_E.Walden" title="Paul E. Walden" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Paul E. Walden</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-arcweb_leg1971-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[1]</a> In October 2019, Walden announced that he would not run for reelection in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="2020 United States House of Representatives elections" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2020</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[2]</a><div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); padding: 7px; display: table;"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="margin: 0px; position: absolute; opacity: 0; z-index: -1; display: none;" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; direction: ltr;">
</div><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#Early_life,education_and_career" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">1Early life, education and career</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#Political_career" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2Political career</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#U.S.House_of_Representatives" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3U.S. House of Representatives</a><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#Party_leadership" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.1Party leadership</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#Committee_assignments" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.2Committee assignments</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#Legislation_sponsored" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.3Legislation sponsored</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#Intervention_in_Malheur_Wildlife_Refuge_issues" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.4Intervention in Malheur Wildlife Refuge issues</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#Personal_life" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4Personal life</a><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#Business_interests" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4.1Business interests</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#Electoral_history" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">5Electoral history</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#References" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">6References</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#External_links" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">7External links</a></li></ul></div><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Early life, education and career[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Greg_Walden&action=edit&section=1&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Early life, education and career" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h2>Walden was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dalles,Oregon" title="The Dalles, Oregon" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">The Dalles, Oregon</a>, the son of Elizabeth (née McEwen) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_Ernest_Walden&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paul Ernest Walden (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Paul Ernest Walden</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[3]</a> He earned a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Bachelor of Science</a> degree at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oregon" title="University of Oregon" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">University of Oregon</a> in 1981.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-CQRollGuide-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[4]</a> Before being elected to Congress, Walden owned and ran radio stations.<h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Political career[</h2>Walden served as press secretary and chief of staff to Congressman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denny_Smith" title="Denny Smith" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Denny Smith</a> from 1981 to 1987. He was elected to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_House_of_Representatives" title="Oregon House of Representatives" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Oregon House of Representatives</a> in 1988 and served in the House until 1995, when he was appointed to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_State_Senate" title="Oregon State Senate" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Oregon State Senate</a> to fill a vacancy that opened up when <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Cooley(politician)" title="Wes Cooley (politician)" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Wes Cooley</a> was elected to the U. S. House. Walden rose to the position of assistant majority leader in the Senate and was considering a bid for Oregon Governor in 1994. But upon discovering that the son he and his wife were expecting had a heart defect, Walden decided to not run for governor or seek reelection to the state senate. Their son died soon after birth.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[5]</a>Walden was tapped as campaign manager for Cooley's reelection bid, but after Cooley was caught in several lies about his military service, Walden was one of many Republicans who called on Cooley to drop out of the race. Walden went as far as to announce he was running for the 2nd District seat as an independent. But he served as the Oregon chairman of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Bob Dole</a>'s presidential campaign, and touted his "strong Republican credentials", implying that he would serve as a Republican if elected. Walden's candidacy led to fears that the Democrats could take advantage of a split in the Republican vote and take a seat they hadn't held since 1981.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-toner-6" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[6]</a> This ended when Cooley's predecessor, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Freeman_Smith" title="Robert Freeman Smith" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Bob Smith</a>, was called out of retirement.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[7]</a>Smith did not run for reelection in 1998. Walden easily won the Republican primary and the November general election. His district contains some liberal-leaning communities such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashland,Oregon" title="Ashland, Oregon" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Ashland</a> and his hometown, Hood River, but most of it leans heavily Republican, and Walden has been reelected ten times without serious difficulty, never receiving less than 60% of the vote except in 2018, when he received 56%. In 2002, he defeated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Oregon" title="Democratic Party of Oregon" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Democrat</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_J.Buckley" title="Peter J. Buckley" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Peter Buckley</a>, who later became a member of the Oregon House of Representatives. In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Oregon,2006" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon, 2006" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">2006</a>, Walden defeated Democratic nominee <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Voisin" title="Carol Voisin" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Carol Voisin</a>, and in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Oregon,2008" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon, 2008" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">2008</a> he won a sixth term with 70% of the vote over Democrat Noah Lemas and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Green_Party" title="Pacific Green Party" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Pacific Green</a> Tristin Mock. After Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Smith(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gordon Smith (politician)" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Gordon Smith</a>'s defeat in the 2008 elections, Walden became the only Republican representing Oregon in Congress.On October 28, 2019, Walden announced that he would not run for reelection. He disagreed with President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Donald Trump</a> over Trump's attempts to finance his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico%E2%80%93United_States_barrier" title="Mexico–United States barrier" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">border wall project</a> and backed sanctioning Russia despite Trump's resistance. He voted to end the 35-day government shutdown and spoke up about the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming" class="mw-redirect" title="Global warming" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">global warming</a> crisis, but supported Trump in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Ukraine</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quid_pro_quo" title="Quid pro quo" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">quid pro quo</a> scandal.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[8]</a><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">U.S. House of Representatives[</h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Party leadership[</h3>House Speaker <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boehner" title="John Boehner" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">John Boehner</a> chose Walden to be chairman of the House Majority Transition Committee. He served as chairman of the House Republican leadership through most of 2010.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[9]</a>After the 2012 elections, Walden became chair of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Republican_Congressional_Committee" title="National Republican Congressional Committee" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">National Republican Congressional Committee</a>. In July 2014, he announced he would seek a second term as chair, arguing he would help provide continuity in a changing leadership team after the defeat of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Majority_Leader" class="mw-redirect" title="House Majority Leader" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">House Majority Leader</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Cantor" title="Eric Cantor" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Eric Cantor</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[10]</a> He served a second term, the traditional limit for holders of the office, ending in 2016.<h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Committee assignments[</h3><ul style="list-style-image: url(" w="w" skins="skins" vector="Vector" resources="resources" common="common" images="images" bullet-icon.svg="bullet-icon.svg" d4515="d4515" margin="margin" em="em" px="px" padding="padding" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Energy_and_Commerce" title="United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Committee on Energy and Commerce</a><ul style="list-style-image: url(" w="w" skins="skins" vector="Vector" resources="resources" common="common" images="images" bullet-icon.svg="bullet-icon.svg" d4515="d4515" margin="margin" em="em" px="px" padding="padding"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Energy_Subcommittee_on_Communications_and_Technology" title="United States House Energy Subcommittee on Communications and Technology" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Subcommittee on Communications and Technology</a> (Chairman)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Energy_Subcommittee_on_Energy_and_Power" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Energy Subcommittee on Energy and Power" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Subcommittee on Energy and Power</a></li></ul></li></ul>From 2010 to 2011, Walden gave up his seat on the Committee on Energy and Commerce at Republican leadership's request so that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Griffith" title="Parker Griffith" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Parker Griffith</a>, who had recently switched parties, could take his spot.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-nrccroll-11" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[11]</a>Walden founded the Small Brewers Caucus and the Digital Television Caucus; as of 2007, he was a member of 39 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_caucus" title="Congressional caucus" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">congressional caucuses</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[12]</a><div class="thumb tright" style="clear: right; float: right; width: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px 1.3em 1.4em;"><div class="thumbinner" style="min-width: 100px; padding: 3px; text-align: center; overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); width: 222px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mthoodpic.jpg" class="image" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Mthoodpic.jpg/220px-Mthoodpic.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="thumbimage" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Mthoodpic.jpg/330px-Mthoodpic.