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One of President Donald Trump's closest associates is now publicly calling for a Democratic member of the U.S. Senate to be killed over a bill he introduced to rein in "corruption."

In a post to his X account, Trump confidant Roger Stone insisted that Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) was compromised by the Chinese Communist Party because of a company he co-founded getting venture capital from a Chinese company. Stone wrote that Kelly should be "charged with treason and if convicted executed, consistent with federal law."

The Daily Beast reported Friday that Stone's remark was in response to Kelly officially submitting a cryptocurrency regulation bill for consideration that would prevent the president, vice president and their families from "issuing, endorsing, or sponsoring crypto assets." Kelly's bill specifically mentioned "memecoins," which is particularly noteworthy as Trump has specifically promoted memecoins named after both himself and First Lady Melania Trump.

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"Trump is cashing in on his presidency and making millions from his own crypto coins — this is corruption in broad daylight," Kelly tweeted.

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The Trump family is also profiting from its crypto company, World Liberty Financial. His middle son Eric recently spoke at a conference in the United Arab Emirates, where the government of Dubai announced a $2 billion investment in cryptocurrency exchange Binance using a new "stablecoin" (a cryptocurrency with a price designed to be at or near $1 for a long period of time) from World Liberty. The deal could result in Trump directly raking in hundreds of millions of dollars.

It isn't just Democratic senators who are uneasy about Trump profiting from various cryptocurrency schemes. Republican Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) have also gently insisted that it's improper for the president to openly profit from cryptocurrency while in office, with Lummis calling for "regulatory framework" that would address the issue.

Stone was found guilty of lying to Congress about Trump's knowledge of Russian efforts to interfere with the 2016 election, witness tampering and obstruction. Even though he had been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison, Trump pardoned him during his lame-duck period in December of 2020.

READ MORE:'Civil war is coming to the Trump movement': Expert says MAGA could soon tear itself apart

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self-described libertarian-leaning Republican, Sen. Cynthia Lummis has been a Wyoming state representative, state senator, state treasurer and U.S. congresswoman. She retired back to her family ranch after her husband died in 2015 and came back to Congress because neither party cared enough about the deficit for her liking.

“I'm really worried about it. I think we're devaluing the U.S. dollar,” she told me sitting on the lip of the Capitol reflecting pool that was covered in bird poop, which after decades on a ranch didn’t bother her. (It bothered me a bit, but “fake it til you make it,” right?)

With Lummis, I wanted to get a sense of what she thought the Republican Party stood for after four years of Donald Trump, whose ambivalence for the rising deficit, focus on cultural issues and harsh immigration policies and rhetoric were all a shift for the party. Her answer wasn’t overly specific and had those tinges of Trumpism the party hasn’t been able to shake: “I'm hoping that our party is concerned about illegal immigration, which I think it is. That they're concerned about everyday working Americans,” she said.

Lummis was one of the senators who voted against certifying the Electoral College results, even after the insurrection on Jan. 6. Lummis said: “When 40 percent of the American people think an election was massively fraudulent, we've got a problem.”

I pressed Lummis on that point; that Trump’s false claims of mass voter fraud were the reasons his supporters believed that.

“Well, it probably was an overreaction,” Lummis added. “I do not believe that the fraud, that did occur, would have changed the election.”

The other big federal battle will be over the authority of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), whose wings the new congressional leaders are eager to clip. Their friends at conservative lobby group the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) have the total elimination of the EPA at the top of their wish list. While that’s not likely to happen, Congress will to try to do everything in its power to make sure that the new carbon emissions standards Obama announced in June do not take effect, that new ozone rules are not implemented and that renewable fuel standards are blocked. Their friends in Big Coal are counting on them. They’re forming a new oversight subcommittee specifically to oversee the EPA, and it’ll be headed by Wyoming’s Cynthia Lummis, who has a long anti-environmental record and a lifetime score of just 7 percent from the League of Conservation Voters (LCV)—0 percent in 2013.

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It seems that Wyoming, Cheney's home state, has been a breeding ground for fossil fuel enthusiasts. And those enthusiasts found employment working for and with the Bush Administration:

The Wyoming connection was especially evident from 2000 to 2008, during the two administrations of President George W. Bush and his vice president, Wyoming native Dick Cheney. A former chief executive of Halliburton, Cheney took an early and very active interest in energy policy and placed several Wyoming political friends in key positions in the Department of Interior.

