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<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Daniel Edward Lungren</b>, a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Republican_Party" title="Republican Party" class="mw-redirect">Republican</a>, has represented the 3rd Congressional District of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Category:Members_of_the_U.S.Congress_from_California" title="Category:Members of the U.S. Congress from California">California</a> in the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=U.S.House_of_Representatives" title="U.S. House of Representatives" class="mw-redirect">U.S. House of Representatives since</a> 2005. (<a href="http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/ca03_109.gif" class="external text" title="http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/ca03_109.gif" rel="nofollow">map</a>)</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">beat by gray davis for gov</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></p><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/legalnewsline/2018/05/02/hold-government-to-higher-standard-former-ca-ag-says-of-climate-change-lawsuit-controversy/#77ede6b7134e"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">https://www.forbes.com/sites/legalnewsline/<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">2018/05</span>/02/hold-government-to-higher-standard-former-ca-ag-says-of-climate-change-lawsuit-controversy/#77ede6b7134e</font></a></p><p class="speakable-paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.2rem 0px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>A Texas judge has decided California officials suing the energy industry over climate change are talking out of both sides of their mouths, and the former top lawyer of the Golden State is disappointed in their actions.</b></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.2rem 0px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">It might be embarrassing, but California officials need to address their inconsistent claims, says Dan Lungren, California’s attorney general from 1991-1999 who recently penned an opinion piece on the subject in the<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/california-forum/article198736969.html" target="blank" rel="nofollow noopener" data-ga-track="ExternalLink:http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/california-forum/article198736969.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><em data-ga-track="ExternalLink:http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/california-forum/article198736969.html" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sacramento Bee</em></a>.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.2rem 0px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><b>Sued over the alleged future effects of climate change, Exxon’s argument (which has been<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://legalnewsline.com/stories/511400831-judge-calif-cities-alleging-doom-in-climate-change-lawsuits-sold-investors-a-different-story" target="blank" rel="nofollow noopener" data-ga-track="ExternalLink:https://legalnewsline.com/stories/511400831-judge-calif-cities-alleging-doom-in-climate-change-lawsuits-sold-investors-a-different-story" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">signed off on by a Texas judge</a>) is that the cities and counties alleging these impending disasters have failed to disclose them in their bond offerings.</b></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.2rem 0px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.2rem 0px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">“If this was happening in the private sector, I think I’d have a lawsuit for fraud,” said Lungren, who has also spent 18 years in the U.S. House of Representatives.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.2rem 0px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">“I don’t think public entities should be held to such low standards that all we do is make sure they’re not found liable for intentional fraud. I would expect those acting in the name of the people to be held to a higher standard.”</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.2rem 0px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252);">The California officials might soon be forced to explain themselves.</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> Exxon’s Texas strategy seeks to depose them and an attorney at Hagens Berman, which represents some of the California governments on a contingency fee.</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.2rem 0px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252);">On April 24,</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> Tarrant County District Judge R.H. Wallace, Jr. signed proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law, changing little from what Exxon is claiming.</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.2rem 0px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>“While the California municipalities alleged in their complaints against the energy companies that the impacts of climate change were knowable, quantifiable and certain, they told their investors the exact opposite,” the document says.</b></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.2rem 0px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“These contradictions raise the question of whether the California municipalities brought these lawsuits for an improper purpose.”</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.2rem 0px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The California counties of Marin, Santa Cruz and San Mateo and the cities of San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Cruz, Richmond and Imperial Beach have filed suit against several energy companies - including Exxon, Chevron and BP - over climate change. The company is also being targeted by the attorneys general of Massachusetts and New York.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.2rem 0px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Similar lawsuits have been filed by New York City and Boulder, CO.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.2rem 0px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">San Mateo County’s complaint says it is “particularly vulnerable to sea level rise” and that there is a 93% chance the county experiences a “devastating” flood before 2050. However, bond offerings in 2014 and 2016 noted that the county “is unable to predict whether sea-level rise or other impacts of climate change or flooding from a major storm will occur."</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.2rem 0px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“I find it difficult to understand how, on one hand you can make a statement to the court with 92% certainty that these things are going to happen, and going to the people and saying it is unknown,” Lungren said.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.2rem 0px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">As AG, Lungren was tasked with making sure state bond offerings were accurate – “Had we come across anything contrary to pleadings we were making with the courts, we would have corrected that.”</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.2rem 0px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">No matter how embarrassing it is, lawyers for the California plaintiffs should tell the judges presiding over their cases that they need to withdraw or amend their claims, Lungren said.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.2rem 0px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“If I were to find we inadvertently made statements in documents before the court that were contradicted by other documents – particularly those that the public is relying on the good faith offerings of the state - I would immediately take action to reconcile that,” Lungren said.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.2rem 0px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">At a recent<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://legalnewsline.com/stories/511398628-in-suing-exxon-over-climate-change-boulder-is-hoping-company-s-deep-pockets-will-pay-for-its-left-wing-agenda-group-says" target="blank" rel="nofollow noopener" data-ga-track="ExternalLink:https://legalnewsline.com/stories/511398628-in-suing-exxon-over-climate-change-boulder-is-hoping-company-s-deep-pockets-will-pay-for-its-left-wing-agenda-group-says" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">American Enterprise Institute</a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</span>event, an attorney representing Boulder noted that the bond offerings came with a statement regarding a final paper from the California Climate Change Center that said property in San Francisco Bay is vulnerable to impacts associated with sea-level rise.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.2rem 0px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">But the cities did not present an opinion on the accuracy of those claims, which was noted by Competitive Enterprise Institute attorney who attended the event.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.2rem 0px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“You presume when you file, whether filing as an officer of the court or under oath, you’re saying what is contained in your document is truthful and factually correct,” Lungren said.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.2rem 0px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“So if you have two different documents contemporaneously - one before the court with respect to the lawsuit and the other under the various rules that say you have to have honest statements to potential investors, otherwise it’s subject to fraud – it’s at least hypocritical and a failure of legal responsibility in those instances.”</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">ref</font></p><p><a href="https://legalnewsline.com/stories/511398628-in-suing-exxon-over-climate-change-boulder-is-hoping-company-s-deep-pockets-will-pay-for-its-left-wing-agenda-group-says"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">https://legalnewsline.com/stories/511398628-in-suing-exxon-over-climate-change-boulder-is-hoping-company-s-deep-pockets-will-pay-for-its-left-wing-agenda-group-says</font></a></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">BOULDER, Colo. (Legal Newsline) <b>– It remains to be seen if Exxon will fight the latest climate change lawsuit against it in the same way it is attacking the first round, by scrubbing municipal documents for evidence of hypocrisy by the public officials filing them.</b></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 22px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">According to a conservative group following the case, mounting such a defense might be overkill. The lawsuit filed by Boulder, Colo., and two Colorado counties is so frivolous, Exxon could end up seeking reimbursement for the costs of defending itself, according to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mountainstateslegal.org/about/about-mslf#.WuCyO8gvz4Z" class="external" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; font-weight: bold;">Mountain States Legal Foundation</a>.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 22px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><b>William Perry Pendley, president of MSLF</b>, says he isn't surprised that politicians in Boulder are going through Exxon's deep pockets "to pay for their costly, radical, left-wing boondoggles."</font></p><div class="story-adtag float-left mr-3 mb-3" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left !important; margin-right: 1rem !important; margin-bottom: 1rem !important;" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 22px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">"But taxpayers who think at least they will not have to pay for this pricey misadventure and might even get some tax relief if it is successful, should think again," Pendley said. &nbsp;</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"This lawsuit could not be more frivolous and if the judges do what other judges have done, legal sanctions and hefty fines will be imposed."</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">To defend itself from the California lawsuit, Exxon is seeking to depose government officials and a private lawyer&nbsp;<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/legalnewsline/2018/01/08/exxon-prepares-to-sue-california-cities-say-they-contradict-themselves-on-climate-change/1" class="external" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; background-color: transparent; touch-action: manipulation; font-weight: bold;">in Texas court</a>&nbsp;over whether their allegations of impending climate change-caused doom are contradicted by bond offerings that make no mention of it.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Asked if Boulder ever disclosed climate change-related threats to its property in any bond offerings, the City declined to comment.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">It's unclear whether the bond argument is a possible defense for Exxon in Colorado, and the company did not return a request for comment.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">As for Boulder, which filed its lawsuit with Boulder and San Miguel counties, its&nbsp;<a href="https://emma.msrb.org/IssuerView/IssuerDetails.aspx?cusip=101421" class="external" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; background-color: transparent; touch-action: manipulation; font-weight: bold;">most recent&nbsp;</a>official statement does not include references to climate change.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The official statement on&nbsp;<a href="https://emma.msrb.org/EA642337-EA502399-EA898709.pdf" class="external" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; background-color: transparent; touch-action: manipulation; font-weight: bold;">acquisitions of land</a>&nbsp;does not contain the terms “climate change,” “weather” or “global warming.”</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 22px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Pendley said there is no science to support the lawsuit. Judges in the California lawsuits have yet to rule on motions to dismiss filed by the energy industry.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 22px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">"Causation between the alleged inactions of the companies and the imagined harms is missing in its entirety and the demand that whimsical injuries be redressed (‘Help us pay to paint our streets white,’ one imagines) is laughable," Pendley said.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 22px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Addressing the bond topic last week was David Bookbinder of the Niskanen Center, which is one of two nonprofits representing Boulder on a pro bono basis. A third firm is taking as much as a 20% contingency fee, according to Boulder County's website.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Bookbinder was a speaker at an&nbsp;<a href="http://www.aei.org/events/what-did-they-know-and-when-did-they-know-it-the-municipal-climate-litigation-the-fossil-fuel-industry-and-the-municipal-bond-market/" class="external" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; background-color: transparent; touch-action: manipulation;">American Enterprise Institute discussion</a>&nbsp;of California climate litigation the same day his lawsuit was being filed in a Colorado state court. He used an expletive to describe Exxon’s strategy and said that he was “ashamed” of the law firm representing the company.