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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">T<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">his week, a new</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/19/politics/kfile-jason-lewis-radio-comments-sexual-harassment/index.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">report</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">from<b> Andrew Kaczynski of CNN's KFile revealed yet another round of shocking comments made by Rep. Jason Lewis (R-MN) during his days as a right-wing talk radio host. I</b>n the clips, from a show in </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">November 2011</span><b style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">, </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Lewis mocked women who feel traumatized by sexual harassment in the workplace.</span></b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</span></font></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"I don't want to be callous here, but how traumatizing was it?" said Lewis, his voice breaking at times into a mocking pitch. "How many women at some point in their life have a man come on to them, place their hand on their shoulder or maybe even their thigh, kiss them, and they would rather not have it happen, but is that really something that's going to be seared in your memory that you'll need therapy for? You'll never get over? It was the most traumatizing experience? Come on! She wasn't raped." He also argued that sexual harassment law was a<b> violation of the First Amendment.</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Incredibly, the story has now drawn a legal threat. On Thursday, Lewis' former broadcaster, Genesis Communications Network, sent a "cease and desist" letter to CNN, threatening a copyright infringement lawsuit for use of material from Lewis' old shows.</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">For their part, neither CNN nor Kaczynski are backing down, and nor do they have any reason to. The threat is completely baseless; <a href="https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/fair-use/what-is-fair-use/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">"fair use" law</a> in the United States allows the use of snippets of copyrighted work without the permission of the owner, in the context of commentary, criticism, or parody.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Lewis' campaign has declined to comment on the matter.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The radio program, in which Lewis styled himself "<a href="https://blogs.twincities.com/politics/2015/10/12/mr-right-jason-lewis-running-second-district/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">America's Mr. Right</a>," was a known part of his resume when he was first elected to Congress in 2016 — he used the show to help launch <a href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/01/17/jason-lewis-ditches-talk-radio-past-in-congress" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Michele Bachmann's failed presidential bid</a>. But the show has become a matter of increased controversy as journalists have gone back through his commentary, which is full of toxic and inflammatory rhetoric.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>As a talk radio host, Lewis <a href="https://m.startribune.com/lewis-facing-strong-criticism-for-past-comments-about-women/368885181/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">complained</a> that single women are "simply ignorant of the important issues in life," <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/08/meet-minnesotas-mini-trump/495641/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">compared</a> gay marriage and taxing the rich to slavery, and <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/18/politics/kfile-jason-lewis/index.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">bemoaned</a> the fact that it's not socially acceptable to call women "sluts" anymore.</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District, which Lewis represents, covers the southern suburbs of the Twin Cities, and while voters there have consistently elected Republicans for <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/08/meet-minnesotas-mini-trump/495641/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">over a decade</a>, they also <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VfkHtzBTP5gf4jAu8tcVQgsBJ1IDvXEHjuMqYlOgYbA/edit#gid=0" style="text-decoration-line: none;">voted for President Barack Obama twice</a>. Lewis' Democratic opponent is <a href="https://www.angiecraig.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Angie Craig</a>, an openly gay former newspaper reporter and human resources director best known for winning a <a href="https://www.twincities.com/2016/10/07/angie-craig-2nd-congressional-district/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">landmark case</a> in Tennessee that made her and her partner the first lesbian couple to adopt in the state. She previously ran against Lewis in 2016, losing by <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/minnesota-house-district-2-craig-lewis" style="text-decoration-line: none;">less than 2 points</a>, and is ready for a rematch.</font></p><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</b></font></div><div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Report: 140 House Members Vote Against Chemical Safeguards Every Time</b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Environmental Working Group Action Fund, the political arm of the Environmental Working Group (EWG), released a first-ever report that scores how each member of the U.S. House of Representatives voted on chemical policy and safety.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>The scorecard shows that 140 House members voted against chemical safeguards every time, while 149 members consistently voted for chemical safety protections.</b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"While no president has ever done as much to weaken safeguards for toxic chemicals as Donald Trump, too many members of Congress have collaborated with the Trump administration or cast votes in favor of policies that reversed or delayed chemical bans, gutted chemical safety rules, rejected sound science, weakened worker and consumer protections, and denied justice to asbestos victims," the report said.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The report specifically focused on 17 bills and amendments that were up for a vote during the 115th and 114th Congresses.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The EWG Action Fund also singled out several lawmakers, including Rep. Jason Lewis (R-Minn.), Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas), Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas), Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) and Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.), who the action fund says introduced or co-sponsored measures that weaken existing chemical safety laws.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"Over and over, too many legislators voted to support President Trump's agenda to eliminate toxic chemical safeguards," said Scott Faber, speaking on behalf of EWG Action Fund, in a statement received by EcoWatch.