Among those friends and the key positions they occupied:

-- David J. Gribbin III, a high school and college friend from Wyoming, was Cheney's transitional liaison with Congress. Gribbin previously worked for Cheney as Halliburton’s chief lobbyist in the capital.

-- Thomas Sansonetti, a prominent Cheyenne lawyer, GOP activist, and member of the conservative Federalist Society, who headed the team choosing top personnel for the Department of Interior, which oversees Minerals Management Service.

-- Gayle Norton, who, though not from Wyoming, was picked by Sansonetti to head Interior. Native Coloradan Norton was a longtime protégée of James Watt in the Mountain States Legal Foundation, of which Watt was the founding director. Norton was also a member of the Federalist Society.

-- Rebecca W. Watson, a former Sheridan, Wyoming, lawyer, who Norton named as assistant Interior Secretary for Land and Minerals Management. Watson was responsible for the Bureau of Land Management, the Office of Surface Mining and the Minerals Management Service.

-- Rejane "Johnnie" Burton of Casper had managed the Wyoming Department of Revenue under former Gov. Jim Geringer. In 2007, Burton resigned under fire from her $168,000-a-year Minerals Management director’s job after the Department of Interior Inspector General found widespread corruption in the agency’s Colorado-based royalty collection office. In addition, questions were raised in Congress about Burton’s handling of offshore leases. Burton now works as a $49,000-a-year aide for longtime friend and former legislative colleague Wyoming U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis.

-- Randall Luthi, of  Freedom, is a former speaker of the Wyoming House and a former aide to U.S. Sen. Alan K. Simpson. He succeeded Burton as MMS director.  Luthi left hisMinerals Management position when President Obama took office in January 2009. A little over a year later, Luthi was named president of the National Ocean Industries Association, the main industry trade group for the offshore oil and gas industry. (Luthi testified May 27 before the House Natural Resources committee investigating the Gulf of Mexico disaster. (Complete hearing transcript - PDF.)  Several of the companies involved in the Deepwater Horizon disaster are members of Luthi’s association. One of the National Ocean Industries’ stated missions: reduce federal regulatory controls. More about Luthi here (be sure to click through the links; the Daily Beast article is a doozy!)

-- Former Wyoming U.S. Rep. Barbara Cubin, as chairman of the House Resources Energy and Minerals subcommittee, was Congress’ most strident champion of the now-abandoned "Royalty-in-Kind" program that had allowed energy producers to pay Mineral Management Services royalties with gas or oil instead of cash. Where was the protest by the deficit hawks?

-- Current U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis pushed a proposal through the state Board of Land Commissioners to commit Wyoming’s 50 percent share of federal natural gas royalties to the Minerals Management Royalty-in-Kind program While serving as state treasurer in 2005. In 2008, Royalty in Kind accounted for more than half of the $543 million in federal gas royalties dispersed to the state. Deficit hawks, are you reading this?

Got the picture? The Department of Interior in general, and the MMS in particular, were oozing with Cheney devotees. This ensured that the primary regulatory body for the fossil fuel industry would be "industry friendly." But that's just part of the story.

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Keystone Pipeline Moves Forward in House Resources Committee

House Natural Resources Committee approves pipeline with a 24-17 bipartisan vote.

Washington, Apr 24-

U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo) and fellow members of the House Natural Resources Committee voted to support the Keystone Pipeline with their passage of H.R. 3; the Northern Route Approval Act.  The Resources Committee approval of construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline continues the advance of the bill in a fully open and transparent process.   Final passage of the Keystone XL Pipeline by the House and the Senate would send a bill to President Obama that would create thousands of American jobs and infuse millions of dollars into American communities and the national economy.

“This is a common sense vote,” Rep. Lummis said. “We have an opportunity to create thousands of jobs, to give a shot in the arm to communities in the West and Midwest, and to advance the cause of energy security.  I’m confident my House colleagues understand the benefits this project and will support H.R. 3 when it is taken up by the full House, and I call on the Senate and the President to embrace this bill and move the pipeline forward.”