</b></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 22px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">“If we needed more evidence that no one thinks this was improper or fraudulent or disingenuous, my former adversaries in the plaintiffs securities bar – those people are extremely aggressive. The time lapse between bad news coming out and lawsuits filed by what were called the <b style="">‘strike bar’ </b>could be measured in, you know, one day, 48 hours, 72 hours, maybe four days – 96 hours,” Bookbinder said.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“There have been no lawsuits filed against any of these cities for their bond disclosures. That should tell you something as well.”</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In 2017, the counties of Marin, Santa Cruz and San Mateo and the cities of San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Cruz and Imperial Beach filed suit against dozens of energy companies, including Exxon and 17 other Texas-based businesses, over climate change. The company has previously been targeted by the attorneys general of Massachusetts and New York.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 22px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">“It is reasonable to infer that the municipalities brought these lawsuits not because of a bona fide belief in any tortious conduct by the defendants or actual damage to their jurisdictions, but instead to coerce ExxonMobil and others operating in the Texas energy sector to adopt policies aligned with those favored by local politicians in California,” attorneys for the company wrote.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In doing so, they must have lied to potential investors in their respective bond offerings, the company claims.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Statements made to potential investors contradict allegations made by the municipalities when they sued the energy industry, the filing says.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">For example, San Mateo County’s complaint says it is “particularly vulnerable to sea level rise” and that there is a 93% chance the county experiences a “devastating” flood before 2050. However, bond offerings in 2014 and 2016 noted that the county “is unable to predict whether sea-level rise or other impacts of climate change or flooding from a major storm will occur."</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Bookbinder noted that the offerings came with a statement regarding a final paper from the California Climate Change Center that said property in San Francisco Bay is vulnerable to impacts associated with sea-level rise.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 22px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">But the cities did not present an opinion on the accuracy of those claims, which was noted by&nbsp;<a href="https://cei.org/content/devin-watkins" class="external" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; font-weight: bold;">Devin Watkins</a>, an attorney at the Competitive Enterprise Institute who attended the event.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>The CEI has called on the Securities and Exchange Commission to&nbsp;<a href="https://legalnewsline.com/stories/511327528-sec-asked-to-investigate-potential-fraud-in-california-bond-offerings-over-climate-change-risk" class="external" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; background-color: transparent; touch-action: manipulation;">investigate the matter</a>.</b></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Panel member&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bakerlaw.com/AndrewMGrossman" class="external" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; background-color: transparent; touch-action: manipulation; font-weight: bold;">Andrew Grossman</a>, a partner at BakerHostetler, said he isn’t sure whether there is evidence of securities fraud or violations of other regulations.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“It seems like it’s enough, at the very least, that it would be warranted, and that it is warranted, for there to be an investigation, for there to be somebody, you know, for the regulators who look at these things to take a look at them and determine, you know, did the cities live up to their obligations,” he said.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“If there was something that was inconsistent in the lawsuits versus the disclosures, honestly, it wouldn’t surprise me because, probably, nobody thought about it. 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</font></font><div class="TbwUpd" style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.57; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 1px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><cite class="iUh30" style="font-style: normal; padding-top: 1px; line-height: 1.5;">https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/california-forum/article198736969.html</cite></font></font></div></div><div class="s" style="max-width: 48em; line-height: 1.57;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="st" style="line-height: 1.57; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="f" style="line-height: 1.57;">Feb 7, 2018 -&nbsp;</span>In&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold;">lawsuits</span>, cities want Big Oil to pay for rising sea levels, even as they tell investors they ... By&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold;">Dan Lungren</span>&nbsp;Special to The Sacramento Bee.</font></span></font></font><div class="TXwUJf" style=""><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Missing:&nbsp;<s>spalding</s>&nbsp;‎| Must include:&nbsp;<a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=dan+lungren+climate+lawsuit+%22spalding%22&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiFtLb80Y_kAhUEb60KHQnVAz0Q5t4CMAB6BAgBEAU" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer;">spalding</a></font></font></font></div></div></div></div></div><div class="g" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 27px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div data-hveid="CAkQAA" data-ved="2ahUKEwiFtLb80Y_kAhUEb60KHQnVAz0QFSgAMAF6BAgJEAA"><div class="rc" style="position: relative;"><div class="r" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.57;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.kslaw.com/people/daniel-lungren" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.kslaw.com/people/daniel-lungren&ved=2ahUKEwiFtLb80Y_kAhUEb60KHQnVAz0QFjABegQICRAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" /></font></font></font><h3 class="LC20lb" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-flex; max-width: 600px; line-height: 1.3;"><a href="https://www.kslaw.com/people/daniel-lungren" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.kslaw.com/people/daniel-lungren&ved=2ahUKEwiFtLb80Y_kAhUEb60KHQnVAz0QFjABegQICRAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" /></font></a><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><a href="https://www.kslaw.com/people/daniel-lungren" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.kslaw.com/people/daniel-lungren&ved=2ahUKEwiFtLb80Y_kAhUEb60KHQnVAz0QFjABegQICRAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /></a><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.kslaw.com/people/daniel-lungren" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.kslaw.com/people/daniel-lungren&ved=2ahUKEwiFtLb80Y_kAhUEb60KHQnVAz0QFjABegQICRAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" /></font></font></font></font><div class="ellip" style="overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><a href="https://www.kslaw.com/people/daniel-lungren" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.kslaw.com/people/daniel-lungren&ved=2ahUKEwiFtLb80Y_kAhUEb60KHQnVAz0QFjABegQICRAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" /></font></a><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><a href="https://www.kslaw.com/people/daniel-lungren" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.kslaw.com/people/daniel-lungren&ved=2ahUKEwiFtLb80Y_kAhUEb60KHQnVAz0QFjABegQICRAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /></a><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.kslaw.com/people/daniel-lungren" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.kslaw.com/people/daniel-lungren&ved=2ahUKEwiFtLb80Y_kAhUEb60KHQnVAz0QFjABegQICRAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;">Daniel E. Lungren - King & Spalding</a></font></font></font></font></font></div></h3><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">
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line-height: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b>Daniel Edward Lungren</b>&nbsp;(born September 22, 1946) is a former&nbsp;<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>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<span data-sort-value="California03&nbsp;!"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="California's 3rd congressional district" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">California's 3rd congressional district</a></span>, serving from 2005 to 2013. During his tenure, the district covered most of&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento_County,California" title="Sacramento County, California" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Sacramento County</a>, portions of&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solano_County,California" title="Solano County, California" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Solano County</a>, and all of&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_County,California" title="Alpine County, California" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Alpine</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amador_County,California" title="Amador County, California" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Amador</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calaveras_County,California" title="Calaveras County, California" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Calaveras</a>&nbsp;counties. Lungren is a member of the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Republican Party</a>, and a former member of the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Study_Committee" title="Republican Study Committee" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Republican Study Committee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Lungren#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[1]</a></sup></font></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Lungren previously represented the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Beach,California" title="Long Beach, California" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Long Beach</a>&nbsp;area in Congress from 1979 to 1989, served as&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="California Attorney General" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">California's Attorney General</a>&nbsp;from 1991 to 1999, and was the Republican nominee for&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_California" title="Governor of California" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Governor of California</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_gubernatorial_election,1998" class="mw-redirect" title="California gubernatorial election, 1998" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">in 1998</a>, losing to Democrat&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_Davis" title="Gray Davis" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Gray Davis</a>.</font></font></font></p><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); 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padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Lungren#Early_life,education_and_career" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">1</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Early life, education and career</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Lungren#U.S.House_of_Representatives(1979%E2%80%931989)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">U.S. House of Representatives (1979–1989)</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Lungren#California_statewide_offices" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">3</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">California statewide offices</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Lungren#U.S.House_of_Representatives(2005%E2%80%932013)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">4</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">U.S. House of Representatives (2005–2013)</span></font></a><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Lungren#Committee_assignments" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">4.1</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Committee assignments</span></font></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Lungren#Political_campaigns" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">5</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Political campaigns</span></font></a><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Lungren#2004" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">5.1</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">2004</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Lungren#2010" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">5.2</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">2010</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Lungren#2012" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">5.3</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">2012</span></font></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Lungren#Electoral_history" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">6</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Electoral history</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Lungren#Personal_life" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">7</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Personal life</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Lungren#References" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">8</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">References</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Lungren#External_links" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">9</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">External links</span></font></a></li></ul></div><h2 style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-family: " linux="Linux" libertine="Libertine" georgia="Georgia" times="Times" serif="serif" line-height="line-height"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span id="Early_life.2C_education_and_career"><span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life,_education_and_career"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Early life, education and career</font></span></span></font></font></h2><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">