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Mthoodpic.jpg/440px-Mthoodpic.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" style="border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /></a><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 3px; border: 0px;"><div class="magnify" style="float: right; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mthoodpic.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url(" w="w" resources="resources" src="src" mediawiki.skinning="mediawiki.skinning" images="images" magnify-clip-ltr.svg="magnify-clip-ltr.svg" e="e" display="display" block="block" text-indent="text-indent" px="px" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" width="width" height="height" user-select="user-select" none="none" /></div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mthoodpic.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url(" w="w" resources="resources" src="src" mediawiki.skinning="mediawiki.skinning" images="images" magnify-clip-ltr.svg="magnify-clip-ltr.svg" e="e" display="display" block="block" text-indent="text-indent" px="px" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" width="width" height="height" user-select="user-select" none="none">Oregon Congressmen </a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Blumenauer" title="Earl Blumenauer" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Earl Blumenauer</a> (left) and Walden, hiking on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hood" title="Mount Hood" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Mount Hood</a> during a 2005 <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fact-finding" class="extiw" title="wikt:fact-finding" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">fact-finding</a> trip<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[13]</a></div></div></div>Walden was also a member of the centrist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Main_Street_Partnership" title="Republican Main Street Partnership" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Republican Main Street Partnership</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[14]</a> the Congressional Cement Caucus and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Western_Caucus" title="Congressional Western Caucus" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Congressional Western Caucus</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[15]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Legislation sponsored[</h3>The following is an incomplete list of legislation Walden has introduced into the House of Representatives.<ul style="list-style-image: url(" w="w" skins="skins" vector="Vector" resources="resources" common="common" images="images" bullet-icon.svg="bullet-icon.svg" d4515="d4515" margin="margin" em="em" px="px" padding="padding" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Oregon_Jobs_and_Water_Security_Act(H.R.2640;113th_Congress)" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Oregon Jobs and Water Security Act (H.R. 2640; 113th Congress)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Central Oregon Jobs and Water Security Act (H.R. 2640; 113th Congress)</a>, a land-use and water bill related to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crooked_River(Oregon)" title="Crooked River (Oregon)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Crooked River</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Oregon</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_R.Bowman_Dam" title="Arthur R. Bowman Dam" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Bowman Dam</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-hr2640sum-16" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[16]</a> H.R. 2640 would modify features of the Crooked River Project in central Oregon, near Prineville, and prioritize how water from the project is allocated.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-cbo2640-17" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[17]</a> President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Barack Obama</a> signed the bill into law in December 2014.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission_Process_Reform_Act_of_2013(H.R.3675;113th_Congress)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2013 (H.R. 3675; 113th Congress)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2013 (H.R. 3675; 113th Congress)</a>, a bill that would make a number of changes to procedures that the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Federal Communications Commission</a> (FCC) follows in its rule-making processes.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-3675cbo-18" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[18]</a> The FCC would have to act in more transparently and accept public input on regulations.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-PeteVotesTransparency-19" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[19]</a> Walden said the bill was written in response, among other things, to a proposed FCC study on the newspaper editorial boards' decisions.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-PeteVotesTransparency-19" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[19]</a> Walden argued that "Americans deserve greater... transparency and accountability from their government," particularly because "an item as controversial as this study made it all the way through the FCC without so much as a commission vote."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-PeteVotesTransparency-19" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[19]</a> He called the study dangerous because it threatened the papers' <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment" class="mw-redirect" title="First Amendment" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">free speech and freedom of the press</a> rights.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-PeteVotesTransparency-19" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[19]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermiston_Reversionary_Interest_Release_Act(H.R.3366;113th_Congress)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hermiston Reversionary Interest Release Act (H.R. 3366; 113th Congress)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Hermiston Reversionary Interest Release Act (H.R. 3366; 113th Congress)</a>, a bill that would release the interest of the United States in some land being used for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_State_University" title="Oregon State University" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Oregon State University</a>'s Agricultural Research and Extension Center in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermiston,Oregon" title="Hermiston, Oregon" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Hermiston, Oregon</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-BLMtestimony-20" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[20]</a> This would enable the center to relocate without its land being returned to the federal government.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-ClevengerBulletin-21" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[21]</a> The Bureau of Land Management opposed the bill and it died in the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STELA_Reauthorization_Act_of_2014(H.R.4572;113th_Congress)" class="mw-redirect" title="STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 (H.R. 4572; 113th Congress)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 (H.R. 4572; 113th Congress)</a>, a bill related to the regulation of satellite broadcasting.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-4572sum-22" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[22]</a></li></ul><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Intervention in Malheur Wildlife Refuge issues[</h3>Walden, whose district office includes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malheur_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Malheur National Wildlife Refuge" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Malheur National Wildlife Refuge</a>, said that although one militant was killed and another wounded in the armed occupation of the refuge, "We can all be grateful that today has ended peacefully, and that this situation is finally over. Now, life in Harney County can begin to return to normal and the community can begin the long process of healing." He complained about allegedly poor federal forest and land management policies during the occupation, and said he would like to see changes to those policies: "We need to foster a more cooperative spirit between the federal agencies and the people who call areas like Harney County home."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-PoliticianReactions-01-23" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[23]</a> On June 27, 2018, Walden pleaded for a pardon for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammond_arson_case" title="Hammond arson case" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Dwight and Steven Hammond</a>, who repeatedly committed arson and threatened federal refuge workers over an 18-year period, saying that the original trial's federal judge, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Robert_Hogan" title="Michael Robert Hogan" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Michael Robert Hogan</a>, said that the mandatory sentence would "shock the conscious [sic]". On July 10, Trump pardoned both men, commuting their sentences to time served.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-24" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[24]</a> Steven had been scheduled to be released on June 29, 2019, and Dwight on February 13, 2020.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-25" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none; background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">[</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-25" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">25]</a><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Personal life[</h2><div class="thumb tright" style="clear: right; float: right; width: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px 1.3em 1.4em;"><div class="thumbinner" style="min-width: 100px; padding: 3px; text-align: center; overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); width: 222px;"><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 3px; border: 0px;"><div class="magnify" style="float: right; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Greg_Walden,official_109th_Congress_photo.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url(" w="w" resources="resources" src="src" mediawiki.skinning="mediawiki.skinning" images="images" magnify-clip-ltr.svg="magnify-clip-ltr.svg" e="e" display="display" block="block" text-indent="text-indent" px="px" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" width="width" height="height" user-select="user-select" none="none" /></div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Greg_Walden,official_109th_Congress_photo.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url(" w="w" resources="resources" src="src" mediawiki.skinning="mediawiki.skinning" images="images" magnify-clip-ltr.svg="magnify-clip-ltr.svg" e="e" display="display" block="block" text-indent="text-indent" px="px" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" width="width" height="height" user-select="user-select" none="none">Walden during the </a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/109th_United_States_Congress" title="109th United States Congress" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">109th Congress</a></div></div></div>Walden and his wife, Mylene, live in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hood_River,Oregon" title="Hood River, Oregon" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Hood River</a> with their son Anthony. They are members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episcopal_Church_in_the_United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Episcopal Church in the United States of America" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Episcopal Church in the United States of America</a> and participate in local civic groups such as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_International" title="Rotary International" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Rotary Club</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber_of_Commerce" class="mw-redirect" title="Chamber of Commerce" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Chamber of Commerce</a>.[Walden was a licensed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio" title="Amateur radio" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">amateur (ham) radio</a> operator, W7EQI.[<h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Business interests[</h3>On January 31, 2007, Walden sold Columbia Gorge Broadcasting, which runs five stations in the eastern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_River_Gorge" title="Columbia River Gorge" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Columbia River Gorge</a>, to Bicoastal Columbia River LLC in order to avoid any conflict of interest that might arise with his congressional duties.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden#cite_note-kgw-26" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[26]</a><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Electoral history</h2></div><div>...</div>=drones?

