West Hartford, CT - Representatives Joe
Courtney, Chris Murphy, Rosa DeLauro and Senator Joe Lieberman voted for the
environment 100% of the
time in the 110th Congress, according to the annual Congressional
Scorecard on major environmental issues released today by Environment Connecticut.
Representatives John Larson and Christopher Shays earned 92% pro-environment
scores, and Senator Chris Dodd received a 70% score.
Environment
Connecticut is distributing the individual
Congressional scorecards to tens of
thousands of households in Connecticut as part of
its door-to-door campaign to pass legislation in Congress requiring a minimum
amount of electricity come from clean, renewable energy sources.
“Connecticut’s
representatives have consistently put the environment ahead of special interests. In the 110th Congress Connecticut’s
delegation and successfully fought to keep our beautiful coasts free of
off-shore oil drilling, defend protections for endangered species like the
polar bear and the recently recovered bald eagle, and make polluters pay to
clean up contaminated groundwater,” said Environment Connecticut
Program Director Christopher Phelps. “These scorecards are an important tool to
educate the public about the voting records of their elected officials and to
honor public officials that have a record of putting the environment first.”
In addition to tracking such key environmental votes as protecting
the purity of our air and water; reducing global warming pollution; promoting
alternative energy use; and increasing mileage standards for vehicles, the scorecards also list information about campaign
contributions, biographical data, past Environment Connecticut scores, and
telephone numbers for citizens to contact their elected officials.
“We
applaud Representatives Courtney, Murphy, DeLauro, and Senator Lieberman for being heroes for the environment. They
received 100 percent score for consistently voting to protect the environment,”
said Phelps.
With the help of these environmental champions, the 110th Already, the House of Representatives has
voted to cut billions of dollars in subsidies to big oil and the Senate has
voted to raise gas mileage standards for the first time in over 20 years.
Congress is making progress in several key areas.
“We urge Connecticut’s
congressional delegation to step up and continue their leadership in the coming
year by working to strengthen our environmental laws—to stop global warming
pollution, move America
towards a cleaner energy future, and clean up America’s most treasured
waterways,” concluded Phelps.
