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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_T._Hanna</b>
<a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/moc/richard-thomas-hanna">http://scorecard.lcv.org/moc/richard-thomas-hanna</a></font>
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http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/first-sitting-gop-congressman-endorses-hillary-clinton
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http://scorecard.lcv.org/moc/richard-hanna
ok on subsidy and really important climate?
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<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear469337">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber469337">672</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle469337"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-672-fossil-fuel-energy-bill">Fossil Fuel Energy Bill</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues469337">Dirty Energy</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice469337"> </span></div>
<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear469771">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber469771">651</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle469771"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-651-extreme-attack-carbon-pollution-limits-new-power-plants-cra">Extreme Attack on Carbon Pollution Limits for New Power Plants (CRA)</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues469771">Climate Change</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice469771"> <b>YES</b></span></span></div>
<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear474114">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber474114">650</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle474114"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-650-extreme-attack-carbon-pollution-limits-existing-power-plants-cra">Extreme Attack on Carbon Pollution Limits for Existing Power Plants (CRA)</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues474114">Climate Change</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice474114"> </span></div>
<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear473245">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber473245">565</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle473245"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-565-hardrock-mining">Hardrock Mining</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues473245">Other</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice473245"> </span></div>
<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear472375">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber472375">549</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle472375"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-549-crude-oil-export-ban">Crude Oil Export Ban</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues472375">Dirty Energy</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice472375"> </span></div>
<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear474548">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber474548">518</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle474548"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-518-attacking-public-input-environmental-review-0">Attacking Public Input & Environmental Review</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues474548">Other</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice474548"> </span></div>
<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear472810">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber472810">508</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle472810"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-508-climate-change-resilience-adaptation">Climate Change Resilience & Adaptation</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues472810">Climate Change</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice472810"> </span></div>
<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear473680">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber473680">482</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle473680"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-482-safeguards-shutdown-0">Safeguards Shutdown</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues473680">Other</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice473680"> </span></div>
<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear471073">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber471073">462</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle471073"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-462-genetically-modified-food-labeling">Genetically Modified Food Labeling </a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues471073">Toxics/Public Right to Know</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice471073"> </span></div>
<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear470639">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber470639">458</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle470639"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-458-toxic-coal-ash-0">Toxic Coal Ash</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues470639">Toxics/Public Right to Know</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice470639"> </span></div>
<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear471941">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber471941">447</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle471941"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-447-california-water-resources">California Water Resources</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues471941">Water</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice471941"> </span></div>
<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear470205">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber470205">428</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle470205"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-428-forest-management">Forest Management</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues470205">Lands/Forests</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice470205"> </span></div>
<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear468470">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber468470">427</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle468470"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-427-limiting-access-courts">Limiting Access to the Courts</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues468470">Other</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice468470"> </span></div>
<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear468036">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber468036">409</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle468036"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-409-national-monuments">National Monuments</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues468036">Lands/Forests</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice468036"> </span></div>
<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear467602">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber467602">408</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle467602"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-408-big-oil-subsidies-public-lands">Big Oil Subsidies on Public Lands</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues467602">Dirty Energy, Lands/Forests</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice467602"> YES</span></div>
<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear467168">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber467168">405</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle467168"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-405-ivory-sales">Ivory Sales</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues467168">Wildlife</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice467168"> </span></div>
<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear466734">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber466734">404</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle466734"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-404-endangered-species-protections-0">Endangered Species Protections</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues466734">Wildlife</span></span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice466734"><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> <b>YES</b></span>