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Greg Walden has been a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republican_Party_U.S.A." title="Republican Party U.S.A." class="mw-redirect">Republican</a> member of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives" class="mw-redirect">United States House of Representatives</a> from <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Members_of_the_U.S._Congress_from_Oregon" title="Category:Members of the U.S. Congress from Oregon">Oregon</a>, representing the 2nd Distict based in Hood River, since 1999. (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/or02_109.gif">map</a>)

<h2>Contents</h2></div>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Greg_Walden#Record_and_controversies">1 Record and controversies</a>

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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Greg_Walden#Environmental_record">1.2 Environmental record</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Greg_Walden#Background">2.1 Background</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Greg_Walden#Congressional_Career">2.2 Congressional Career</a>

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<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Greg_Walden#Positions_and_Views">2.2.1 Positions and Views</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-8"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Greg_Walden#2006_elections">2.2.2 2006 elections</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Greg_Walden#Money_in_politics">3 Money in politics</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Greg_Walden#Committees_and_Affiliations">4 Committees and Affiliations</a>

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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Greg_Walden#Committees">4.1 Committees</a>

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<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-12"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Greg_Walden#Committee_assignments_in_the_109th_Congress_.282005-2006.29">4.1.1 Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Greg_Walden#Coalitions_and_Caucuses">4.2 Coalitions and Caucuses</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Greg_Walden#Boards_and_other_Affiliations">4.3 Boards and other Affiliations</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Greg_Walden#More_Background_Data">5 More Background Data</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Greg_Walden#Contact">6 Contact</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Greg_Walden#Articles_and_Resources">7 Articles and Resources</a>

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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Greg_Walden#Local_blogs_and_discussion_sites">7.1 Local blogs and discussion sites</a></li>

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<h2>Record and controversies</h2>

<div style=" margin: 0.5em 0.75em 0.5em 0.75em; border-collapse: collapse; background: #dce8f8; border: 1px solid #5c79b5; padding: .25em .25em 0.25em .25em;">General information about important bills and votes for can be found in Congresspedia's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:U.S._legislation" title="Category:U.S. legislation">articles on legislation</a>. You can add information you find on how Greg Walden voted by clicking the "[edit]" link to the right and typing it in. Remember to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Help:References" title="Help:References">cite your sources</a>!</div>

Walden voted for the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Iraq_Resolution_of_2002" title="Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002">Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002</a> that started the Iraq War.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Greg_Walden#cite_note-0">[1]</a>

<div style=" margin: 0.5em 0.75em 0.5em 0.75em; border-collapse: collapse; background: #dce8f8; border: 1px solid #5c79b5; padding: .25em .25em 0.25em .25em;">For more information see the chart of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S._House_of_Representatives_votes_on_the_Iraq_War" title="U.S. House of Representatives votes on the Iraq War">U.S. House of Representatives votes on the Iraq War</a>.</div>

<h3>Environmental record</h3>

For more information on environmental legislation, see the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Portal:Energy_and_Environment_Policy_%28U.S.%29" title="Portal:Energy and Environment Policy (U.S.)" style="">Energy and Environment Policy Portal</a>

<h3>Background</h3>

Walden, born January 10, 1957, in The Dalles, Oregon, received a bachelor of sciences from the University of Oregon in 1981.

Prior to being elected to the US House of Representatives, Walden served as Press Secretary and Chief of Staff, Congressman Denny Smith from 1981-1987. He was elected to the Oregon Legislative Assembly as a member of the House of Representatives from 1989-1995 and the State Senate from 1995 to 1997.

<h3>Congressional Career</h3>

Walden was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998 and began serving in 1999. He is a member of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.House_Committee_on_Energy_and_Commerce" class="extiw" title="w:U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce">Energy and Commerce</a> Committee, as well as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.House_Committee_on_Resources" class="extiw" title="w:U.S. House Committee on Resources">Resources Committee</a> where he serves as chairman of the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health. Walden is also a member of The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Main_Street_Partnership" class="extiw" title="w:Republican Main Street Partnership">Republican Main Street Partnership</a> and supports Stem-Cell Research.

Outside of politics, Walden is the owner of Columbia Gorge Broadcasting Company, which runs five stations in the Hood River-The Dalles corridor. Walden also is the Director of Columbia River Bank Corp. and serves on the Board of Directors of Oregon Health and Sciencs Foundation. He and his wife, Mylene, live in Hood River with their son Anthony.

