How your congressional delegates voted | Albuquerque Journal News
EPA SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD: Voting 229 for and 191 against, the House on Nov. 18 passed a Republican bill (HR 1422) to reshape the Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board to make it more industry-friendly.
The board provides independent evaluations of the scientific analyses upon which the EPA bases its regulations. Its 52 members are chosen by the EPA administrator and serve without pay.
This bill would diminish academic representation on the board while expanding corporate membership; permit experts with financial ties to EPA-regulated industries to serve if they disclose their conflicts of interest; give state, local and tribal governments a guaranteed number of seats on the board; and require the board to gather more public comments, among other provisions.
A yes vote was to send the bill to the Senate, where it is expected to die.
YES: PEARCE (Republican, oil millionaire); NO: LUJAN GRISHAM, LUJÃN (Democrats)
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: Voting 195 for and 225 against, the House on Nov. 18 refused to amend HR 1422 (above) in a way that would to deny membership on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board to representatives of companies or trade associations having a financial interest in decisions that result from the board’s recommendations.
A yes vote was to adopt the Democratic motion.
YES: LUJAN GRISHAM, LUJÃN (Democrats) NO: PEARCE (Republican, oil millionaire)
How your congressional delegates voted | Albuquerque Journal News