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<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear465866">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber465866">402</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle465866"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-402-blm-fracking-protections">BLM Fracking Protections</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues465866">Dirty Energy</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice465866"> </span></div>
<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear465432">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber465432">401</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle465432"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-401-smog-pollution-0">Smog Pollution</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues465432">Air</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice465432"> </span></div>
<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear464998">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber464998">400</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle464998"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-400-social-cost-carbon-0">Social Cost of Carbon</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues464998">Climate Change</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice464998"> </span></div>
<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear466300">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber466300">399</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle466300"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-399-grazing-public-lands">Grazing on Public Lands</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues466300">Lands/Forests</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice466300"> </span></div>
<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear464564">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber464564">398</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle464564"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-398-national-ocean-policy-0">National Ocean Policy</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues464564">Oceans</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice464564"> </span></div>
<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear464130">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber464130">397</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle464130"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-397-stream-buffer-zone">Stream Buffer Zone</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues464130">Water</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice464130"> </span></div>
<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear463696">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber463696">384</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle463696"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-384-carbon-pollution-limits-power-plants-0">Carbon Pollution Limits for Power Plants</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues463696">Climate Change</span><span class="voteChoice vote-miss" id="voteChoice463696"> </span></div>
<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear463263">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber463263">362</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle463263"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-362-fast-track-trade-agreements">Fast Track of Trade Agreements</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues463263">Other</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice463263"> </span></div>
<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear462395">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber462395">267</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle462395"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-267-fisheries-management">Fisheries Management</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues462395">Oceans</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice462395"> </span></div>
<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear461962">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber461962">236</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle461962"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-236-prairie-chicken-burying-beetle-protections">Prairie Chicken & Burying Beetle Protections</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues461962">Wildlife</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice461962"> </span></div>
<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear461097">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber461097">219</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle461097"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-219-undermining-clean-water-protections-0">Undermining Clean Water Protections</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues461097">Water</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice461097"> </span></div>
<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear444890">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber444890">215</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle444890"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-215-assault-clean-energy-and-clean-water">Assault on Clean Energy and Clean Water</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues444890">Clean Energy, Water</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice444890"> </span></div>
<div class="tableRow dataItem"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear461529">2015</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber461529">212</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle461529"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2015-212-attack-clean-water-protections-0">Attack On Clean Water Protections</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues461529">Water</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice461529">
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style=" line-height: 18.59px;">http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/11/16/gop_science_some_republicans_are_bucking_their_party_about_climate_change.html</span></font>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style=" line-height: 18.59px;"><a href="https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hres424/BILLS-114hres424ih.pdf">https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hres424/BILLS-114hres424ih.pdf</a></span></font></p>
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SEPTEMBER 17, 2015 Mr. GIBSON (for himself, Mr<b>. CURBELO of Florida</b>, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. DOLD, <span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><b>Mr. HANNA, </b></span>Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. <b>ROSLEHTINEN,</b> Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, Ms. STEFANIK, and Mr. LOBIONDO) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L._Hanna
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b>Richard L. Hanna</b> (born January 25, 1951)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L.Hanna#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> politician who has served as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. Representative</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York" title="New York">New York</a> since 2011. He is a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party%28United_States%29" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a>. His district was numbered the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York%27s_24th_congressional_district" title="New York's 24th congressional district">24th</a> during his first two years in Congress; since 2013, it has been the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York%27s_22nd_congressional_district" title="New York's 22nd congressional district">22nd district</a>.</font>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L._Hanna#Early_life.2C_education.2C_and_business_career"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Early life, education, and business career</span></font></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L.Hanna#U.S.House_of_Representatives"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">U.S. House of Representatives</span></font></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L._Hanna#Elections"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Elections</span></font></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L._Hanna#Tenure"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Tenure</span></font></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L._Hanna#Committee_assignments"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Committee assignments</span></font></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L._Hanna#References"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></font></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L._Hanna#External_links"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></font></a></li>