<h4>Positions and Views</h4>

<h4>2006 elections</h4>

In 2006, the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party" class="mw-redirect">Democrats</a> nominated <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Carol_J.Voisin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carol J. Voisin (page does not exist)">Carol J. Voisin</a> to face Walden in his November 2006 bid for reelection. (See <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S.congressional_elections_in_2006" title="U.S. congressional elections in 2006" class="mw-redirect">U.S. congressional elections in 2006</a>) <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://opensecrets.org/states/election.asp?State=OR&year=2006">[1]</a> Walden retained his seat.

<h2>Money in politics</h2>

This section contains links to – and feeds from – money in politics databases. <crpcontribdata>cid=N00007690&cycle=2006</crpcontribdata>

<table class="prettytable"><tbody><tr><th colspan="3">Links to more campaign contribution information for Greg Walden

from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org">OpenSecrets.org</a> site.</th></tr><tr><td>Fundraising profile:</td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00007690">2006 election cycle</a></td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allsummary.asp?cid=N00007690">Career totals</a></td></tr><tr><td>Top contributors by organization/corporation:</td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00007690">2006 election cycle</a></td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allcontrib.asp?cid=N00007690">Career totals</a></td></tr><tr><td>Top contributors by industry:</td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/indus.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00007690">2006 election cycle</a></td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allindus.asp?cid=N00007690">Career totals</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

<ul>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.asp?mem=Walden%2C+Greg">Revolving door profile for Greg Walden</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/travel.asp?CID=N00007690">2006 privately funded travel profile for Greg Walden</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/candlook.php?CID=N00007690">Personal finance profile for Greg Walden</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</li>

</ul>

<h2>Committees and Affiliations</h2>

<h3>Committees</h3>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Energy_and_Commerce" title="House Committee on Energy and Commerce">House Committee on Energy and Commerce</a>

<ul>

<li>Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet</li>

</ul>

</li>

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<h4>Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)</h4>

<ul>

<ul>

<li>Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet</li>

</ul>

</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Resources" title="House Committee on Resources" class="mw-redirect">House Committee on Resources</a>

<ul>

<li>Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health - Chair</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Water and Power</li>

</ul>

</li>

</ul>

<h3>Coalitions and Caucuses</h3>

<ul>

<li>Air Force Caucus</li>

<li>Congressional Caucus to Fight and Control Methamphetamine</li>

<li>Congressional Coalition on Adoption</li>

<li>Congressional Fire Services Institute</li>

<li>Congressional Host Committee for the Volunteers of America Organization</li>

<li>Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus</li>

<li>Congressional Internet Caucus</li>

<li>Congressional Manufactured Housing Caucus</li>

<li>Congressional Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus</li>

<li>Congressional National Parks Caucus</li>

<li>Congressional Native American Caucus</li>

<li>Congressional Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Caucus</li>

<li>Congressional Real Estate Caucus</li>

<li>Congressional Rural Caucus</li>

<li>Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus</li>

<li>Defense Study Group</li>

<li>Distributed Energy Caucus</li>

<li>Member, House Army Caucus</li>

<li>Member, House Homeland Security Caucus</li>

<li>Co-Chair, House Northwest Energy Caucus</li>

<li>Member, House Potato Caucus</li>

<li>Vice Chair, House Renewable Energy Caucus</li>

<li>National Environmental Policy Act Task Force</li>

<li>Navy/Marine Corps Caucus</li>

<li>Rural Health Care Caucus</li>

<li>Speaker's Task Force for a Drug Free America</li>

<li>USO Congressional Caucus</li>

<li>Western Caucus</li>

</ul>

<h3>Boards and other Affiliations</h3>

<ul>

<li>Member, AFIB</li>

<li>Executive Committee and Board of Directors, Association of Oregon Industries</li>

<li>Member, Former Director, Columbia River Bancorp</li>

<li>Member, Hood River Chamber of Commerce</li>

<li>Member, Hood River Elk's Club</li>

<li>Member, Hood River Memorial Hospital, Former Director</li>

<li>Member, Hood River Rotary Club</li>

<li>Member, National Association of Broadcasters</li>

<li>Member, National Federation of Independent Business</li>

<li>Board of Directors, Oregon Health Sciences University</li>

</ul>

<h2>More Background Data</h2>

<ul>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=BS020877">Background information on Greg Walden from Project Vote Smart</a></li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=BS020877">Interest group scorecard ratings for Greg Walden from Project Vote Smart</a></li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/w000791">Voting record for Greg Walden from the Washington Post database</a></li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/cgi-bin/newmemberbio.cgi?lang=&member=OR02&site=congressmerge">Information on Greg Walden from Congress Merge</a></li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia" style="">Wikipedia</a> also has an article on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden" style="">Greg Walden</a>. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFDL" style="">GFDL</a>.

<h2>Contact</h2>

<h2>Articles and Resources</h2>

<ul>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://walden.house.gov/">Official website</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://opensecrets.org/races/index.asp">Open Secrets</a> - 2006 congressional races database</li>

</ul>

<h4>Local blogs and discussion sites</h4>

<ul>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chuckcurrie.blogs.com/" style="">Chuck Currie, M.Div.</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.olcvblog.typepad.com/">Oregon League of Conservation Voters</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://loadedorygun.blogspot.com/">Loaded Orygun</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://worldwidepablo.blogs.com/">Worldwide Pablo</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.archimedesmovement.org/blog">The Archimedes Movement</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://roguepundit.typepad.com/">Rogue Pundit</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newwest.net/" style="">NewWest.net -- A Refreshing, new kind of journalism.</a></li>

</ul>

Corresponding article on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Walden">Wikipedia</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.causecaller.com/wiki/Greg_Walden">Cause Caller</a>. (If Cause Caller link does not work, pick from its list of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.causecaller.com/wiki/Senator">senators</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.causecaller.com/wiki/Representative">representatives</a>.)===<a name="Candidates" /><a name="Energy+Oil" /><a name="Energy+Oil">

    </a></font><table align="middle" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" width="100%"><tbody><tr align="center"><td align="center" bgcolor="#cc0000"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://www.ontheissues.org/images/bluestar.gif" border="0" />

Greg Walden on Energy & Oil

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    Click here for <a>21 full quotes on Energy & Oil</a>

OR <a>background on Energy & Oil</a>.