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cynthia_Lummis

Cynthia Lummis has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the At-Large district of the State of Wyoming, since 2009 (map).

Positions, record and controversies

Taxes and the Economy

On her campaign website, Lummis vows to keep taxes low and believes that money is spent best by the people who earned them and not by the government. She has also pledged to oppose all federal tax increase proposals, and instill fiscal discipline on the federal government. ^[1]

Energy

Lummis says she supports increasingclean coal research, increasing delivery systems such as transmission lines and pipelines to transport resources,and increasing our share of wind, solar, and biomass generated power to improve U.S energy policy.^[1]

Second Amendment

Lummis believes that the 2nd Amendment guarantees the right of individuals to own and use firearms and that the government may not broadly limit private firearm ownership. She opposes firearms registration,imposing a new waiting period on the purchase of a handgun, maintaining records on any lawful gun buyer and federal legislation to require firearm owner licensing.^[1]

Healthcare

Lummis believes that the private sector will provide affordable healthcare options to all Americans.She supports changing the tax code to make all healthcare expenses tax-deductible, policies that allow families purchase health insurance nationwide,portability of insurance across jobs, development of safe, less-expensive generic drugs and the development of tax-advantaged healthcare savings accounts. ^[1]

Agriculture, Environment and Water

Lummis opposes increasing capital gains taxes.She supports livestock grazing on public lands developing common sense ethanol policies that do not subsidize corn-derived ethanol,reform of the Endangered Species Act to protect the rights of private property owners.^[1] Lummis says she will oppose any legislation that seeks to federalize Wyoming’s water through legislation like the Clean Water Act and she will expose the damaging impacts and unforeseen consequences of misguided federal policies. ^[1]

National Defense

Lummis says she supports General Petraeus' and the troops in both Iraq and Afghanistan, modernization of the military and its use of alternative forms of warfare. She also says she supports increasing benefits, access to higher education and healthcare for veterans.^[1]

Immigration

Lummis is opposed to blanket amnesty for illegal immigrants. She does,however, support strengthening national borders, ensuring that employers are certain that their foreign workers are properly documented,increasing enforcement of current immigration law, making English the official language of the U.S. She believes that the number of guest worker visas should be increased and that the application period should be extended. She also believes that that illegal aliens should not receive social security benefits, medicaid benefits, food stamps, drivers licenses, or other benefits.^[1]

Social Issues

Lummis says on her campaign website that "the social and moral values of this very diverse nation are best reflected and protected at the state level, not the federal level". She supports confirming judges that judges do not make law, but interpret laws. She believes that marriage should be defined as between one man and one woman. She believes that abortion is a sin against God. Lummis opposes the repeal of the federal ban on partial birth abortions, federal funding for abortion and codifying the principles of Roe v. Wade into federal law.She also opposes federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, and human cloning. Lummis also says she supports the right of home schoolers to teach their children without government interference.^[1]

Bio

2008 elections

Lummis won the primary on August 19, 2008 for the Republican nomination to replace incumbent Rep. Barbara Cubin (R-Wyo.). She defeated Bill Winney, Michael Holland and Mark Gordon.^[2] Lummis went on to defeat Democratic nominee Gary Trauner in the November 2008 general election.^[3]

Committees and affiliations

Committees

Lummis will be assigned committees if and when she is elected to Congress.

After Gov. Dave Freudenthal (D) appointed Barrasso over former state Treasurer Cynthia Lummis (R) and one-time Craig Thomas Chief of Staff Tom Sansonetti, a former state GOP chairman, many Wyoming Republicans geared for the possibility of challenging Barrasso in the 2008 special election. In his application for the Senate seat, Barras---so already expressed his intention to seek the final four years of Thomas' term. Ambitious Wyoming Republicans were refusing to rule out challenging either him or Rep. Barbara Cubin in next year's GOP primaries.

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Voted YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling.

• Congressional Summary:
• Makes available for leasing, in the 2012-2017 five-year oil and gas leasing program, outer Continental Shelf areas that are estimated to contain more than 2.5 billion barrels of oil; or are estimated to contain more than 7.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
• Makes the production goal for the 2012-2017 five-year oil and gas leasing program an increase by 2027 in daily production of at least 3 million barrels of oil, and 10 billion cubic feet of natural gas.

