Gibson, C Rep

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">=</font><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" /><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Lofgren most often votes with:</font></div><div>
</div><div>Democratic Party Suzanne Bonamici</div><div><b>Republican Party Chris Gibson</b></div><div><b>
</b></div><div>Lofgren least often votes with:</div><div>
</div><div>Democratic Party Jim Matheson</div><div>Republican Party Randy Weber</div><div><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://grist.org/climate-energy/getting-warmer-more-republicans-are-starting-to-take-climate-change-seriously/</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Droid Serif', Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.6; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Sen. Kelly Ayotte (N.H.) is angling to turn herself into a Republican leader on climate change — at least in part to fight a 2016 reelection challenge from a&nbsp;<a href="http://maggiefornh.tumblr.com/post/131747132191/release-governor-maggie-hassan-continues-to-be-a" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(190, 76, 0); line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;">climate-hawk Democrat</a>.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Droid Serif', Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.6; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">On Sunday, Ayotte became the first GOP senator to&nbsp;<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/10/26/3715954/ayotte-gop-support-clean-power-plan/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(190, 76, 0); line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;">express support</a>&nbsp;for President Obama’s&nbsp;<a href="http://grist.org/climate-energy/obamas-big-climate-plan-is-now-final-and-its-even-stronger-than-expected/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(190, 76, 0); line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Clean Power Plan</a>,&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">which will rein in CO2 emissions from electric utilities. On Wednesday, she released&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsLHXrieQCQ" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(190, 76, 0); line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">an ad</a>&nbsp;touting that position and her other efforts to protect the environment. And on Thursday, she&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ayotte.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=2286" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(190, 76, 0); line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">announced</a>&nbsp;the formation of a new Senate Energy and Environment Working Group, which a spokesperson said will “talk about ways to build support for protecting the environment and climate and promoting cleaner energy production while also helping the economy.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Droid Serif', Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.6; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The new working group will include three other Republican senators who’ve acknowledged that climate change is a real problem: Lamar Alexander (Tenn.), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), and Mark Kirk (Ill.). Kirk, like Ayotte, is facing a tough reelection race in a moderate state. He appeared to&nbsp;<a href="http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/228963-sen-kirk-walks-back-on-climate-change" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(190, 76, 0); line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;">waffle</a>&nbsp;on climate science earlier this year, but has apparently settled on&nbsp;<a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-mark-kirk-climate-change-met-20150108-story.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(190, 76, 0); line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;">saying</a>&nbsp;it’s a real, human-caused problem and&nbsp;<a href="https://outreach.senate.gov/iqextranet/view_newsletter.aspx?id=234806&c=quorum_kirk-iq" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(190, 76, 0); line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;">trying</a>&nbsp;to do something about it.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Droid Serif', Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.6; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Politico’s Andrew Restuccia&nbsp;<a href="http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-energy/2015/10/pro-morning-energy-wolff-210991" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(190, 76, 0); line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">writes</a>, “The establishment of the working group shows the shifting political dynamics at play over environmental policy, with some in the GOP worried that Republicans’ skepticism of mainstream climate science and opposition to air and water regulations isn’t sustainable in the long-term.”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Droid Serif', Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.6; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">We see a similar dynamic at play in the&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">House, where Rep. Chris Gibson (R-N.Y.) is rounding up a handful of Republicans who want to shift the party’s approach on climate change (and inoculate themselves against election-season charges of obstructing climate action). Last month, as&nbsp;<a href="http://grist.org/climate-energy/4-reasons-why-it-matters-that-a-few-house-republicans-are-calling-for-climate-action/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(190, 76, 0); line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;">noted</a>&nbsp;by Grist’s Ben Adler, Gibson and 10 other House Republicans&nbsp;<a href="http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060024836" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(190, 76, 0); line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;">introduced</a>&nbsp;a&nbsp;<a href="http://gibson.house.gov/uploadedfiles/environmental_stewardship_resolution.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(190, 76, 0); line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;">resolution</a>&nbsp;affirming their acceptance of climate science and their support for (as-yet-undefined) action to cut greenhouse gas emissions.