    </font><ul><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Voted YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling. (May 2011)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Voted YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases. (Apr 2011)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Voted NO on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution. (Jun 2009)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Voted NO on tax credits for renewable electricity, with PAYGO offsets. (Sep 2008)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Voted NO on tax incentives for energy production and conservation. (May 2008)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Voted NO on tax incentives for renewable energy. (Feb 2008)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Voted NO on investing in homegrown biofuel. (Aug 2007)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Voted YES on criminalizing oil cartels like OPEC. (May 2007)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Voted NO on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies. (Jan 2007)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Voted NO on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore. (Jun 2006)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Voted YES on scheduling permitting for new oil refinieries. (Jun 2006)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Voted YES on authorizing construction of new oil refineries. (Oct 2005)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Voted YES on passage of the Bush Administration national energy policy. (Jun 2004)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Voted YES on implementing Bush-Cheney national energy policy. (Nov 2003)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Voted NO on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels. (Aug 2001)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Voted NO on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR. (Aug 2001)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Voted NO on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol. (Jun 2000)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Rated 0% by the <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/Note-CAF.asp">CAF</a>, indicating opposition to energy independence. (Dec 2006)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Bar greenhouse gases from Clean Air Act rules. (Jan 2009)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/Note-AFP.asp">AFP</a>. (Aug 2012)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Member of House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (Mar 2011)

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Greg Walden on Environment

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    Click here for <a>14 full quotes on Environment</a>

OR <a>background on Environment</a>.

    </font><ul><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Voted YES on $2 billion more for Cash for Clunkers program. (Jul 2009)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Voted NO on protecting free-roaming horses and burros. (Jul 2009)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Voted YES on $9.7B for Amtrak improvements and operation thru 2013. (Jun 2008)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Voted NO on increasing AMTRAK funding by adding $214M to $900M. (Jun 2006)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Voted NO on barring website promoting Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump. (May 2006)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Voted YES on deauthorizing "critical habitat" for endangered species. (Sep 2005)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Voted YES on speeding up approval of forest thinning projects. (Nov 2003)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Reduce liability for hazardous waste cleanup. (May 2001)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Supports grants for brownfields remediation. (May 2002)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Make EPA into a Cabinet department. (May 2002)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Rated 10% by the <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/Note-LCV.asp">LCV</a>, indicating anti-environment votes. (Dec 2003)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Stop considering manure as pollutant or hazardous. (Sep 2011)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Rated 0% by <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/Note-HSLH.asp">HSLF</a>, indicating an anti-animal welfare voting record. (Jan 2012)
    </font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting. (Jan 2007)

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<h2>Republican Representative (OR-2)</h2>

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Voted YES on $2 billion more for Cash for Clunkers program.

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Congressional Summary: Emergency supplemental appropriations of $2 billion for the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save (CARS) Program.Proponent's argument to vote Yes: Rep.

OBEY (D, WI-7): The cash for clunkers program has proven even more

wildly popular than its strongest supporters had predicted. Just last

month, Congress passed the program, which provided up to $4,500 if you

trade in your old gas guzzler for a new car that gets better mileage.

That was done in the hopes of spurring some new car sales and

encouraging people to be a little more environmentally friendly. We

provided $1 billion in the supplemental to get it going, enough for

about 250,000 sales--which was just about exhausted in one week. This

bill transfers $2 billion from the Department of Energy's Innovative

Technology Loan Guarantee program, which doesn't expect to award funding

until late next year.Opponent's argument to vote No: Rep.

LEWIS (R, CA-41):

In the majority's haste to slam legislation with no time for

consideration or amendments, we are now seeing the effects of such

shortsighted martial law tactics. Senator Feinstein tried to

negotiate some changes to improve the program but was told that it was

this way or the highway. Not one hearing on the Cash for Clunkers

program, not one hearing on how the first billion dollars has been

spent, not one hearing on how much money the program will need to get

through the fiscal year.Many of my colleagues will say, This is a

great program, and it is necessary for the revitalization of the car

industry. I'm not really going to argue with those goals. However, are

we sure this program is working like it's supposed to? I don't think so.

This program has only been up and running 1 week. If that is how the

government is going to handle billion-dollar programs affecting all

Americans, I ask, Whatever will we do if the administration takes

control of our health care system?

Reference: Cash for Clunkers bill;

Bill <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.03435:">H.R. 3435</a>

; vote number <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/HouseVote/Party_2009-H682.htm">2009-H682</a>

on Jul 31, 2009

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Voted NO on protecting free-roaming horses and burros.

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Congressional Summary:<ol><li>Ensure that acreage

available for wild and free-roaming horses and burros is at least equal

to the acreage where they were found in 1971</li><li>update the inventory of such horses and burros annually</li><li>maintain a thriving natural ecological balance on lands where such horses and burros are found</li><li>establish sanctuaries for such horses and burros</li><li>research and implement enhanced fertility control for mares & stallions.</li></ol>Proponent's argument to vote Yes:Rep.

NICK RAHALL (D, WV-3): Earlier this year, the BLM made a truly shocking

announcement. This Federal agency announced future plans to destroy,

i.e., slaughter, 30,000 healthy wild horses and burros entrusted to

their care by the American people. How in the world can a Federal agency

be considering massive slaughter of animals the law says they are

supposed to be protecting? The bill before us gives the agency as many

options as possible to avoid destroying these animals.

Opponent's argument to vote No:Rep. DOC HASTINGS

(R, WA-4): Across our Nation, Americans are struggling to pay their

bills; 9.5% of Americans are out of work. With this backdrop, what is

the response of this Democrat Congress to record unemployment and

skyrocketing deficits? Their response is to create a $700 million

welfare program for wild horses and burros. If the American people want

an illustration of just how out of touch this Congress has become on

spending, they need to look no further. In the last Congress, the House

passed legislation to ban the commercial slaughter of wild horses and

burros, that cost taxpayers less than $500,000 a year. Now we're looking

at a bill that, again, bans slaughter of these animals but then

proceeds to spend $700 million to create a new welfare program for wild

horses. Republicans are focused on creating the jobs in this country,

but this Democrat Congress seems to be more worried about wild burros

and wild horses.

Reference: Restore Our American Mustangs Act;

Bill <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.01018:">H.R.1018</a>

; vote number <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/HouseVote/Party_2009-H577.htm">2009-H577</a>

on Jul 17, 2009

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Voted YES on $9.7B for Amtrak improvements and operation thru 2013.

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Congressional Summary:<ul><li>Authorizes appropriations

for FY2009-FY2013 for Amtrak capital and operating grants; Amtrak

repayment of long-term debt and capital leases; and the rail cooperative

research program.</li><li>Authorizes grants for the Next Generation Corridor Train Equipment Pool Committee. Proponents argument for voting YEA:

Rep. OBERSTAR: America is on the threshold of a "renaissance'' for

intercity passenger rail that approaches the enthusiasm of the

completion of the transcontinental railroad. Last year, Amtrak set a

ridership record for the fifth year in a row, exceeding 25.8 million

passengers. Its ticket revenues rose 11 percent to more than $1.5

billion, the third straight year of revenue growth. This record of

achievement is even more impressive considering that for the past eight

years Amtrak has contended with an Administration committed to its

bankruptcy.