</font></font><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;=</font></font></font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">corp crime repter</font></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 14px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Former U.S. Congressman and California State Attorney General Daniel E. Lungren has joined King & Spalding.</b></font></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 14px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Lungren is the fifth former member of Congress currently at the firm.</b></font></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 14px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Attorney General Lungren is widely recognized as an individual of the highest integrity and ethics with strong personal relationships on both sides of the aisle,” said Wick Sollers, head of the firm’s Government Matters practice. “<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">As state AGs have become more active, Dan’s knowledge of the relevant processes and people enhances our ability to counsel clients on how to respond to state AG investigations or litigation. He will be a tremendous asset to the firm and we are looking forward to working with him.”</span></font></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 14px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Lungren served five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives (1979-1989) before being elected as Attorney General of the State of California (1991-1999).</b></font></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 14px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Following two terms as the state’s top law enforcement officer, Lungren was elected to serve another four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives (2005-2013), where he served as chairman of the Committee on House Administration as well as chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure.</font></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 14px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Dan’s relationships with significant players in California and peers in other states is an advantage and offering that is hard to match by others in California,” said Fritz Zimmer, head of the firm’s San Francisco office. “Given our priority to better serve clients on a range of matters in California, we are delighted to welcome him to the firm.”</font></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 14px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Lungren graduated with honors from the University of Notre Dame and earned his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center.</font></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 14px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“I miss the state AG work and am excited to team with my new colleagues to counsel clients on state AG issues, but also on government advocacy and data privacy matters,” said Lungren.</font></p><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://fedsoc.org/commentary/blog-posts/originally-speaking-climate-change-and-common-law-public-nuisance-opening-response" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">https://fedsoc.org/commentary/blog-posts/originally-speaking-climate-change-and-common-law-public-nuisance-opening-response</font></a></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" /></font></font><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Daniel E. Lungren</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Donald J. Kochan</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Patrick A. Parenteau</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Richard Faulk</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>John S. Baker</div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The focus of this series is if climate change is eligible for common law public nuisance claims, as articulated in the lawsuits by CA and NY municipalities against several major oil and gas companies. We hope you enjoy this Originally Speaking series.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Opening Response:<b>&nbsp;Dan Lungren, Against Nuisance Cases</b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">First Response: Donald Kochan, Against Nuisance Cases</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Second Response: Pat Parenteau, For Nuisance Cases</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Third Response: Rick Faulk, Againts Nuisance Cases</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Fourth Response: David Bookbinder, For Nuisance Cases</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Closing Response, Part 1: John Baker, Against Nuisance Cases</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Closing Response, Part 2: John Baker, Against Nuisance Cases</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Closing Response, Part 2: John Baker, Against Nuisance Cases</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In Parts 1 and 2, I have assumed, arguendo, that Mr. Bookbinder’s assertion that anthropomorphic climate change is incontrovertible is correct.&nbsp; It is not!&nbsp; This post now addresses the unproven nature of his underlying premise regarding anthropomorphic climate change.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mr. Bookbinder quotes the Mises Institute in support of the benefits to the public of having a trial on the causes of climate change:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">By providing a public arena in the courts for the testing of scientific hypotheses about the causes of climate change, litigation would also promote the public understanding and even the advancement of climate science.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">There are several problems with a trial, however.</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);">As I said in the last post, plaintiffs in these climate-change suits don’t want a real trial. They either want a negotiated settlement or something that really isn’t a trial. As Ed Whelan highlighted in his article about the Supreme Court’s denial of the federal government’s motion for a stay, what they are asking for in Juliana v. United States isn’t really a trial at all.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In Juliana v. United States, the “trial” the plaintiffs seek looks like a cross between an international human rights court and an administrative-agency procedure.&nbsp; It represents a radical departure for the business of an Article III court. As Ed Whelan wrote,</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Government notes [not “argues”] that the suit is based on an assortment of unprecedented legal theories, such as a substantive due process right to certain climate conditions, and an equal protection right to live in the same climate as enjoyed by prior generations. The Government further points out that plaintiffs ask the District Court to create a “national remedial plan” to stabilize the climate and “restore the Earth’s energy balance.” (emphasis added).</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Ed also observes: “At first blush, this might seem like a significant loss for the federal government. But the text of the Court’s order strongly suggests otherwise.”</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);">As to Mr. Bookbinder’s reference to the Mises Institute quote regarding the benefit of a public trial, the economist who made the statement may not have understood that in order to file litigation, a legal complaint must ask for some remedy, such as damages from the defendant, in order to have “case or controversy.”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Although the plaintiffs do not actually want to go to trial, they are seeking damages. The defendants also do not want to go to trial. In the City of Oakland case, the companies have won on the law at the district court level, but that could be reversed on appeal. If the companies do not ultimately win on the law, they will settle in order to minimize damages.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The only real way to have a trial of climate-change science in the public arena is to decouple the damages claim and “try” the main issue: the causes of climate change.&nbsp; To do that, two ways come to mind.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>In a state court having televised trials, a scientist who is a “climate-change denier” could sue for only nominal damages and an apology/retraction from those scientists who have publicly defamed his/her competence.&nbsp;</b>Whereas the defendant might pay the nominal damages in order to end the litigation without the plaintiff’s agreement, he or she would be unlikely to confess error by making an apology/retraction. That could set up a real trial, pitting scientists with opposing views of climate change.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Alternatively or—ideally—additionally, a television program modeled on “The Advocates,” a PBS program which ran for a few years beginning in 1969, could be produced.&nbsp; Unlike so much of current cable opinion programming, the mock-trial format of “The Advocates” was actually informative because two lawyers presented opposing, expert witnesses subject to direct and cross examination, followed by closing arguments.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">As a non-scientist, I have insufficient knowledge to offer a well-informed opinion about anthropomorphic climate change<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">. I do “know,” however, that a number—although small—of well-credentialed scientists dispute the scientific claims of climate-change alarmists. I also know that, historically, established opinions in areas of scientific inquiry have often been wrong.&nbsp;</span></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);">Major errors in scientific theory have become less common today than they once were.&nbsp; See Dr. Inna Vishik’s article. Nevertheless, many scientific errors continue to occur. See Dr. John P.A. Ioannidis, currently of Stanford,&nbsp; “Why Most Published Research Findings Are False.” As Dr. Sylvia McLain of Oxford has written in response to Dr. Ioannidis, however, “this is scientific business as usual” in her article “Not breaking news: many scientific studies are ultimately proved wrong!”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>What is new is the attempt of climate-change alarmists to stop scientific inquiry by silencing the dissenters.&nbsp;</b>&nbsp;Why not pit the scientists on both sides, who are most competent and articulate, in a televised trial? If the science is so clear, climate scientists should have little difficulty rebutting the objections made by those scientists they label as “climate-change deniers.”&nbsp; While judges and juries certainly are not qualified to settle scientific questions, I agree with Mr. Bookbinder and the Mises Institute that a trial could “promote the public understanding and even the advancement of climate science.”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
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Baker, Jr....</font></div></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><section style="box-sizing: border-box;" helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px"><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 24.7px; margin: 1.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding: 3px 10px 4px 8px; background-color: rgb(29, 78, 112); font-weight: bold; border-radius: 13px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Enacted Legislation</font></span></h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Lungren was the primary sponsor of 8 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:</font></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; list-style: none; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.3em;"><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr6622" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">H.R. 6622 (112th): Officer Safety Act of 2012</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.3em;"><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr6336" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">H.R. 6336 (112th): To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept a statue depicting Frederick Douglass from the District of Columbia and to provide for the permanent display ...</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.3em;"><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr4" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">H.R. 4 (112th): Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of 2011</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.3em;"><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr144" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">H.R. 144 (112th): Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.3em;"><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/110/hr7099" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">H.R. 7099 (110th): Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act of 2008</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.3em;"><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/109/hr4954" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">H.R. 4954 (109th): SAFE Port Act</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.3em;"><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/99/hjres438" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">H.J.Res. 438 (99th): A joint resolution to designate October 31, 1986, as “National Child Identification and Safety Information Day”.</font></a></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse?sponsor=400617#enacted_ex=on" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">View All »</font></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Does 8 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.</font></i></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 16.32px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110<span style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; line-height: 0; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;">th</span>&nbsp;Congress).</font></p></section><section id="sponsorship" style="box-sizing: border-box;" helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px"><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 24.7px; margin: 1.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding: 3px 10px 4px 8px; background-color: rgb(29, 78, 112); font-weight: bold; border-radius: 13px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Bills Sponsored</font></span></h2><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 22.425px; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Issue Areas</font></h3><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Lungren sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em 1em; line-height: 23.25px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 2em; display: inline-block;"><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse?sponsor=400617&subject=6253" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Law</a>&nbsp;(20%)</span>&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 2em; display: inline-block;"><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse?sponsor=400617&subject=5952" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Crime and Law Enforcement</a>&nbsp;(18%)</span>&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 2em; display: inline-block;"><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse?sponsor=400617&subject=6342" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Taxation</a>&nbsp;(12%)</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 2em; display: inline-block;"><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse?sponsor=400617&subject=6359" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Transportation and Public Works</a>&nbsp;(10%)</span>&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 2em; display: inline-block;"><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse?sponsor=400617&subject=6096" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Government Operations and Politics</a>&nbsp;(10%)</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 2em; display: inline-block;"><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse?sponsor=400617&subject=6215" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">International Affairs</a>&nbsp;(10%)</span>&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 2em; display: inline-block;"><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse?sponsor=400617&subject=6012" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Emergency Management</a>&nbsp;(10%)</span>&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 2em; display: inline-block;"><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse?sponsor=400617&subject=6021" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Energy</a>&nbsp;(8%)</span></font></p><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 22.425px; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Recent Bills</font></h3><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Some of Lungren’s most recently sponsored bills include...</font></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; list-style: none; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.3em;"><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr6622" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">H.R. 6622 (112th): Officer Safety Act of 2012</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.3em;"><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hres790" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">H.Res. 790 (112th): Expressing support for designation of August 23 as Black Ribbon Day to ...</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.3em;"><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr6336" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">H.R. 6336 (112th): To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept a statue ...</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.3em;"><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr6197" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">H.R. 6197 (112th): Candidate Accountability Act</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.3em;"><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hconres132" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">H.Con.Res. 132 (112th): Providing funding to ensure the printing and production of the authorized number ...</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.3em;"><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr6122" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">H.R. 6122 (112th): To revise the authority of the Librarian of Congress to accept gifts ...</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.3em;"><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr5904" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">H.R. 5904 (112th): Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act</font></a></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse?sponsor=400617" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">View All »</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/daniel_lungren/400617/cosponsors" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">View Cosponsors »</a></font></p></section></div><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">BEAT?!</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; 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</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 12.8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">WASHINGTON – The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) today named Rep. Dan Lungren (CA-3) to their new $1.5 million “Flat Earth Five” program, which aims to defeat five climate change deniers in the House of Representatives this election cycle. As part of this program, LCV will commit significant resources to defeating Rep. Lungren, who has claimed that “ideological bias” is driving efforts to combat climate change.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 12.8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><b style="">WASHINGTON – The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) today named Rep. Dan Lungren (CA-3) to their new $1.5 million “Flat Earth Five” program, which aims to defeat five climate change deniers in the House of Representatives this election cycle. As part of this program, LCV will commit significant resources to defeating Rep. Lungren, who has claimed that “ideological bias” is driving efforts to combat climate change</b>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 12.8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“The science on climate change is as solid as any public policy question will ever get, but Rep. Lungren just won’t acknowledge the facts,” said Gene Karpinski, President of the League of Conservation Voters.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 12.8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“At this point it’s clear that Lungren’s ideology is failing his constituents – he’s voted against incentives for conservation and renewable energy, and for big polluters and for more oil drilling,” said California League of Conservation Voters CEO Sarah Rose.&nbsp; “Californians in this district deserve better. They deserve a leader that will put them first.”</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 12.8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">LCV will be spending at least $1.5 million across these five districts on television advertising, direct mail and an extensive phone program letting voters know that these members of Congress are dangerously out-of-step with their district on the issue of climate change. The program also includes LCV member mobilization and a strong media presence in the districts. More information about the Flat Earth Five can be found online at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lcv.org/flatearthfive" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.lcv.org/flatearthfive</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 12.8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Despite overwhelming scientific evidence that humans are contributing to climate change, Rep. Lungren has claimed that “ideological bias” is driving efforts to combat it, citing an obscure 1974 Time Magazine article about an “impending ice age” as an excuse for dismissing scientists’ “dire predictions” about climate change threats.&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 12.8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Although he’s acknowledged that it’s “prudent” to reduce CO2 emissions “without waiting for proof or disproof of global warming,” he&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lcv.org/scorecard-2011/scorecard-archives/pdf/scorecard-2009.pdf" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-decoration: none;">voted</a>&nbsp;against landmark climate change legislation in 2009. Additionally, Rep. Lungren has declared that EPA regulation of carbon is a “vicious blow” to “our freedom” that gives EPA the power “to effectively control…the way in which we breathe.”</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 12.8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Rep. Lungren joins Reps. Ann Marie Buerkle (NY-24) and Dan Benishek (MI-1) on the program. Additional names will be announced over the next two weeks.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 12.8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Last year, the Washington Post&nbsp;<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/despite-rick-perry-consensus-on-climate-change-keeps-strengthening/2011/08/23/gIQAMT3UZJ_blog.html" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-decoration: none;">cited a</a>&nbsp;National Academy of Sciences finding that “97–98% of the climate researchers most actively publishing in the field” believe that humans are contributing to global warming. Even the Department of Defense has<a href="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/growing-pentagon-focus-on-energy-and-climate/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-decoration: none;">recognized</a>&nbsp;that climate change will play a “significant role” in the future security environment, and has incorporated a strategic approach to climate change into military planning.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 12.8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Rep. Lungren has a lifetime score of just 4% on LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard, a nationally accepted yardstick used to rate members of Congress on conservation and clean energy issues. For more information, visit<a href="http://www.lcv.org/scorecard" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.lcv.org/scorecard</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 12.8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">LCV has a proven track record of success. Earlier this year, LCV was crucial in defeating Rep. Tim Holden in his Democratic primary for Pennsylvania’s 17th congressional district, running the largest independent expenditure campaign in the race, including a $230,000 television ad buy criticizing Holden for opposing President Obama’s clean energy plan.</font>