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Droid Serif', Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.6; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">And these more climate-friendly congressional Republicans have some big-money backers. Jay Faison, a wealthy North Carolina businessman, has donated to Graham and other GOP candidates, and he plans to spend&nbsp;<a href="http://grist.org/news/this-republican-plans-to-spend-175-million-trying-to-get-his-party-to-care-about-climate-change/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(190, 76, 0); line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;">$175 million</a>&nbsp;to push the GOP to address climate change. Andy Sabin</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;is another wealthy businessman supporting Republicans who want to cut carbon emissions. In&nbsp;</span><a href="http://grist.org/climate-energy/meet-the-republican-magnate-whos-funding-a-push-for-climate-action/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(190, 76, 0); line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;">an interview</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;with Grist earlier this month, Sabin named Ayotte, Kirk, Graham, and Gibson as Republicans he’s excited about.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Droid Serif', Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.6; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Some of those same names cropped up last week at the Conservative Clean Energy Summit in Washington, D.C., a first-of-its-kind gathering of Republicans pushing for “energy reform.” Amanda Little, who’s been interviewing conservative climate leaders for a&nbsp;<a href="http://grist.org/series/conservatives-and-climate-change/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(190, 76, 0); line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">Grist special series</a>, attended the conference and reported on it for&nbsp;<em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">The New Yorker</em>. From&nbsp;<a href="http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/will-conservatives-finally-embrace-clean-energy" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(190, 76, 0); line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">her piece</a>:</p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0.5625rem 1.25rem 0px 1.1875rem; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(111, 111, 111); font-family: Georgia, 'Droid Serif', Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.125rem;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.6; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The summit was organized and hosted by&nbsp;</span><a href="http://grist.org/climate-energy/from-the-christian-coalition-to-climate-change-one-conservative-activists-story/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(190, 76, 0); line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Michele Combs</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, who heads up the group&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Young Conservatives for Energy Reform (Y.C.E.R.)</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, and her mother, Roberta Combs, the president and C.E.O. of the&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Christian Coalition of America. … “Clean energy is not a Democrat issue, it’s a family issue,</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">” [Michele] told me. … The summit was part of an ongoing effort to move the issues of climate change and clean energy from the margins of the Republican Party to its mainstream. Although the Combses scarcely spoke at the event, they chose others to make their case — the executive of a solar-power company, a three-star and a four-star general, two congressman, and six U.S. senators. …</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.6; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The long-term goal of Y.C.E.R., Michele Combs told me, is to help get “a comprehensive energy-reform bill” passed in the Senate soon after the next administration takes office — a bill that could also, in effect, break the congressional climate-legislation stalemate. … “We’re building grassroots to provide cover — to keep senators politically safe when they support energy reform,” Combs said. “First, we’re establishing common ground and a new terminology. Terms like ‘energy reform’ will bring a lot more conservatives to the table than ‘climate change.’”</p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Droid Serif', Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.6; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">No matter what they call it, changing most Republican politicians’ hearts and minds will be a tough slog. The&nbsp;<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate-denier-caucus-114th-congress/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(190, 76, 0); line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">majority</a>&nbsp;of GOP members of Congress still don’t accept the well-established science of climate change, and even those who do are more likely to criticize Democrats’ proposed solutions than to propose their own.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Droid Serif', Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.6; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">It’s a good sign that Ayotte feels she needs to support climate protections if she wants to be reelected. We might see more of that from her GOP colleagues in the Senate, all of whom need to be elected by statewide constituencies.</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">&nbsp;But in the House, Gibson and his fellow resolution signers are anomalies — they’re in moderate districts, while most of their Republican colleagues are in dark-red districts and risk being&nbsp;<a href="http://grist.org/article/hey-look-a-republican-who-cares-about-climate-change/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(190, 76, 0); line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;">primaried out of office</a>&nbsp;if they call for cutting CO2 emissions.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Droid Serif', Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.6; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">If Combs and her allies could change that dynamic, it would be huge. It’s highly unlikely to happen anytime soon, but you won’t find anyone better positioned to lead the charge. As Little wrote in the intro to a Grist&nbsp;<a href="http://grist.org/climate-energy/from-the-christian-coalition-to-climate-change-one-conservative-activists-story/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(190, 76, 0); line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">interview with Combs</a>, she’s “possibly the most impassioned and unexpected messenger on clean energy and climate change the GOP has ever seen.” And with a mom who’s president of the Christian Coalition, she’s certainly got conservative cred.</p><h2><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></h2></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
