Energy and Environment
Information regarding my stance on Energy and Environment issues.
Today, the House of Representatives unanimously passed S. 756, the Save Our Seas Act, a bill to assist local communities and states in removing garbage and debris from our oceans and shores. House Oceans Caucus Co-Chairs Congressman Don Young (R-AK) and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) introduced the bill, H.R. 2748, last year.
Aproposed rule purportedly aimed at strengthening the transparency of the Environmental Protection Agency's decision-making process would gut environmental regulations that protect human health, critics argued at a public hearing yesterday at the EPA (July 17). The rule would require that the data underlying any studies used to craft the agency's policies be publicly available—a bar that would be impossible to reach for many public health studies that rely on confidential health information.
WASHINGTON
Democratic lawmakers joined scores of scientists, health providers, environmental officials and activists Tuesday in denouncing an industry-backed proposal that could limit dramatically the scientific studies the Environmental Protection Agency considers in shaping protections for human health.
Oregon's 1st District representative, also top Democrat on the House environment subcommittee, said administrator 'put nation at risk' with policies, not just his spending abuses and questions about government ethics.
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, long a critic of Scott Pruitt, welcomed his resignation Thursday as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for the past 16 months.
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici has secured a provision in the federal Water Resources Development Act to clear the way for restoration of 52 acres of wetlands along the Walluski River by the Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce.
The biennial water resources legislation authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to maintain the nation's water infrastructure. It passed the House on a 408-2 vote and has a high likelihood of passage in the Senate.