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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The ad is part of a new billboard campaign launched by the <a href="http://lcv.org/" target="_hplink">League of Conservation Voters</a> (LCV) targeting members of Congress with "extreme, anti-science views on climate change."</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">According to an LCV press release, the billboards are expected to remain in the districts of targeted representatives through Election Day. The campaign is part of the advocacy group's "Flat Earth Five" program, which specifically targets Rep. Dan Benishek (R-Mich.), Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (R-N.Y.), Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.), Rep. Francisco Canseco (R-Texas), and Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.).</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The $2 million program's goal is to defeat five members of the House of Representatives unsupportive of climate efforts. All of them have received an overall lifetime score of under 10% on <a href="http://www.lcv.org/scorecard" target="_hplink">LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard</a>, which rates members of Congress based on how they vote on environmental issues.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/oct/03/republican-climate-sceptics-reelection-backlash" target="_hplink">As The Guardian points out</a>, the effort is reflective of environmental groups acknowledging that, even given an environmentally friendly president, green efforts will be difficult without support from Congress.</font>

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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/house/2012_elections_house_map.html" target="_hplink">According to Real Clear Politics</a>, Walsh, Benishek and Lungren's seats are a "Toss Up," while Buerkle and Canseco's are "Likely/Leans Dem."</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Rep. Benishek has been criticized by LCV for his "efforts to slash clean water standards protecting the Great Lakes." He also <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVVuN4SCXqk" target="_hplink">declared in a recent debate</a>, "Frankly, I'm not sure how significant global warming is." Responding to audience boos, he defended himself as a scientist, adding, "I don't think that we should be spending trillions of dollars not knowing what the long-term effects of the climate are." Challenger Gary McDowell shot back, "The climate is definitely warming... I think virtually every scientist who is not working for BP or the Koch brothers, and Dr. Benishek, agrees that we have to do something."</font></p>