Indeed, these achievements are occurring when there is a greater need

than ever for alternatives to our congested highways and skies. To

alleviate this congestion and strengthen our energy security, we need to

invest in intercity passenger rail. Other countries already make

an annual commitment to intercity passenger rail. In 2003 alone, France

invested $10.6 billion in its rail system; Germany invested $12.4

billion; and the United Kingdom invested $7.8 billion. China plans to

spend a total of $162 billion from 2006 through 2010 to expand its

railway system. This bill authorizes $14 billion over 5 years:<ul><li>$6.7 billion for capital grants</li><li>$3.0 billion for operating grants</li><li>$2.5 billion for 80% matching grants to States to pay for the capital costs of facilities</li><li>$1.75 billion to finance 11 authorized high-speed rail corridors</li></ul>

Reference: Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act;

Bill <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.06003:">HR6003</a>

; vote number <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/HouseVote/Party_2008-400.htm">2008-400</a>

on Jun 11, 2008

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Voted NO on increasing AMTRAK funding by adding $214M to $900M.

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Voting YES on this amendment would restore $214 million in funding for

AMTRAK, bringing the total annual expenditure for AMTRAK to $1.114

billion. The chairman of the Railroad Subcommittee explained the

increase as follows:<ul><li>Unlike aviation, highways and transit, there

is no dedicated funding for investing in our Nation's passenger rail

service. This amendment restores $214 million to the Amtrak account,

taking it to $1.114 billion, which is still about $300 million less than

we had during the course of last year's discussion. </li><li>Last year

the President sent up a budget of zero for Amtrak. We had an amendment

process that we went through this time. This time we are up to $900

million in the bill [without this amendment].</li><li>But if you look at

that $900 million, there is only $500 million for capital expenditures,

out of which has to come a debt service of $280 million, which only

leaves $220 million for the capital needs of this country for Amtrak,

for passenger rail. </li><li>There is nothing for

operation, and I know that the response to that is going to be that there are some incentive grants in the bill. </li></ul>Opponents

of the amendment say that it would increase funding for Amtrak by

gutting and eliminating critical programs, including safety programs,

resulting in reductions in force at several agencies.

Reference: Department of Transportation appropriations;

Bill <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HZ01008:">HR 5576 Amendment 1008</a>

; vote number <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/HouseVote/Party_2006-263.htm">2006-263</a>

on Jun 13, 2006

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Voted NO on barring website promoting Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump.

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An amendment to prohibit funding the "Yucca Mountain Youth Zone"

website. Voting YES indicates opposition to using Yucca Mountain as the

national nuclear waste repository. The amendment's sponsor says: <ul>I

would like to introduce the American people to the newest member of the

Bush administration's energy policy team. His name is Yucca Mountain

Johnny. He is the star of the Energy Department's Yucca Mountain Youth

Zone Web site devoted to brainwashing school children into believing

that burying the Nation's nuclear garbage 90 miles from Los Vegas is

safe. <li>The Web site features games and activities to make high level

nuclear waste fun. High level nuclear waste is not fun. It is dangerous,

and the Department of Energy should not be using taxpayer money for a

propaganda tool. </li><li>I would probably not be as upset with Joe

Camel, excuse me, Yucca Mountain Johnny, if there was a more balanced

approach on this Web site. It doesn't talk about the potential of

accidents or being an inviting target for

terrorists. It doesn't talk about the fact that Yucca Mountain is in a

volcanic and seismic zone area. It doesn't say anything about the

existence of safer and cheaper alternatives.</li><li>Among Yucca

Mountain Johnny's witty sayings, he says, "The worst mistake is never

making one." Well, Yucca Mountain is a mistake. This Web site is a

mistake. Yucca Mountain Johnny is a mistake, and to promote the proposed

nuclear waste repository to our children under the guise of education

is a big mistake. </li></ul><ul>The amendment's opponents respond:<li>To

my knowledge, nobody has questioned the accuracy or truth of what is on

the Web site. My guess is that most of the children that access this

website use it for term papers and papers in their classrooms that they

have to do on nuclear power. </li><li>Whether you oppose or support the

repository, we should at least want the facts out to our children and

adults who wish to use that same Web site about just what exactly it is.

</li></ul>

Reference: Energy and water development appropriations bill;

Bill <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HZ00919:">HR 5427 Amendment 919</a>

; vote number <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/HouseVote/Party_2006-200.htm">2006-200</a>

on May 24, 2006

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Voted YES on deauthorizing "critical habitat" for endangered species.

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To amend and reauthorize the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide

greater results conserving and recovering listed species, and for other

purposes, including:<ul><li>Repealing the authority to designate an area as “critical habitat” for an endangered species</li><li>Requiring

the Secretary of the Interior to create “recovery plans” within two

years of classifying species as endangered or threatened</li><li>Allowing recovery agreements with private citizens whose land may be part of a species recovery plan</li><li>Issuing

grants to support private property owners who voluntarily help to

increase the number of endangered or threatened species on their private

land</li><li>Providing compensation in an amount no less than fair

market value to private landowners who have had regulation imposed upon

their land</li><li>Calling upon the Secretary to submit an annual cost

analysis of the previous years spending to Congress, including the

amount of Federal and State funds used for each species </li></ul>

Reference: Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act;

Bill <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.03824:">HR 3824</a>

; vote number <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/HouseVote/Party_2005-506.htm">2005-506</a>

on Sep 29, 2005

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Voted YES on speeding up approval of forest thinning projects.

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Vote to adopt the conference report on the bill that would reduce and

expedite (speed up) environmental and judicial reviews of forest

thinning projects. The bill would authorize $760 million a year from

fiscal 2004 to fiscal 2008. The Bureau of Land Management and the US

Forest Service would have the authorization to remove vegetation that

could cause or assist the spread of wildfires, disease or insect

infestation. All forest thinning project would come after public

meetings had been held. Forest thinning would be restricted to land that

is within a 1.5 miles of at-risk communities , high-risk land that

serves as a home for threatened and endangered species, high-risk land

in the area of municipal water sources and and high-risk land that is

specifically susceptible to disease or insect infestation.

