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Thomas Rooney
| Thomas Rooney | |
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| First Name: | Thomas |
| Last Name: | Rooney |
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| State: | Florida |
| Office: | House |
| House District: | 17 |
| Party: | Republican |
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| Official Twitter: | https://twitter.com/TomRooney |
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Draft summary for the individual at Wikipedia
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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 2009, as a member of the US House of Representatives, he voted against the American Clean Energy and Security Act HR 2454 (Waxman-Markey). https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/2454
In 2011, he voted to limit the EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll249.xml
In 2013, he voted to make it harder for Congress to put a price on carbon by voting for 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 against 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 supported 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
7Check out my interview with the @nytimes to hear what its like to be a Congressman in today's climate https://t.co/mdxnHDHdEH
<a href="https://twitter.com/TomRooney/status/887701732406554624/status/ Wed Jul 19 15:52:40 +0000 2017</a>
