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John McCain (R) United States Senator -
Presidential Candidate

John McCain - greenvoting.com
Senate Committees
Background Info

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Voting Trends

  • FactCheck: Criticized $3M "bear DNA" study, but voted for it. (Nov 2007)

  • Repeal ban on new roads in wilderness due to bad process. (Dec 1999)

  • Use park visitor fees for park development bonds. (Dec 1999)

  • Voted YES on including oil & gas smokestacks in mercury regulations. (Sep 2005)

  • Voted YES on transportation demo projects. (Mar 1998)

  • Voted NO on reducing funds for road-building in National Forests. (Sep 1997)

  • Voted NO on continuing desert protection in California. (Oct 1994)

  • Voted YES on requiring EPA risk assessments. (May 1994)

  • End commercial whaling and illegal trade in whale meat. (Jun 2001)

  • Supports grants for brownfields remediation. (May 2002)



McCain on "The Environment"


Quotes

  • Q: Schwarzenegger has proposed that California be allowed to implement much tougher emission requirements than apply to the rest of the country. Do you side with the governor or with the Bush administration?
  • A: I have to agree with the governor. I'm a federalist. The states should decide to enormous degrees what happens within those states, including off their coasts. The people of California have decided they don't want oil drilling off their coasts. The people of Louisiana have decided that they do. I applaud the governor's efforts and that of other states in this region and other states to try to eliminate the greenhouse gas emissions that are causing climate change. Suppose that the governor and I are wrong, and there's no such thing as climate change. We adopt these green technologies, of which the US and the innovative skills we have and the entrepreneurship and the free market cap-and-trade proposal is enacted. Then all we've done is giving our kids a cleaner world. Source: 2008 Republican debate at Reagan Library in Simi Valley Jan 30, 2008
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