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<p><a href="http://www.lcv.org/media/press-releases/LCV-Billboards-Lungren-Sides-with-Limbaugh-Palin-on-Climate-Change.html" target="hplink"><b>Rep. Lungren</b></a><b> has been targeted by LCV for his "votes to dismantle the Clean Water Act and allow polluters to keep spewing dangerous mercury pollution into our water and air." In </b><a href="http://lungren.house.gov/2009-news/elk-grove-townhall-questions/" target="hplink"><b>2009, Lungren said</b></a><b>, "It is my view that sound science rather than ideological bias should direct our consideration of this issue" though added "Without waiting for proof or disproof of global warming, it is prudent for us to take action to minimize CO2 emissions."</b></p>

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<a href="http://www.lcv.org/media/press-releases/LCV-Billboards-Hit-Canseco-For-Having-Head-in-the-Sand-On-Climate-Change.html" target="hplink">Rep. Canseco</a> has been criticized by LCV "for voting in favor of tax cuts for millionaires like himself and companies that ship jobs overseas, while voting to slash job-creating investments in clean energy." In 2009, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=359985440141" target="hplink">Canseco responded to an EPA announcement</a> regulating carbon emissions, stating that "passing environmental regulations based on reportedly manufactured global warming data is utterly the wrong direction for our country.”