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"Too many members of Congress have collaborated with the Trump administration to advance policies that reject sound science and weaken worker and consumer protections," Faber added. "And many more stood by silently when Trump's EPA reversed or delayed chemical bans or gutted chemical safety rules."</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Most Republican members of Congress were graded poorly in the report. However, the action fund<b> praised </b>the lawmakers that bucked their party to vote for chemical safety, including Reps. Frank LoBiondo (R-N.J.), John Duncan (R-Tenn.), Walter Jones (R-N.C.) and others who voted to protect <b>asbestos </b>victims.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The action fund also noted that Rep. Dana <b>Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) voted for funding chemical reviews and against a farm bill that included pesticide safety loopholes.</b> Florida Reps. Carlos Curbelo and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen voted against efforts to weaken agency science, and Illinois Republican Rep. Rodney Davis voted against toxic air pollution loopholes.</font></div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">nrtw</font></div><div><table class="datadisplay" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; background: rgb(224, 230, 236); width: 574px;" helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px"><tbody><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">enate</font></td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00030612&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Rubio, Marco (R-FL)</font></a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$6,700</font></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">House</font></td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00025237&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">King, Steven A (R-IA)</font></a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$6,000</font></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Senate</font></td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary?id=COS1&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Glenn, Darryl (R-CO)</font></a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$5,000</font></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">House</font></td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary?id=NE02&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Bacon, Donald John (R-NE)</font></a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$4,500</font></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Senate</font></td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00002221&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Burr, Richard (R-NC)</font></a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$3,500</font></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">House</font></td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00036023&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Comstock, Barbara (R-VA)</font></a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$3,000</font></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">House</font></td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary?id=MN02&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Lewis, Jason (R-MN)</font></a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$3,000</font></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">House</font></td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00033744&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Blum, Rod (R-IA)</font></a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$2,000</font></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">House</font></td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00000743&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Garrett, Scott (R-NJ)</font></a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$2,000</font></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">House</font></td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary?id=IN03&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Banks, Jim (R-IN)</font></a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$1,000</font></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">House</font></td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary?id=MI01&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Bergman, John (R-MI)</font></a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$1,000</font></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Senate</font></td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00013873&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Boozman, John (R-AR)</font></a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$1,000</font></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">House</font></td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00024753&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Coffman, Mike (R-CO)</font></a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$1,000</font></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">House</font></td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary?id=VA05&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Garrett, Tom (R-VA)</font></a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$1,000</font></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">House</font></td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00026148&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Gohmert, Louis B Jr (R-TX)</font></a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$1,000</font></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Senate</font></td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00001758&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Grassley, Chuck (R-IA)</font></a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$1,000</font></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">House</font></td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00035628&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Hardy, Cresent (R-NV)</font></a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$1,000</font></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Senate</font></td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00032546&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Johnson, Ron (R-WI)</font></a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$1,000</font></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">House</font></td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00035717&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Jolly, David (R-FL)</font></a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$1,000</font></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">House</font></td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00035820&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Knight, Steve (R-CA)</font></a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$1,000</font></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td colspan="3" style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/recips.php?id=D000022138&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">See all recipients</font></b></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"></font></div>