Proponent's Argument for voting Yes:

[Rep. Young, R-AK]: The Americans suffering from $4 a gallon gas today must feel like they're experiencing a sense of deja vu. In 2008, when gasoline prices reached a record high of $4.11 per gallon, the public outcry forced Congress to act. That fall, Congress lifted the offshore drilling ban that had been in place for decades. Three years later, most Americans would likely be shocked to learn that no energy development has happened in these new areas.

Opponent's Argument for voting No:

[Rep. Markey, D-MA]. In the first 3 months of this year, Exxon-Mobil made $10 billion off of the American consumer; Shell made $8 billion; BP made $7 billion. So what are these companies asking for? These companies are now asking that we open up the beaches of California, Florida & New England to drill for oil. People who live near those beaches don't want oil coming in the way it did in the Gulf of Mexico. Right now, those oil companies are centered down in the Gulf of Mexico. People are concerned because those companies have blocked any new safety reforms that would protect against another catastrophic spill. We have to oppose this bill because, first of all, they already have 60 million acres of American land that they haven't drilled on yet, which has about 11 billion barrels of oil underneath it and an equivalent amount of natural gas. This bill is just a giveaway to Exxon-Mobil and Shell.

Reference: Reversing Pres. Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act; Bill H.1231 ; vote number 11-HV320 on May 12, 2011

Voted YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases.

• Congressional Summary:Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from promulgating any regulation the emission of a greenhouse gas (GHG) to address climate change.
• Excludes GHGs from the definition of "air pollutant" for purposes of addressing climate change.
• Exempts from such prohibition existing regulations on fuel efficiency, research, or CO2 monitoring.
• Repeals and makes ineffective other rules and actions concerning GHGs.

Proponent's Argument for voting Yes:

[Rep. Upton, R-MI]: This legislation will remove the biggest regulatory threat to the American economy. This is a threat imposed not by Congress, but entirely by the Obama EPA. This administration wanted a cap-and-trade system to regulate greenhouse gases, but Congress said no. So beginning in early 2009, EPA began putting together a house of cards to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide. The agency began with automobiles, declaring that their emissions endangered public health. That single endangerment finding has since been used by EPA to launch an unparalleled onslaught. The result, two years later, is a series of regulations that will ultimately affect every citizen, every industry, really every aspect of our economy and way of life.

Opponent's Argument for voting No:

[Rep. Waxman, D-CA]: This bill is a direct assault on the Clean Air Act. Its premise is that climate change is a hoax and carbon pollution does not endanger health and welfare. But climate change is real. It is caused by pollution, and it is a serious threat to our health and welfare. We need to confront these realities. American families count on the EPA to keep our air and water clean. But this bill has politicians overruling the experts at EPA, and it exempts our biggest polluters from regulation. If this bill is enacted, the EPA's ability to control dangerous carbon pollution will be gutted.

Reference: Energy Tax Prevention Act; Bill H.910 ; vote number 11-HV249 on Apr 7, 2011

Voted NO on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution.

Congressional Summary:Requires utilities to supply an increasing percentage of their demand from a combination of energy efficiency savings and renewable energy (6% in 2012, 9.5% in 2014, 13% in 2016, 16.5% in 2018, and 20% in 2021). Provides for:

1. issuing, trading, and verifying renewable electricity credits; and
2. prescribing standards to define and measure electricity savings from energy efficiency and energy conservation measures.

Amends the Clean Air Act (CAA) to set forth a national strategy to address barriers to the commercial-scale deployment of carbon capture and sequestration.

Proponent's argument to vote Yes:Rep. ED MARKEY (D, MA-7): For the first time in the history of our country, we will put enforceable limits on global warming pollution. At its core, however, this is a jobs bill. It will create millions of new, clean-energy jobs in whole new industries with incentives to drive competition in the energy marketplace. It sets ambitious and achievable standards for energy efficiency and renewable energy from solar, wind, geothermal, biomass so that by 2020, 20% of America's energy will be clean.