According to the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alvin-mcewen/former-employees-accuse-a_b_760086.html" target="hplink">controversial</a> site OneNewsNow.com, <a href="http://www.onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2012/08/25/flat-earth-five-targeted-for-climate-change-views" target="hplink">Canseco argued</a> that the rhetoric was wrong, stating, "It is really counterproductive to have a debate about whether or not there's climate change... What we should be having is a debate about policies that are promoted and implemented in the name of climate change and that negatively impact opportunities for our citizens and kill jobs."

Rep. Walsh has received an overall score of just 3% on LCV’s scorecard. In a <a href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/questionnaires/10471454-668/eighth-congressional-district-republican-primary.html" target="_hplink">Chicago Sun-Times questionnaire</a>, Walsh said that although it's important to protect the environment, on climate change "The science is not clear yet. Certainly, man's potential role in global warming has not been definitively determined."

Rep. Buerkle has <a href="http://www.lcv.org/media/press-releases/LCV-Launches-200-000-TV-Ad-Campaign-Against-Buerkle.html" target="hplink">faced scrutiny by LCV</a> for her "votes to block rules limiting toxic mercury pollution that causes birth defects, respiratory illnesses and premature deaths." In <a href="http://www.syracusenewtimes.com/newyork/article-4632-right-hand-turn.html" target="hplink">an interview with The Syracuse New Times last year</a>, Buerkle said, "Cycles come and go. There is global warming, but the bigger question is: Is it humans that are causing this? And I think that is where the debate still lies. I think politically it’s been decided, but I don’t think scientifically it has."

Many would argue it is the reverse, given <a href="http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2010/06/04/1003187107.full.pdf" target="_hplink">98% of active climate researchers</a> are in agreement on anthropogenic climate change.

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dan_Lungren#Record_and_controversies"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Record and controversies</span></a>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dan_Lungren#State_Children.27s_Health_Insurance_Program_.28SCHIP.29"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dan_Lungren#Iraq_War"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Iraq War</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dan_Lungren#Environmental_record"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Environmental record</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dan_Lungren#Reparations_for_Japanese_Latin_Americans"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">Reparations for Japanese Latin Americans</span></a></li>

</ul>

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dan_Lungren#Biography"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Biography</span></a>

<ul>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dan_Lungren#2006_elections"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">2006 elections</span></a></li>

</ul>

</li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dan_Lungren#More_background_data"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">More background data</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dan_Lungren#Committee_and_affiliations"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Committee and affiliations</span></a>

<ul>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dan_Lungren#Committees"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Committees</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dan_Lungren#Committee_assignments_in_the_109th_Congress_.282005-2006.29"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)</span></a></li>

</ul>

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dan_Lungren#Contact"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Contact</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dan_Lungren#Articles_and_resources"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Articles and resources</span></a>

<ul>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dan_Lungren#Local_blogs_and_discussion_sites"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Local blogs and discussion sites</span></a></li>

</ul>

</li>

</ul>

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<p><a name="Record_and_controversies" id="Record_and_controversies">&nbsp;</a></p>

<h2><span class="mw-headline">Record and controversies</span></h2>

<p><a name="State_Children.27s_Health_Insurance_Program.28SCHIP.29" id="State_Children.27s_Health_Insurance_Program.28SCHIP.29">&nbsp;</a></p>

<h3><span class="mw-headline">State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)</span></h3>

<p>In 2007, Congress took up the reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, which provides health care for about 6 million children and 670,000 adults from families who earn too much money qualify for Medicare but not enough to afford health insurance. Congressional Democrats and many Republicans tried to use the opportunity to dramatically expand the program but were opposed by President George W. Bush and other Republicans. In 2006, 5.4 million children were eligible but not enrolled in SCHIP or Medicaid and 9.4 million total children were uninsured.

Representative Dan Lungren voted against the first House bill, which passed along party lines. It would have added $47 billion over five years to the $25 billion cost of the program and added about 5 million people to the program, including children, some legal immigrants, pregnant women and adults aged 18 and 19. The bill was financed mainly by an increase in cigarette taxes.</p>

<p>

House Democrats, with 45 Republicans, later compromised and passed a bill which expanded the plan by $35 billion and would have insured about 3.5 million more children from families generally making between 250% and 300% of the federal poverty line (about $51,000 to $62,000 for a family of four). Most non-pregnant, childless adults were excluded, as were most legal immigrants and all illegal immigrants. Lungren voted against the bill.

After President Bush vetoed the bill, Democratic leaders attempted to override the veto with the same bill but failed. Lungren voted against the bill.

House Democrats then attempted to override it with another bill, which gave into Republican demands for increased checks for citizenship, the quick phasing-out of adult coverage, a hard limit of 300% of the federal poverty level and funding for families that covered their children through private insurance instead. Republicans, angry that the vote was scheduled during massive fires in California, blocked the veto override. Lungren voted against the bill. For details on the bills and the debate, see the main <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=State_Children%27s_Health_Insurance_Program" title="State Children's Health Insurance Program" class="mw-redirect">State Children's Health Insurance Program page</a>.

<a name="Iraq_War" id="Iraq_War">&nbsp;</a></p>

<h3><span class="mw-headline">Iraq War</span></h3>

<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;"><span>For more information see the chart of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=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>.</span></div>

<p><a name="Environmental_record" id="Environmental_record">&nbsp;</a></p>

<h3><span class="mw-headline">Environmental record</span></h3>

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

<a name="Reparations_for_Japanese_Latin_Americans" id="Reparations_for_Japanese_Latin_Americans">&nbsp;</a></p>

<h3><span class="mw-headline">Reparations for Japanese Latin Americans</span></h3>

<p>Lungren cosponsored <b>The Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent Act</b> in the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=110th_Congress" title="110th Congress" class="mw-redirect">110th Congress</a> which would establish a commission that would determine the facts and circumstances involving the relocation, internment and deportation of Japanese Latin Americans.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dan_Lungren#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup></p>

<dl>

<dd><i>Main article: <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Redress_for_Japanese_Latin_Americans/U.S.legislation#Commission_on_Wartime_Relocation_and_Internment_of_Latin_Americans_of_Japanese_Descent_Act_of_2007" title="Redress for Japanese Latin Americans/ U.S. legislation">Redress for Japanese Latin Americans/ U.S. legislation#Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent Act of 2007</a></i></dd>

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<p><a name="Biography" id="Biography">&nbsp;</a></p>

<h2><span class="mw-headline">Biography</span></h2>

<p>Lungren was born September 22, 1946 in Long Beach, California. He earned a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame in 1968. After graduating, he returned to California to chair "Youth for Nixon." He began law school at the University of Southern California but transferred to Georgetown University Law Center where he earned his Juris Doctor in 1971.

