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Tom Petri (R)U.S. House of Representatives - Incumbent
6th District

Tom Petri
House Committees

• Committee on the Education & Labor
• Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, & Competitiveness

• Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure
• Subcommittee on Aviation
• Subcommittee Highways, Transit, & Pipelines - Chair
• Subcommittee on Railroads

• Committee on Education & the Workforce
• Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness


Source: www.sourcewatch.org
Background Info

•Elected in 1979 to the House of Representatives.

• Rated 50% by theThe League of Conservation Voters' Voters,ratings indicatingfor aPetri indicate mixeda votingmixedenvironmental record stance:

on• the110th environment.Congress (2007-2008) - 50%
• 109th Congress (2005-2006) - 37%
• 108th Congress (2003-2004) - 39%
• 107th Congress (2001-2002) - 50%
• 106th Congress (1999-2000) - 27%

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Voting Trends & Other Issues

  • 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