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<h2><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life.2C_education.2C_and_business_career">Early life, education, and business career</span></font></h2>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Hanna was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utica,New_York" title="Utica, New York">Utica</a> and raised in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcy,New_York" title="Marcy, New York">Marcy</a>. His grandparents owned a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dairy_farm" title="Dairy farm" class="mw-redirect">dairy farm</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herkimer_County,New_York" title="Herkimer County, New York">Herkimer County</a>. He graduated from Whitesboro High School in Marcy. Then, he graduated from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_College" title="Reed College">Reed College</a> with a bachelor's degree in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics" title="Economics">Economics</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_Science" title="Political Science" class="mw-redirect">Political Science</a>. After college, Hanna returned to New York to start his own construction business called Hanna Construction.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L.Hanna#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> Hanna is of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_American" title="Lebanese American" class="mw-redirect">Lebanese descent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L._Hanna#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup></font>
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<div role="note" class="hatnote"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">See also: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_New_York,_2008#District_24" title="United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2008">United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2008 § District 24</a></font></div>
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<div role="note" class="hatnote"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">See also: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_New_York,_2010#District_24.2A" title="United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2010">United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2010 § District 24*</a></font></div>
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<div role="note" class="hatnote"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">See also: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_New_York,_2012#District_22" title="United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2012">United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2012 § District 22</a></font></div>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4">In 2008, Hanna ran against incumbent Democrat <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Arcuri" title="Mike Arcuri">Mike Arcuri</a> and narrowly lost. In 2010, he ran in a rematch and won.</font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Due to redistricting, Hanna ran in the new <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York%27s_22nd_congressional_district" title="New York's 22nd congressional district">22nd district</a> in 2012.</font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4">In his 2012 campaign for re-election against Democrat <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Lamb" title="Dan Lamb" class="mw-redirect">Dan Lamb</a>, television stations <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WUTR" title="WUTR">WUTR</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utica,New_York" title="Utica, New York">Utica</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSYR-TV" title="WSYR-TV">WSYR</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse,New_York" title="Syracuse, New York">Syracuse</a> announced they would jointly air a debate between Hanna and Lamb. Hanna declined to participate, citing another scheduled televised debate and five that would not be televised. The stations said that if Hanna did not appear, they would air a 30-minute question-and-answer session with Lamb. According to Steve Merren, the vice president and general manager of WUTR's parent company, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexstar_Broadcasting_Group" title="Nexstar Broadcasting Group">Nexstar Broadcasting Group</a>, Hanna then contacted Merren. In an email to staff, Merren stated, "He indicated to me that we would not be considered for his ad dollars and our level of cooperation in the future could be affected." Merren then directed that WUTR not go ahead with the broadcast. Both Merren and a Hanna spokeswoman denied that threats had been made. After the inadvertent disclosure of the internal email, Merren told the press that Hanna “did not say he would pull his ad dollars." The Hanna campaign said that his conversation with Merren had been "nothing more than a courtesy call". The Lamb campaign said that Hanna was "using his money to influence the journalistic decisions of a local news agency."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L.Hanna#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L.Hanna#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup></font>
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<h3><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span class="mw-headline" id="Tenure">Tenure</span></font></h3>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Hanna is a member of the conservative <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Study_Committee" title="Republican Study Committee">Republican Study Committee</a> and the centrist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Main_Street_Partnership" title="Republican Main Street Partnership">Republican Main Street Partnership</a>. He is a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_Equality_Caucus" title="LGBT Equality Caucus">LGBT Equality Caucus</a></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L.Hanna#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup> U.S. Congressman Hanna has stated his opposition to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a>. He is one of only six House Republicans in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/112th_United_States_Congress" title="112th United States Congress">112th Congress</a> who have not signed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Norquist" title="Grover Norquist">Grover Norquist's</a> "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_for_Tax_Reform" title="Americans for Tax Reform">Taxpayer Protection Pledge</a>," with a spokesman explaining that "Rep. Hanna is focusing on the pledges he has made to his wife, the Constitution of the United States and the people of upstate New York."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L.Hanna#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L._Hanna#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup></font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4">According to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Post" title="Washington Post" class="mw-redirect">Washington Post</a>’s congressional votes database, Hanna has voted with the House Republicans 85% of the time in his first year in office. Only 11 Republicans (out of 244) have a lower percentage.