From 1979-1989, Lungren served in the U.S. House representing California's 34th Congressional District. He left when California Governor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Deukmejian" class="extiw" title="w:George Deukmejian">George Deukmejian</a> appointed him acting state Treasurer, but was Lungren was never confirmed.<a href="http://data.sacbee.com/elections/bios?id=7721" class="external autonumber" title="http://data.sacbee.com/elections/bios?id=7721" rel="nofollow">[1]</a>. In 1990 he was elected California attorney general and served from 1991-1999. In 1998, Lungren ran as the Republican candidate for Governor of California, but was defeated by Lieutenant Governor <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Gray_Davis" title="Gray Davis">Gray Davis</a>.

Lungren said his desire to serve in Congress was rekindled by the September 11, 2001 attacks. Lungren re-entered the House in 2005.

<a name="2006_elections" id="2006_elections">&nbsp;</a></p>

<h4><span class="mw-headline">2006 elections</span></h4>

<p>In 2006, the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party" class="mw-redirect">Democrats</a> nominated <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bill_Durston" title="Bill Durston">Bill Durston</a>, and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Libertarian_Party" title="Libertarian Party">Libertarian Party</a> nominated <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Douglas_Tuma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Douglas Tuma (page does not exist)">Douglas Tuma</a> to face Lungren in his November 2006 bid for reelection. (See <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=U.S._congressional_elections_in_2006" title="U.S. congressional elections in 2006" class="mw-redirect">U.S. congressional elections in 2006</a>) <a href="http://opensecrets.org/states/election.asp?State=CA&year=2006" class="external autonumber" title="http://opensecrets.org/states/election.asp?State=CA&year=2006" rel="nofollow">[2]</a> Lungren retained his seat.

<a name="More_background_data" id="More_background_data">&nbsp;</a></p>

<h2><span class="mw-headline">More background data</span></h2>

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

<a name="Committee_and_affiliations" id="Committee_and_affiliations">&nbsp;</a></p>

<h2><span class="mw-headline">Committee and affiliations</span></h2>

<p><a name="Committees" id="Committees">&nbsp;</a></p>

<h3><span class="mw-headline">Committees</span></h3>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=House_Committee_on_Homeland_Security" title="House Committee on Homeland Security">House Committee on Homeland Security</a>

<ul>

<li>Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection</li>

</ul>

</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=House_Committee_on_the_Judiciary" title="House Committee on the Judiciary">House Committee on the Judiciary</a>

<ul>

<li>Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims</li>

</ul>

</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=House_Committee_on_Budget" title="House Committee on Budget">House Committee on Budget</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=House_Committee_on_House_Administration" title="House Committee on House Administration">House Committee on House Administration</a></li>

</ul>

<p><a name="Committee_assignments_in_the_109th_Congress.282005-2006.29" id="Committee_assignments_in_the_109th_Congress.282005-2006.29">&nbsp;</a></p>

<h3><span class="mw-headline">Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)</span></h3>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=House_Committee_on_Budget" title="House Committee on Budget">House Committee on Budget</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=House_Committee_on_Homeland_Security" title="House Committee on Homeland Security">House Committee on Homeland Security</a>

<ul>

<li>Subcommittee on Economic Security Infrastructure Protection and Cybersecurity - Chair</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Intelligence Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Investigations</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attack</li>

</ul>

</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=House_Committee_on_the_Judiciary" title="House Committee on the Judiciary">House Committee on the Judiciary</a>

<ul>

<li>Subcommittee on Task Force on Antirust</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Crime Terrorism and Homeland Security</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Immigration Border Security and Claims</li>

</ul>

</li>

</ul>

<p><a name="Contact" id="Contact">&nbsp;</a></p>

<h2><span class="mw-headline">Contact</span></h2>

<p><b>DC Office:</b>

2448 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, DC 20515

Phone: 202-225-5716

Fax: 202-226-1298

<a href="http://www.house.gov/lungren/talkto.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.house.gov/lungren/talkto.htm" rel="nofollow">Web Email</a>

<a href="http://www.house.gov/lungren/index.shtml" class="external text" title="http://www.house.gov/lungren/index.shtml" rel="nofollow">Website</a>

&nbsp;

<b>District Office- Gold River:</b>

11246 Gold Express Drive Suite 101

Gold River, CA 95670

Phone: 916-859-9906

Fax: 916-859-9976

&nbsp;

<a name="Articles_and_resources" id="Articles_and_resources">&nbsp;</a></p>

<h2><span class="mw-headline">Articles and resources</span></h2>

<ul>

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

<li><a href="http://www.danlungren2004.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.danlungren2004.com/" rel="nofollow">Campaign website</a></li>

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

</ul>

<p><a name="Local_blogs_and_discussion_sites" id="Local_blogs_and_discussion_sites">&nbsp;</a></p>

<h4><span class="mw-headline">Local blogs and discussion sites</span></h4>

<ul>

<li><i><a href="http://blog.lib.umn.edu/smit2174/cd6/" class="external text" title="http://blog.lib.umn.edu/smit2174/cd6/" rel="nofollow">Dump Doolittle</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="http://ari.typepad.com/" class="external text" title="http://ari.typepad.com/" rel="nofollow">Tiger Beat: Music, Culture, and Politics</a></i></li>

</ul>

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

<p>

<b></b>

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<h2>Top 5 Contributors, 2011-2012, Campaign Cmte</h2>

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<table id="topContrib" class="datadisplay"><thead><tr class="rowTint"><th>Contributor</th><th>Total</th><th>Indivs</th><th>PACs</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Syar Industries FBI asphalt, vineyards</td><td class="number">$15,000</td><td class="number">$15,000</td><td class="number">$0</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Bluegrass Cmte McConnell</td><td class="number">$10,000</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$10,000</td></tr><tr><td>Tsakopoulos Real Estate Investments</td><td class="number">$8,725</td><td class="number">$8,725</td><td class="number">$0</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Randle Communications</td><td class="number">$8,000</td><td class="number">$8,000</td><td class="number">$0</td></tr><tr><td>Koch Industries</td><td class="number">$7,500</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$7,500</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<p>

BLUEGRASS COMMITTEE

Location: WASHINGTON, DC 20002

Industry: <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/industry.php?txt=Q03&cycle=2012">Leadership PACs</a>; Republican leadership PAC

Treasurer: LARRY STEINBERG

FEC Committee ID: C00235655

(Look up <a href="http://images.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?C00235655" target="_blank">actual documents filed</a> at the FEC)</p>