Opponent's argument to vote No:Rep. BOB GOODLATTE (R, VA-6): I agree that this bill has very important consequences, but those consequences are devastating for the future of the economy of this country. It's a fantasy that this legislation will turn down the thermostat of the world by reducing CO2 gas emissions when China & India & other nations are pumping more CO2 gas into the atmosphere all the time. We would be far better served with legislation that devotes itself to developing new technologies before we slam the door on our traditional sources of energy like coal and oil and and nuclear power. We support the effort for energy efficiency. We do not support this kind of suicide for the American economy. Unfortunately, cap and trade legislation would only further cripple our economy.

Reference: American Clean Energy and Security Act; Bill H.R.2454 ; vote number 2009-H477 on Jun 26, 2009

Bar greenhouse gases from Clean Air Act rules.

Lummis signed H.R.391

1. Amends the Clean Air Act to:
2. exclude from the definition of the term "air pollutant" carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, or sulfur hexafluoride; and
3. declare that nothing in the Act shall be treated as authorizing or requiring the regulation of climate change or global warming.

Source: Clean Air Act Amendment 09-HR391 on Jan 9, 2009

Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP.

Lummis signed the No Climate Tax Pledge

No Climate Tax Pledge: I pledge to the taxpayers of my state, and to the American people, that I will oppose any legislation relating to climate change that includes a net increase in government revenue.

Sponsoring organizations: Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEU); National Taxpayers Union (NTU); Institute for Liberty Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is a nationwide organization of citizen-leaders committed to advancing every individual's right to economic freedom and opportunity. AFP believes reducing the size and intrusiveness of government is the best way to promote individual productivity and prosperity for all Americans. AFP educates and engages citizens to support restraining state and federal government growth and returning government to its constitutional limits. AFP is more than 1.6 million activists strong, with activists in all 50 states. AFP has 31 state chapters and affiliates. More than 70,000 Americans in all 50 states have made a financial contribution to AFP or AFP Foundation. For more information, visit www.americansforprosperity.org

Source: AFP website 10-AFP on Nov 2, 2010

Cap-and-trade has no impact on global temperatures.

Lummis signed the Contract From America

The Contract from America, clause 2. Reject Cap & Trade:

Stop costly new regulations that would increase unemployment, raise consumer prices, and weaken the nation's global competitiveness with virtually no impact on global temperatures.

Source: The Contract From America 10-CFA02 on Jul 8, 2010

Explore proven energy reserves & keep energy prices low.

Lummis signed the Contract From America

The Contract from America, clause 8. Pass an 'All-of-the-Above' Energy Policy:

Authorize the exploration of proven energy reserves to reduce our dependence on foreign energy sources from unstable countries and reduce regulatory barriers to all other fo

Source: The Contract From America 10-CFA08 on Jul 8, 2010

Repeal weatherization assistance for low-income persons.

Lummis co-sponsored Stop Green Initiative Abuse Act

Congressional Summary:Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to repeal provisions concerning the Department of Energy's weatherization assistance program for low-income persons to increase energy efficiency of dwellings.

Proponent's Comments (Rep. Chuck Fleischmann Press Release):Fleischmann said, "I have worked since day one to balance our budget and stop the 'tax, borrow, spend' mentality that has dominated Washington for far too long. I am glad to introduce legislation to end the Weatherization Assistance Program in order to save billions of dollars."

Other federal programs, such as the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), are already in place to assist low-income households in managing energy costs. The Dept. of Energy's Inspector General conducted a review of this program concluding that weatherization work on homes was poorly administered and led to potentially harmful effects for home inhabitants.

Opponent's Comments (GreenBuildingAdvisor.com, Nov. 22, 2011):The purpose of the measure is to eliminate the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), which provides free weatherization services for low-income households. The WAP has historically been ignored by politicians as a cost-cutting target because its annual budget was, at a few million dollars, relatively small. But its budget ballooned dramatically--to about $5 billion over three years--under the federal stimulus program.

The congressman says the WAP is dispensable because LIHEAP is already in place. Weatherization improvements, however, provide ongoing energy savings rather than one-time assistance with energy bills.

Fleischmann points to a DOE review that called the expanded program "poorly administered." But the main concern identified in that report was the sluggish rollout of services in many states, due to confusion over wage and other implementation requirements.