</font><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Gibson(New_York_politician)"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Gibson(New_York_politician)</font></a></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</font></div><div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 17.92px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Christopher Patrick "Chris" Gibson</b>&nbsp;(born May 13, 1964) is an American politician, former&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officer(armed_forces)" title="Officer (armed forces)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">officer</a>&nbsp;in the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">United States Army</a>&nbsp;and member of the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Republican Party</a>&nbsp;who has served as the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">U.S. Representative</a>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York%27s_19th_congressional_district" title="New York's 19th congressional district" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">New York's 19th congressional district</a>&nbsp;since 2011.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 17.92px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A lifelong resident of&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinderhook,New_York" title="Kinderhook, New York" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Kinderhook, New York</a>, Gibson joined the United States Army in 1986 after graduating from&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siena_College" title="Siena College" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Siena College</a>. He served tours in the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Gulf_War" title="First Gulf War" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">First Gulf War</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_NATO_bombing_of_Yugoslavia" title="1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Kosovo</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Iraq</a>, rising to the rank of&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Colonel</a>. He later taught&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_politics" title="American politics" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">American politics</a>&nbsp;at&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point" title="West Point" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">West Point</a>&nbsp;and was a national security affairs fellow at the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Institution" title="Hoover Institution" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Hoover Institution</a>&nbsp;at&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Stanford University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HooverI_4-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Gibson(New_York_politician)#cite_note-HooverI-4" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[4]</a></sup>&nbsp;He has received four&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Star_Medal" title="Bronze Star Medal" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Bronze Stars</a>&nbsp;and a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Heart" title="Purple Heart" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Purple Heart</a>, among other awards while in the military. He also holds a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ph.D" title="Ph.D" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Ph.D</a>&nbsp;in government from&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_University" title="Cornell University" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Cornell University</a>. In 2008, he published his first book,&nbsp;<i>Securing the State</i>, which offered his overview on national security decision-making.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 17.92px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">He retired from the Army in 2010 to run for Congress</font><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, defeating Democratic incumbent&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Murphy" title="Scott Murphy" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Scott Murphy</a>&nbsp;with 55% of the vote. He was re-elected in 2012 and 2014. In January 2015, Gibson, a supporter of term limits, announced that he would not seek re-election in 2016. He is seen as a possible candidate for Governor in 2018.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 17.92px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 17.92px;" /><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; display: table; zoom: 1;"><div id="toctitle" style="text-align: left; direction: ltr;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Contents</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></h2>&nbsp;<span class="toctoggle" style="-webkit-user-select: none;">&nbsp;[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Gibson(New_York_politician)#" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">hide</a>]&nbsp;</span></div><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Gibson(New_York_politician)#Early_life.2C_education.2C_and_academic_career" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="tocnumber">1</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Early life, education, and academic career</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Gibson(New_York_politician)#U.S.House_of_Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="tocnumber">2</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">U.S. House of Representatives</span></font></a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Gibson(New_York_politician)#Elections" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Elections</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Gibson(New_York_politician)#Tenure" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Tenure</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Gibson(New_York_politician)#Committee_assignments" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">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/Chris_Gibson(New_York_politician)#Personal_life" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="tocnumber">3</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Personal life</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Gibson(New_York_politician)#Written_works" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="tocnumber">4</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Written works</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Gibson(New_York_politician)#Notes" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="tocnumber">5</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Notes</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Gibson(New_York_politician)#References" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="tocnumber">6</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">References</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Gibson_(New_York_politician)#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; 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<span id="Headline">Congressman Gibson introduces resolution calling for improved environmental stewardship</span>&nbsp;</b></span>
