• Voted No on increasing AMTRAK funding by adding $214M to $900M (June 2006)


• Voted No on barring website promoting Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump (May 2006)

• Voted Yes on deauthorizing "critical habitat" for endangered species (September 2005)

• Voted Yes on speeding up approval of forest thinning projects (November 2003)

• Sponsored an ammendment to reduce businesses' liability for hazardous waste cleanup (May 2001)

• Adopted these Republican Mainstreet Partnership agenda items:

• Item in Support of Grants for Brownfield Remediation:

• Helped to introduce legislation to provide more funding for former industrial sites.
• It reauthorizes the Brownfield Remediation Grant Program and creates a new loan program for brownfields redevelopment.
• It permits Community Development Block Grants to be used in industrial site projects.
• Item in Support of making the EPA into a Cabinet department

• Adopted this Republican Mainstreet Partnership issue stance:

• On the Environment
• Legislatively provide the EPA with a clear mission statement
• Simplify environmental reporting requirements to focus on results instead of regulations
• Create environmental improvement pilot programs at the state level
• Devote increased resources to researching the causes and effects of global warming


Source: www.ontheissues.org