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L._Hanna#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup></font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Hanna published an Op-ed opposing the extension of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Patriot_Act" title="USA Patriot Act" class="mw-redirect">USA PATRIOT Act</a></span> in February 2011. Editors from the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse_Post_Standard" title="Syracuse Post Standard" class="mw-redirect">Syracuse Post Standard</a></i>, which published the piece, later <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2011/03/hannas_near-plagiarism.html">reprimanded</a> Hanna for plagiarizing content from a report by Julian Sanchez of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_Institute" title="Cato Institute">Cato Institute</a> in his editorial. Sanchez indicated that Hanna had his permission to use the content, although he was not referenced in the piece.</font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4">The first bill Hanna co-sponsored was H.R. 4 which repealed the 1099 tax reporting provision of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a>. President Obama signed the bill into law in April 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L.Hanna#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> In early 2011 Congressman Hanna voted to repeal health care reform.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L.Hanna#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> Hanna voted to support the Energy Tax Prevention Act which would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases and implementing a "cap-and-trade" system through regulation.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L.Hanna#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup> Hanna voted against cuts to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPR" title="NPR">NPR</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_Parenthood" title="Planned Parenthood">Planned Parenthood</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L.Hanna#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup> Hanna voted in favor of a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L._Hanna#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup></font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4">At a rally in support of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Rights_Amendment" title="Equal Rights Amendment">Equal Rights Amendment</a> in March 2012, Hanna urged women to donate to Democratic candidates, saying: "I think these are very precarious times for women, it seems. So many of your rights are under assault... Contribute your money to people who speak out on your behalf, because the other side -- my side -- has a lot of it."<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L._Hanna#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup></font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4">In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,2012" title="United States presidential election, 2012">2012 presidential election</a>, he endorsed former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Governor" title="Utah Governor" class="mw-redirect">Utah Governor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Huntsman,Jr." title="Jon Huntsman, Jr." class="mw-redirect">Jon <span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Huntsman</span>, Jr.</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L._Hanna#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup></font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Hanna supported reauthorization of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_Against_Women_Act" title="Violence Against Women Act">Violence Against Women Act</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L._Hanna#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup></font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">In 2013, he supported <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" title="Same-sex marriage">same-sex marriage</a>, becoming only the second current Republican member of congress to do so (the other being <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ileana_Ros-Lehtinen" title="Ileana Ros-Lehtinen">Ileana Ros-Lehtinen</a></span>).<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L._Hanna#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup> Rep. Hanna was also a co-sponsor of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity by covered entities (employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, or joint labor-management committees, but exempts religious organizations) nationwide. New York already has already passed similar legislation into law within the State of New York, but the practice remains legal in 29 U.S. states. But Rep Hanna is one of several Republican co-sponsors of the bill who refused to sign a Discharge Petition on the bill – a parliamentary maneuver that allows a majority of members of Congress to bring any bill to the floor, even if the leadership opposes doing so.</font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4">In June 2013, Hanna voted against proposed legislation to ban <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortions" title="Abortions" class="mw-redirect">abortions</a> after 20 weeks of pregnancy except for victims of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape" title="Rape">rape</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incest" title="Incest">incest</a> who have reported the crime to authorities. He opposes partial birth abortions, but stated that he was unable to support this legislation because it would cast aside exception for the health of the mother, and it fails to adequately account for unique circumstances that can arise after 20 weeks because every pregnancy is specific.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L._Hanna#cite_note-19">[19]</a></sup></font>
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<h3><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span class="mw-headline" id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</span></font></h3>
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<li><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Education_and_the_Workforce" title="United States House Committee on Education and the Workforce">Committee on Education and the Workforce</a></b></font>
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Education_Subcommittee_on_Early_Childhood,_Elementary_and_Secondary_Education" title="United States House Education Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education</font></a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Education_Subcommittee_on_Higher_Education_and_Workforce_Training" title="United States House Education Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training</font></a></li>
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<li><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Transportation_and_Infrastructure" title="United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure</a></b></font>
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Transportation_Subcommittee_on_Economic_Development,_Public_Buildings_and_Emergency_Management" title="United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management</font></a></li>
<li><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Transportation_Subcommittee_on_Highways_and_Transit" title="United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Highways and Transit">Subcommittee on Highways and Transit</a> (Vice Chair)</font></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Transportation_Subcommittee_on_Railroads,Pipelines,and_Hazardous_Materials" title="United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials</font></a></li>
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://transportation.house.gov/subcommittees/subcommittee/?ID=107422"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment</font></a>
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<li><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Small_Business" title="United States House Committee on Small Business">Committee on Small Business</a></b></font></li>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Hanna lives in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barneveld,New_York" title="Barneveld, New York">Barneveld, New York</a>. He and his wife Kim have two children<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L.Hanna#cite_note-20">[20]</a></sup> He is a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Rifle_Association" title="National Rifle Association">National Rifle Association</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L._Hanna#cite_note-21">[21]</a></sup></font>
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