John Norris
Candidate for
House |
Rep. Tom Latham
Candidate for
House
LCV Lifetime Score: 7% |
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Protect Drinking Water |
 Supports maintaining the strong
health-based standards of the Clean Air Act and the Clean
Water Act. (Sierra Club Questionnaire
2002)
Opposes the House version of the
Farm Bill and instead seeks to emphasize farm conservation,
protecting water from animal waste runoff. (Globe Gazette, 11/29/01) |
 Voted against tougher standards
for arsenic in drinking water. (Amendment to H.R. 2620, Vote #288,
7/27/01)
Voted against maintaining
critical protections against mining pollution in our ground
water. (Amendment to H.R. 2217, Vote
#182, 6/21/01)
Voted against increased funding
for farm conservation programs, potentially polluting clean
water supplies with animal waste runoff. (Amendment to H.R. 2646, Vote #366, 10/4/01)
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Enforce Environmental
Laws |
| Supports "strict enforcement of
environmental laws", and adequate funding for enforcement
agencies. (LCV Questionnaire,
2002) |
Voted against adequate funding
for environmental programs to protect our air and water. (Spratt amendment to H. Con. Res. 83, Vote
#69, 3/28/01) |
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Hold Polluters
Accountable |
| Opposes using taxpayers' money to
clean up polluters' waste. (LCV
Questionnaire) |
Supported exempting some
businesses from liability for toxic waste cleanup. (H.R. 5175, Vote #494, 9/26/00) |
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Protect our Lands |
| Opposes opening up the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. (LCV Questionnaire, 2002)
Opposes letting big energy
companies exploit public lands. (LCV
Questionnaire, 2002) |
Supported opening up the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. (Amendment to H.R. 4, Vote #317,
8/1/01)
Voted to protect our National
Monuments from oil drilling and mining. (Amendment to H.R. 2217, Vote #180,
6/21/01) |
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Responsible Energy |
| Supports increasing fuel economy
standards for cars, SUV's, and light trucks. (Sierra Club Questionnaire 2002) |
Voted against increasing fuel
economy standards. (Boehlert Amendment
to H.R. 4, Vote #311, 8/1/01) |
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Forest Conservation |
| Would support a bill ending
subsidies and phasing out the commercial logging program in
our National Forests. (Sierra Club
Questionnaire 2002) |
Voted to subsidize commercial
logging in National Forests. (H.R. 2515,
Vote #80, 3/27/98) |
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Campaign Finance Reform |
| Supports Campaign Finance Reform.
(Sierra Club Questionnaire
2002) |
Opposed Campaign Finance Reform.
(Shays-Meehan bill, H.R. 2356, Vote #34,
2/14/02) |
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Fair, Responsible Trade |
| Would support replacing the
current Fast Track trade negotiating authority with
protections to ensure environmental and labor protections.
(Sierra Club Questionnaire
2002) |
Supported Fast Track, which
impairs Congress in fixing trade deals made by the Executive
Branch, even when those trade deals threaten environmental,
health and safety laws. ((H.R. 3005,
Vote #481, 12/6/01) |