<h2>Top 5 Industries, 2011-2012, Campaign Cmte</h2>

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<div class="crpItem">

<table id="topIndus" class="datadisplay"><thead><tr class="rowTint"><th>Industry</th><th>Total</th><th>Indivs</th><th>PACs</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Real Estate</td><td class="number">$54,475</td><td class="number">$45,475</td><td class="number">$9,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Retired</td><td class="number">$40,400</td><td class="number">$40,400</td><td class="number">$0</td></tr><tr><td>Computers/Internet</td><td class="number">$39,500</td><td class="number">$500</td><td class="number">$39,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Lawyers/Law Firms</td><td class="number">$31,250</td><td class="number">$23,000</td><td class="number">$8,250</td></tr><tr><td>Crop Production & Basic Processing</td><td class="number">$26,510</td><td class="number">$16,010</td><td class="number">$10,500</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<p>&nbsp;</p>

<table><tbody><tr class="rowTint"><td class="center">1</td><td>Syar Industries</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td class="number">$15,000</td><td class="number">$15,000</td><td class="number">$0</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="center">2</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00235655">Bluegrass Cmte</a></td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td class="number">$10,000</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$10,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td class="center">3</td><td>Tsakopoulos Real Estate Investments</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td class="number">$8,725</td><td class="number">$8,725</td><td class="number">$0</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="center">4</td><td>Randle Communications</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td class="number">$8,000</td><td class="number">$8,000</td><td class="number">$0</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td class="center">5</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000186">Koch Industries</a></td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000186&year=2011"><img src="/af89a3c7-8d87-50df-8383-12f486b31b7e.png"/></a></td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td class="number">$7,500</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$7,500</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="center">6</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00004812">Mortgage Bankers Assn</a></td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000309&year=2011"><img src="/c1a82d50-8b06-5ef6-a3a2-28b34a04d867.png"/></a></td><td>&nbsp;</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/include/lobbyists_pop.php?cycle=2012&id=N00011971&org=Mortgage+Bankers+Assn&mem=Dan+Lungren&type=I" onclick="return popup(this, 'chart')"><img src="/121e7540-dab2-5adb-a20b-e967d8bb4624.png"/></a></td><td class="number">$7,000</td><td class="number">$5,000</td><td class="number">$2,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td class="center">7</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000087">American Bankers Assn</a></td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000087&year=2011"><img src="/f12e6a84-fadc-5592-b562-3ab9a5705d20.png"/></a></td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td class="number">$6,000</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$6,000</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="center">7</td><td>Hanson McClain Inc</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td class="number">$6,000</td><td class="number">$6,000</td><td class="number">$0</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td class="center">9</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00125641">Intel Corp</a></td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000804&year=2011"><img src="/91f98a53-ab79-58c0-bbef-435fda2390b2.png"/></a></td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td class="number">$5,500</td><td class="number">$500</td><td class="number">$5,000</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="center">10</td><td>Buzz Oates Group of Companies</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td class="number">$5,200</td><td class="number">$5,200</td><td class="number">$0</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td class="center">11</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000021021">AMR Corp</a></td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000021021&year=2011"><img src="/386491cc-c6ea-5bbd-a192-fcaaeb5fd678.png"/></a></td><td>&nbsp;</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/include/lobbyists_pop.php?cycle=2012&id=N00011971&org=AMR+Corp&mem=Dan+Lungren&type=I" onclick="return popup(this, 'chart')"><img src="/5aa391ba-c034-5939-b4f8-3786ab222246.png"/></a></td><td class="number">$5,000</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$5,000</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="center">11</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000187">Associated Builders & Contractors</a></td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000187&year=2011"><img src="/8dd47046-b07a-57fe-8ae1-365175bcc40c.png"/></a></td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td class="number">$5,000</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$5,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td class="center">11</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000076">AT&T Inc</a></td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000076&year=2011"><img src="/06077372-1517-57db-85f6-a9a43e1543c6.png"/></a></td><td>&nbsp;</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/include/lobbyists_pop.php?cycle=2012&id=N00011971&org=AT%26T+Inc&mem=Dan+Lungren&type=I" onclick="return popup(this, 'chart')"><img src="/b6824282-9e1b-5e0b-8708-75e82c85f986.png"/></a></td><td class="number">$5,000</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$5,000</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="center">11</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00250399">Automotive Free International Trade PAC</a></td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td class="number">$5,000</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$5,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td class="center">11</td><td>Berkshire Hathaway</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000021757&year=2011"><img src="/596ffb75-212b-555a-aa66-811a60472b39.png"/></a></td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td class="number">$5,000</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$5,000</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="center">11</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000100">Boeing Co</a></td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000100&year=2011"><img src="/2abf6a86-14ae-5a6b-ae69-537be825c7bf.png"/></a></td><td>&nbsp;</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/include/lobbyists_pop.php?cycle=2012&id=N00011971&org=Boeing+Co&mem=Dan+Lungren&type=I" onclick="return popup(this, 'chart')"><img src="/1fffe970-f12f-5b55-b108-5eb6ee8bdc60.png"/></a></td><td class="number">$5,000</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$5,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td class="center">11</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00497420">Citizens United</a></td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td class="number">$5,000</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$5,000</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="center">11</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000461">Comcast Corp</a></td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000461&year=2011"><img src="/36e610d7-5ec7-5d3c-ad17-8f03efde54cc.png"/></a></td><td>&nbsp;</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/include/lobbyists_pop.php?cycle=2012&id=N00011971&org=Comcast+Corp&mem=Dan+Lungren&type=I" onclick="return popup(this, 'chart')"><img src="/f9df89e4-4f2e-57d6-ad9f-a3a4337f4fc7.png"/></a></td><td class="number">$5,000</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$5,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td class="center">11</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00101410">Computer Sciences Corp</a></td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000021930&year=2011"><img src="/87024408-a5d2-52a3-bcf0-e8a738516d69.png"/></a></td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td class="number">$5,000</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$5,000</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="center">11</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000148">CSX Corp</a></td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000148&year=2011"><img src="/83d915be-794e-5080-83c5-db259a8d12e8.png"/></a></td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td class="number">$5,000</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$5,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td class="center">11</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00151787">Cubic Corp</a></td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000021944&year=2011"><img src="/1abfb8c3-5885-54e6-a312-a9bdde322270.png"/></a></td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td class="number">$5,000</td><td class="number">$5,000</td><td class="number">$0</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="center">11</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000131">Deloitte LLP</a></td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000131&year=2011"><img src="/a725d2c6-f786-50bb-a53d-f61550f058b5.png"/></a></td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/firmsum.php?id=D000000131&year=2011"><img src="/19ade608-6f96-542d-88ca-bfc983024494.png"/></a></td><td>&nbsp;</td><td class="number">$5,000</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$5,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td class="center">11</td><td>Don Sebastiani & Sons</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td class="number">$5,000</td><td class="number">$5,000</td><td class="number">$0</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="center">11</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00459289">eHealth Inc</a></td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000045965&year=2011"><img src="/1991fa2d-a14a-5fa8-8262-5677a2a62b18.png"/></a></td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td class="number">$5,000</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$5,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td class="center">11</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00379768">Experian</a></td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000033552&year=2011"><img src="/fdc608d3-5959-58ec-ae35-c1e34d6fa56d.png"/></a></td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td class="number">$5,000</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$5,000</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="center">11</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00305805">Freedom Project</a></td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td class="number">$5,000</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$5,000</td></tr></tbody></table>

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