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<span class="printmaintext"><span id="Location">Washington</span>,&nbsp;<span id="Date">Sep 17</span>&nbsp;-&nbsp;
</span></font></p><p class="printmaintext"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span id="Body" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /></font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The natural resources, environment, and climate of New York State are all critically vital to our economy, especially in important industries such as construction, agriculture, tourism, and transportation.&nbsp; For that reason,<b> Congressman Chris Gibson (NY-19) </b>announced today an effort in which he joined with 10 other Republican colleagues to recognize this reality and the need for conservative leaders in Congress to pursue policies to better understand not only our environment and natural resources, but also changing weather patterns and the climate, and our impact on each of them.</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“All too often, the conversation about appropriate and balanced environmental stewardship gets caught up in partisan politics. Yet, this conversation is key to the preservation of our great country for generations to come, as important as ensuring we have fiscally responsible policies to secure our future,” said Congressman Gibson, who represents a largely rural and agriculturally-dependent Congressional District in Upstate New York. “For that reason, I believe the most important first step forward is recognizing that this is also a fundamentally conservative issue, and finding common ground on how to address it.”</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In keeping with these goals, Congressman Gibson and 10 other Republican Members of Congress from across the country are introducing a resolution calling for better environmental stewardship through “economically viable, and broadly supported private and public solutions to study and address the causes and effects of measured changes to our global and regional climates.”</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">One of the Republican co-leads on this resolution, and a leader on this issue, Congressman Carlos Curbelo (FL-26) added, “South Florida is the frontline of climate change, where we have seen its negative impact in the form of rising sea-levels and the erosion of our coastal communities. In Miami-Dade County alone, more people live less than a mere four feet above sea level than any state in the union with the exception of Florida and Louisiana. In fact, 40% of Florida’s population is at risk of rising sea levels, posing a clear and present danger. Our goal with this resolution is to shift the debate from whether climate change is real to what we can do to mitigate its effects.”</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">From here, Congressman Gibson plans to focus efforts on achieving the goals of this resolution through a variety of public and private efforts, including:</font></p><ul><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Expanding study of our environment, weather, and climate through a combination of <b>private, peer-reviewed studies </b>as well as appropriate, non-partisan oversight of government studies and publicly-funded studies;</font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Modernizing our antiquated energy transmission and transportation through improving electric grid reliability and efficiency, expanding the use of microgrids, and expanding <b>infrastructure investment;</b></font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Bringing our energy sector into the next generation, including expanding our use of hydropower; increasing the potential of our wind power industry; pursuing and improving biomass energy use; promoting programs like SunShot that have already seen progress and have incredible future potential in making more efficient the harnessing of solar power; and pursuing safe and properly-regulated natural gas production and use with the goal of creating a bridge to the long term goal of<b> energy independence </b>with<b> renewable</b> energy resources; and</font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Promoting investments in some of the most promising technologies, including advanced manufacturing and prototyping, nanotechnology coatings and composites, advanced energy storage and battery technology, and waste-heat-to-power systems.</font></li></ul><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Congressman Gibson and his colleagues have worked with a non-partisan network of faith-based, national security, environmental, business, and community organizations in developing this outline of conservative goals and policies for ensuring the proper stewardship of our environment and natural resources.&nbsp; Pope Francis is expected to also call for action on improved environmental stewardship to mitigate the causes and effects of our changing climate during his visit to Congress next week.</font></p><p><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Resolution cosponsors:</font></b></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="277"><tbody><tr><td valign="bottom" style="width: 277px; white-space: nowrap;"><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Rep. Carlos Curbelo (FL-26)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="width: 277px; white-space: nowrap;"><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Rep. David Reichert (WA-8)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="width: 277px; white-space: nowrap;"><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Rep. Robert Dold (IL-10)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="width: 277px; white-space: nowrap;"><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Rep. Richard Hanna (NY-22)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="width: 277px; white-space: nowrap;"><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Rep. Patrick Meehan (PA-7)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="width: 277px; white-space: nowrap;"><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick (PA-8)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="width: 277px; white-space: nowrap;"><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="width: 277px; white-space: nowrap;"><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Rep. Ryan Costello (PA-6)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="width: 277px; white-space: nowrap;"><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Rep. Elise Stefanik (NY-21)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="width: 277px; white-space: nowrap;"><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Rep. Frank LoBiondo (NJ-2)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="width: 277px; white-space: nowrap;"><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;</font></p><p><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Click here for the text of the resolution:</font></b></p><p><a href="http://chrisgibson.