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Hakeem Jeffries
| Hakeem Jeffries | |
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| First Name: | Hakeem |
| Last Name: | Jeffries |
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| State: | New York |
| Office: | House |
| House District: | 8 |
| Party: | Democratic |
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| Official Twitter: | https://twitter.com/RepJeffries |
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1. What are the individual's views on whether climate change is real and caused by human activity?
2. What votes, actions, and governmental/organizational activities on climate change and clean energy has the individual led/supported/opposed?
Automatically Generated Congressional Votes
In 2013, he voted against making it harder for Congress to put a price on carbon by voting against a point of order opposing a carbon tax or a fee on carbon emissions. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll445.xml
In 2014, he voted for a House amendment calling on Congress to recognize that man-made carbon pollution contributes to climate change and that climate change has a wide range of negative effects. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2014/roll103.xml
In 2015, as a member of Congress he voted against HR 2042, The Ratepayer Protection Act, which would have prevented implementation of the Clean Power Plan. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2015/roll384.xml
Automatically captured tweets
47Following yesterday's successful #ClimateMarch, pressure must be exerted on House Majority to act on environmentally friendly legislation
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepJeffries/status/514103587962880001/status/ Mon Sep 22 17:27:01 +0000 2014</a>
7Trump withdrawing from Paris Climate Change Agreement. Apparently America First means Polluters First #Shameful
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepJeffries/status/869907730751991809/status/ Wed May 31 13:25:39 +0000 2017</a>
7Climate Change is real Donald. We need action, not conspiracy theories manufactured by the Pollution Industrial Co… https://t.co/ZkQ2vYDyBI
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepJeffries/status/870839482060349440/status/ Sat Jun 03 03:08:06 +0000 2017</a>
5Climate Change is NOT a hoax. But 45's election may have been #RussianHacking #Collusion #FollowTheFacts
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepJeffries/status/870630992528248832/status/ Fri Jun 02 13:19:38 +0000 2017</a>
4Leadership from @BarackObama on the world stage helps yield historic climate change agreement #ParisAgreement
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepJeffries/status/675881788301049856/status/ Sun Dec 13 03:35:50 +0000 2015</a>
7#ClimateChange is real, now let's do something about it: http://t.co/FbWMVtaF0r #EarthDay
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepJeffries/status/458800884244578304/status/ Wed Apr 23 02:53:49 +0000 2014</a>
4Happy #EarthDay! Climate change is real. And so is the assault on the environment #ProtectOurClimate
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepJeffries/status/855950102225199104/status/ Sun Apr 23 01:03:01 +0000 2017</a>
The earth is round, climate change is real & more than 7 million Americans now have #affordableHealthCare #JustTheFacts. Thx @BarackObama
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepJeffries/status/451121934131265536/status/ Tue Apr 01 22:20:25 +0000 2014</a>