Reference: Healthy Forests Restoration Act;

Bill <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.r.01904:">HR 1904</a>

; vote number <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/HouseVote/Party_2003-656.htm">2003-656</a>

on Nov 21, 2003

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</a><h3><center>Reduce liability for hazardous waste cleanup.</center></h3>

Walden co-sponsored an amendment to CERCLA:

<ul><big>Title:</big> To provide relief for small

businesses from liability under the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). <big>Summary:</big><li>Amends

CERCLA to provide that persons shall be liable for response [cleanup]

costs as non-owners or operators only if the total of material

containing a hazardous substance was greater than 110 gallons of liquid

material or 200 pounds of solid material. </li><li>Applies this exemption only to activities taking place before April 1, 2001. </li><li>Exempts

a person from liability for response costs for municipal solid waste

(MSW) as a non-owner or operator if the person is an owner, operator, or

lessee of residential property from which all of the person's MSW was

generated, or a certain small business or small charitable tax-exempt

organization that generated all its MSW.

</li><li>Makes nongovernmental entities that commence a

contribution action liable to the defendant for all reasonable costs of

defending the action if the defendant is not liable based on the

above-described exemptions. </li><li>Adds to the list of parties

eligible for de minimis [inconsequential] final settlements certain

persons and businesses that demonstrate an inability or limited ability

to pay response costs.</li></ul>

Source: House Resolution Sponsorship <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/Notebook/Note_01-HR1831.htm">01-HR1831</a> on May 15, 2001

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</a><h3><center>Supports grants for brownfields remediation.</center></h3>

Walden adopted the Republican Main Street Partnership agenda item:

H.R. <big>2941 Brownfields Redevelopment Enhancement Act. </big>

Republican Main Street Partnership Congresswomen Marge Roukema (NJ),

Sue Kelly (NY), and Melissa Hart (PA) as well as Congressman Paul

Gillmor (PA) have introduced legislation providing a new source of

funding for improving former industrial sites. H.R. 2941 reauthorizes

the Brownfields Remediation Grant Program as well as creating a new loan

program for brownfields redevelopment. The pilot program encourages

cities to tap private loans for civic improvements by using the federal

grants as collateral. The bill allows for Community Development Block

Grants to be used in industrial site clean up as well.

Source: Republican Main Street Partnership Legislative Agenda <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/Notebook/Note_02-RMSP2.htm">02-RMSP2</a> on May 24, 2002

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</a><h3><center>Make EPA into a Cabinet department.</center></h3>

Walden adopted the Republican Main Street Partnership agenda item:

H.R. <big>2438/H.R. 2694 Department of Environmental Protection Act. </big>

Republican Main Street Partnership members Sherwood Boehlert (NY) and

Steve Horn (CA) each have introduced legislation that would elevate the

position of Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

to that of cabinet level. Initially, the EPA served as a regulatory

agency, but as a result of numerous statutes enacted by Congress, the

agency's jurisdiction has swelled. Each bill would redesignate the EPA

as the Department of Environmental Protection. RMSP supports the efforts

of Congressman Vern Ehlers to include a deputy administrator for

science within the department.

Source: Republican Main Street Partnership Legislative Agenda <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/Notebook/Note_02-RMSP3.htm">02-RMSP3</a> on May 24, 2002

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</a><h3><center>Rated 10% by the <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/Note-LCV.asp">LCV</a>, indicating anti-environment votes.</center></h3>

Walden scores 10% by the LCV on environmental issues

The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) is the political voice of the

national environmental movement and the only organization devoted

full-time to shaping a pro-environment Congress and White House. We run

tough and effective campaigns to defeat anti-environment candidates, and

support those leaders who stand up for a clean, healthy future for

America. Through our National Environmental Scorecard and Presidential

Report Card we hold Congress and the Administration accountable for

their actions on the environment. Through regional offices, we build

coalitions, promote grassroots power, and train the next generation of

environmental leaders.

The 2003 National Environmental Scorecard provides objective, factual

information about the environmental voting records of all Members of the

first session of the 108th Congress. This Scorecard represents the

consensus of experts from 20 respected environmental and conservation

organizations who selected the key votes on which Members of Congress

should be graded. LCV scores votes on the most important issues of the

year, including environmental health and safety protections, resource

conservation, and spending for environmental programs. Scores are

calculated by dividing the number of pro-environment votes by the total

number of votes scored. The votes included in this Scorecard presented

Members of Congress with a real choice on protecting the environment 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.

Source: LCV website <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/Notebook/Note_03n-LCV.htm">03n-LCV</a> on Dec 31, 2003

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</a><h3><a name="11-H2997" /><center><a name="11-H2997"></a><a name="11-H2997" /><a name="11-H2997" /><a name="11-H2997" /><a name="11-H2997" /><a name="11-H2997" /><a name="11-H2997" /><a name="11-H2997" /><a name="11-H2997" /><a name="11-H2997" /><a name="11-H2997" /><a name="11-H2997" /><a name="11-H2997" /><a name="11-H2997" /><a name="11-H2997" /><a name="11-H2997" /><a name="11-H2997">Stop considering manure as pollutant or hazardous.</a></center></h3>

Walden co-sponsored Superfund Common Sense Act

Congressional Summary:Amends the Comprehensive

Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)

to exclude manure from the definition of "hazardous substance" and

"pollutant or contaminant" for purposes of such Act. Defines "manure" to

mean: <ol><li>digestive emissions, feces, urine, urea and other excrement from livestock;</li><li>any associated bedding, compost, raw materials or other materials commingled with such excrement from livestock;</li><li>any process water associated with such items; and </li><li>any

byproducts, constituents, or substances contained in, or originating

from, such items or any emissions relating to such items. </li></ol>Amends

the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 to exempt from

notification requirements releases associated with manure.Opponent's Comments (Jim Ruen on AgProfessional.com, Oct. 3, 2011):

Since when can a fertilizer dealer operate without concern for

environmental regulation and impact? Let's face it, we aren't talking

about Ma and Pa Kettle with their six milk cows and three sows here

spreading a load of manure on the back 40. We are talking about CAFO

units with thousands of animals and tens of thousands or more

tons/gallons of manure. While a few maybe spreading on their own land,

most are selling it to area farmers. At a time when fertilizer dealers

and companies have to be conspicuously careful with how they handle

product, why shouldn't mega-livestock operators be equally regulated as

they sell their "waste" product for its nutrient and soil building

value. Since when do commercial N, P and K producers or handlers get a

free ride from the EPA...or Congress?

Source: H2997/S1729 <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/Notebook/Note_11-H2997.htm">11-H2997</a> on Sep 21, 2011

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</a><h3><center>Rated 0% by <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/Note-HSLH.asp">HSLF</a>, indicating an anti-animal welfare voting record.</center></h3>

Walden scores 0% by the Humane Society on animal rights issues

112th Mid-Term Humane Scorecard: The Humane Society Legislative Fund has

posted the final version of the 2011 Humane Scorecard, where you can

track the performance of your federal lawmakers on key animal protection

issues during last year. We rated legislators based on their voting

behavior on measures such as agribusiness subsidies, lethal predator

control, and the Endangered Species Act; their cosponsorship of priority

bills on puppy mills, horse slaughter, animal fighting, and chimps in

research; their support for funding the enforcement of animal welfare

laws; and their leadership on animal protection.