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Environmental_Stewardship_Resolution.pdf"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://chrisgibson.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Environmental_Stewardship_Resolution.pdf</font></a></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;</font></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></font></div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/inthenews.php?cycle=2016&cid=N00031998</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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</font></div><div><h2 class="ruleAbove" style="margin: 2em 0px 0.2em; clear: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Career Fundraising</font></h2><div id="mainColumn" style="width: 960px; margin: 0px auto 30px; line-height: 1.5em;"><div class="contentBlockSeparator" style="width: 960px; height: 8px; clear: both; margin: 10px 0px;"><div id="profileLeftColumn" style="width: 630px; float: left; margin-bottom: 30px; padding-top: 10px; min-height: 900px; margin-right: 25px;"><div class="crpItem" style="margin-right: 25px;"><table id="summaryData" class="datadisplay" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; width: 605px; border: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2009 - 2014 Total Receipts:</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><img border="0" src="http://assets.opensecrets.org/img/legend1.gif" height="10" width="150" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" />&nbsp;$7,116,280</font></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2009 - 2014 Total Spent:</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><img border="0" src="http://assets.opensecrets.org/img/legend1.gif" height="10" width="145" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" />&nbsp;$6,868,948</font></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Debts:</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><img border="0" src="http://assets.opensecrets.org/img/legend1.gif" height="10" width="0" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" />&nbsp;$0</font></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Last Report:</font></td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Wednesday, December 31, 2014</font></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="headerWithIcons"><h2 style="margin: 2em 0px 0.2em; clear: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Top 5 Contributors, 2009 - 2014</font></h2></div><div class="crpItem" style="margin-right: 25px;"><table id="topContrib" class="datadisplay" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; width: 605px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><thead><tr><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Contributor</font></th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Total</font></th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Indivs</font></th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">PACs</font></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Elliott Management</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$157,436</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$157,436</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$0</font></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">DA Collins Construction</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$61,850</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$61,850</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$0</font></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Goldman Sachs</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$32,560</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$8,560</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$24,000</font></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">BCI Construction</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$32,150</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$32,150</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$0</font></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Fisher Brothers</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$30,400</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$30,400</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$0</font></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="viewMoreText" style="text-align: left; font-style: italic; margin-right: 25px;"><a name="cont" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cycle=Career&cid=N00031998&type=I" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">...view more data</font></a></div></div><div class="headerWithIcons"><h2 style="margin: 2em 0px 0.2em; clear: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Top 5 Industries, 2009 - 2014</font></h2></div><div class="crpItem" style="margin-right: 25px;"><table id="topIndus" class="datadisplay" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; width: 605px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><thead><tr><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Industry</font></th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Total</font></th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Indivs</font></th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">PACs</font></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Leadership PACs</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$556,545</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$0</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$556,545</font></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Securities & Investment</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$498,539</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$425,539</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$73,000</font></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Retired</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$363,117</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$363,117</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$0</font></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">General Contractors</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$265,683</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$212,750</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$52,933</font></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Lawyers/Law Firms</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$198,813</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$170,214</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$28,599</font></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="viewMoreText" style="text-align: left; font-style: italic; margin-right: 25px;"><a name="cont" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/industries.php?cycle=Career&cid=N00031998&type=I" style="text-decoration: none; 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