Source: H.R.3441 11-H3441 on Nov 16, 2011

No EPA regulation of greenhouse gases.

Lummis co-sponsored Free Industry Act

Congressional Summary of H.R.97:

1. Amends the Clean Air Act to:
2. exclude from the definition of the term "air pollutant" carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, or sulfur hexafluoride; and
3. declare that nothing in the Act shall be treated as authorizing or requiring the regulation of climate change or global warming.

Congressional Summary of H.R.153, "Ensuring Affordable Energy Act":

1. Prohibits any funds appropriated or otherwise available for the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from being used to implement or enforce:
2. a cap-and-trade program (any regulatory program that provides for the sale, auction, or other distribution of a limited amount of allowances that permit the emission of one or more greenhouse gases); or
3. any statutory or regulatory requirement pertaining to emissions of one or more greenhouse gases from stationary sources that is issued after January 1, 2011.

OnTheIssues Explanation:These two related bills exclude the EPA from taking on global warming by defining greenhouse gases as a "pollutant." These bills do not directly oppose regulating greenhouse gases nor cap-and-trade; either could still be accomplished by an act of Congress. Instead, they REQUIRE an act of Congress, rather than letting the President and the EPA bypass Congress by regulatory implementation instead of legislative implementation.

Source: HR97&HR153 11-HR097 on Jan 5, 2011

Drill the Outer Continental Shelf; & license new nuke plants.

Lummis signed Roadmap for America's Energy Future

• A Roadmap for America's Energy Future:
• Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a lease sale every 270 days in each outer Continental Shelf (OCS) planning region for which there is a commercial interest in purchasing federal oil and gas leases for OCS production.
• Requires the federal share of proceeds of lease sales from newly open areas to be deposited in the American-Made Energy Trust Fund (established by this Act).
• Requires the Secretary to accept, in satisfaction of mitigation requirements, proposals for mitigation measures on a site away from the area impacted by exploration and production activities.
• Directs the Secretary to establish a leasing program for oil, gas and oil shale within the Alaska Coastal Plain (ANWR).
• Requires the Secretary to hold a lease sale offering an additional 10 parcels for lease for oil shale development.
• Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to develop, construct, and operate a coal-to-liquid facility.
• States it is the policy of the United States to facilitate the continued development and growth of a safe and clean nuclear energy industry through reductions in financial, regulatory, and technical barriers to construction and operation.
• Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to issue operating permits for 200 new commercial nuclear reactors.
• Removes all current statutory limitations upon the amount of radiological material that can be placed in Yucca Mountain. Requires the NRC to replace them with new limits based on scientific and technical analysis of the full capacity of Yucca Mountain for the storage of radiological material.
• Prohibits the President from blocking or hindering spent nuclear fuel recycling activities.
• Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit consideration of the climate change-related impact of a greenhouse gas upon any species of fish, wildlife, or plant.

Source: H.R.909 11-HR909 on Mar 3, 2011

Include agricultural products in renewable fuels.

Lummis signed Renewable Fuel Standard Improvement Act

• To amend the Clean Air Act as follows:
• Define 'lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions' as the aggregate quantity of direct greenhouse gas emissions relating to the full fuel lifecycle, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Energy.
• The term 'lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions' includes greenhouse gas emissions from all stages of fuel and feedstock production and distribution, from feedstock generation or extraction through the delivery and use of the finished fuel, accounting for the relative global warming potential of the greenhouse gases.
• Reassign the baseline for renewable fuels at 3 year intervals, beginning in 2008.
• Define 'renewable biomass' as materials, pre-commercial thinnings, or invasive species from National Forest System land and public lands that:
  • are byproducts of preventive treatments
  • that are removed to reduce hazardous fuels; to reduce or contain disease or insect infestation; or to restore ecosystem health;
  • would not otherwise be used for higher-value products; and
  • are harvested in accordance with land management plans; old-growth maintenance; and large-tree retention; or
  • any organic matter that is available on a renewable or recurring basis from non-Federal land including renewable plant material; feed grains; algae; crop residue; vegetative waste material; animal waste and byproducts; food waste and yard waste.

Source: H.R.2409 2009-H2409 on May 14, 2009