All of the priority bills whose cosponsorships we're counting enjoy

strong bipartisan support; in the House, each of the four now has more

than 150 cosponsors.The Humane Scorecard is not a perfect

measuring tool, but creating some reasonable yardstick and allowing

citizens to hold lawmakers accountable is central to our work. When the

Humane Scorecard comes out each year, it helps clarify how the animal

protection movement is doing geographically, by party affiliation, and

in other categories. It helps us chart our course for animals by seeing

where we have been effective, and where we need to improve.

Source: HSLF website <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/Notebook/Note_12-HumaneH.htm">12-HumaneH</a> on Jan 13, 2012

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</a><h3><center>Strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting.</center></h3></li></ul>===
<table id="topContrib" class="tablesorter"><tbody><tr class="rowTint"><td>National Assn of Broadcasters </td><td class="number">$101,144</td><td class="number">$24,600</td><td class="number">$76,544</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>National Assn of Realtors </td><td class="number">$78,900</td><td class="number">$500</td><td class="number">$78,400</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn </td><td class="number">$73,595</td><td class="number">$700</td><td class="number">$72,895</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>Blue Cross/Blue Shield </td><td class="number">$72,300</td><td class="number">$7,800</td><td class="number">$64,500</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>AT&T Inc </td><td class="number">$71,000</td><td class="number">$1,000</td><td class="number">$70,000</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>National Beer Wholesalers Assn </td><td class="number">$71,000</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$71,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Weyerhaeuser Co </td><td class="number">$69,200</td><td class="number">$7,700</td><td class="number">$61,500</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>National Auto Dealers Assn </td><td class="number">$64,500</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$64,500</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>National Assn of Home Builders </td><td class="number">$57,500</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$57,500</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>Columbia Helicopters </td><td class="number">$55,400</td><td class="number">$55,400</td><td class="number">$0</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Comcast Corp </td><td class="number">$53,000</td><td class="number">$16,500</td><td class="number">$36,500</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>American Hospital Assn </td><td class="number">$52,602</td><td class="number">$7,800</td><td class="number">$44,802</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>National Electrical Contractors Assn </td><td class="number">$51,500</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$51,500</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>Verizon Communications </td><td class="number">$50,750</td><td class="number">$4,250</td><td class="number">$46,500</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>American Medical Assn </td><td class="number">$50,700</td><td class="number">$200</td><td class="number">$50,500</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>American Bankers Assn </td><td class="number">$50,645</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$50,645</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>National Cable & Telecommunications Assn </td><td class="number">$48,499</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$48,499</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>Union Pacific Corp </td><td class="number">$47,950</td><td class="number">$1,750</td><td class="number">$46,200</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>American Health Care Assn </td><td class="number">$46,200</td><td class="number">$7,200</td><td class="number">$39,000</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>Operating Engineers Union </td><td class="number">$44,000</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$44,000</td></tr></tbody></table>---
<table id="topIndus" class="datadisplay"><tbody><tr class="rowTint"><td>Forestry & Forest Products</td><td class="number">$680,624</td></tr><tr><td>TV/Movies/Music</td><td class="number">$451,269</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Electric Utilities</td><td class="number">$433,967</td></tr><tr><td>Health Professionals</td><td class="number">$416,900</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Lobbyists</td><td class="number">$376,889</td></tr><tr><td>Retired</td><td class="number">$351,909</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Pharmaceuticals/Health Products</td><td class="number">$345,997</td></tr><tr><td>Real Estate</td><td class="number">$344,035</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Crop Production & Basic Processing</td><td class="number">$336,836</td></tr><tr><td>Lawyers/Law Firms</td><td class="number">$329,514</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Oil & Gas</td><td class="number">$265,900</td></tr><tr><td>Telephone Utilities</td><td class="number">$260,232</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Insurance</td><td class="number">$255,440</td></tr><tr><td>Beer, Wine & Liquor</td><td class="number">$239,900</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Computers/Internet</td><td class="number">$226,586</td></tr><tr><td>Livestock</td><td class="number">$194,991</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Telecom Services & Equipment</td><td class="number">$191,105</td></tr><tr><td>Misc Manufacturing & Distributing</td><td class="number">$184,023</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Hospitals/Nursing Homes</td><td class="number">$176,852</td></tr><tr><td>Building Trade Unions</td><td class="number">$169,000</td></tr></tbody></table>

<h1 class="ruleAbove"><a name="sec">Sector Totals</a></h1>

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<table id="topSect" class="datadisplay"><tbody><tr class="rowTint"><th>Sector</th><th>Total</th><th>PACs</th><th>Indivs</th></tr><tr><td>Agribusiness</td><td class="number">$1,503,570</td><td class="number">$604,411</td><td class="number">$899,159</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Communications/Electronics</td><td class="number">$1,163,342</td><td class="number">$949,960</td><td class="number">$213,382</td></tr><tr><td>Construction</td><td class="number">$389,400</td><td class="number">$230,500</td><td class="number">$158,900</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Defense</td><td class="number">$80,051</td><td class="number">$66,651</td><td class="number">$13,400</td></tr><tr><td>Energy & Natural Resources</td><td class="number">$868,737</td><td class="number">$778,597</td><td class="number">$90,140</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Finance, Insurance & Real Estate</td><td class="number">$1,097,407</td><td class="number">$627,101</td><td class="number">$470,306</td></tr><tr><td>Health</td><td class="number">$1,073,094</td><td class="number">$865,844</td><td class="number">$207,250</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Lawyers & Lobbyists</td><td class="number">$706,403</td><td class="number">$217,398</td><td class="number">$489,005</td></tr><tr><td>Transportation</td><td class="number">$450,883</td><td class="number">$283,333</td><td class="number">$167,550</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Misc Business</td><td class="number">$1,182,524</td><td class="number">$567,507</td><td class="number">$615,017</td></tr><tr><td>Labor</td><td class="number">$250,000</td><td class="number">$250,000</td><td class="number">$0</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Ideological/Single-Issue</td><td class="number">$334,847</td><td class="number">$276,222</td><td class="number">$58,625</td></tr><tr><td>Other</td><td class="number">$434,429</td><td class="number">$1,000</td><td class="number">$433,429</td></tr></tbody></table>

Walden, G Rep 10%

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