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Yvette Clarke
Yvette Clarke | |
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First Name: | Yvette |
Last Name: | Clarke |
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State: | New York |
Office: | House |
House District: | 9 |
Party: | Democratic |
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Official Twitter: | https://twitter.com/RepYvetteClarke |
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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, she voted for the American Clean Energy and Security Act HR 2454 (Waxman-Markey). https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/2454
In 2011, she voted against limiting the EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll249.xml
In 2013, she 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, she 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 she 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
77Climate change threatens people in every part of the world. We have to show real leadership. https://t.co/xmPS95ouFz
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepYvetteClarke/status/869915579557318657/status/ Wed May 31 13:56:51 +0000 2017</a>
7Global climate change threatens every community in America, every nation in the world. We need to take it seriously. https://t.co/KpOJw7LEsd
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepYvetteClarke/status/868812101112012801/status/ Sun May 28 12:52:01 +0000 2017</a>
7The very people who deny #climatechange will ultimately accelerate #climatechange. https://t.co/hgqXhRhovj
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepYvetteClarke/status/847474772032311296/status/ Thu Mar 30 15:45:05 +0000 2017</a>
7An overwhelming number of Americans believe that excess carbon is harmful to our environment and should be regulate… https://t.co/KW6I46DvhV
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepYvetteClarke/status/847089412924194816/status/ Wed Mar 29 14:13:48 +0000 2017</a>
7Denial and misdirection won't lead to solutions. We must work together to lessen consequences of our new climate re… https://t.co/xowtiPMzRM
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepYvetteClarke/status/847088915139964929/status/ Wed Mar 29 14:11:50 +0000 2017</a>
7Proud to join this resolution urging Trump Administration to reverse course and honor #ParisAgreement. #ActonClimate https://t.co/QuLTk3cV5M
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepYvetteClarke/status/876893405439197184/status/ Mon Jun 19 20:04:14 +0000 2017</a>
7Withdrawing from the #ParisAgreement is short-sighted in the extreme. Today, we say it’s time to #ActonClimate https://t.co/VzS0RsjFbq
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepYvetteClarke/status/876892060707692550/status/ Mon Jun 19 19:58:53 +0000 2017</a>
7I joined my @EnergyCommerce colleagues to demand lower prescription drug prices for families & older adults. https://t.co/G1xR0WPTA4
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepYvetteClarke/status/874334690135748608/status/ Mon Jun 12 18:36:49 +0000 2017</a>
7As we work to limit the damage in Washington, DC, we must look to states & cities to prevent climate change. https://t.co/CjakAxFeXB
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepYvetteClarke/status/872419472887476224/status/ Wed Jun 07 11:46:25 +0000 2017</a>
7Global climate change will cost trillions of dollars & millions of lives. We have to continue to fight it. https://t.co/PkFDvePN3R
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepYvetteClarke/status/871399634828185600/status/ Sun Jun 04 16:13:57 +0000 2017</a>
7Republicans are entitled to their own opinions but not their own facts. Global climate change is real & it's deadly. https://t.co/jcxnvh6FpS
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepYvetteClarke/status/871102773835726848/status/ Sat Jun 03 20:34:20 +0000 2017</a>
7Let's be clear: global climate change isn't a matter of politics. It's a matter of existence. https://t.co/WDYZm1tbvw
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepYvetteClarke/status/870788167284207617/status/ Fri Jun 02 23:44:12 +0000 2017</a>
7Thank You @weatherchannel for showing the real consequences of global climate change. https://t.co/AbfgUeLtP8 via @FutureTenseNow
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepYvetteClarke/status/870667585733480448/status/ Fri Jun 02 15:45:03 +0000 2017</a>
7Military experts: climate change will lead to…
-more famine -more conflict -more terrorism
And @realDonaldTrump ref… https://t.co/AZRGvHRvcn<a href="https://twitter.com/RepYvetteClarke/status/870401161899130880/status/ Thu Jun 01 22:06:22 +0000 2017</a>
7By need to pursue environmental justice by fighting climate change. https://t.co/FonQuCnEeO
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepYvetteClarke/status/888094308221542401/status/ Thu Jul 20 17:52:37 +0000 2017</a>
8Climate change threatens every human being. We can't just ignore it. https://t.co/zAP2GyqJe9
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepYvetteClarke/status/883867651168239619/status/ Sun Jul 09 01:57:24 +0000 2017</a>
7Squad photo is incomplete without @RepEliotEngel! #ClassPhotoDay @EnergyCommerce https://t.co/jB2biik517
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepYvetteClarke/status/960999856918663168/status/ Tue Feb 06 22:13:15 +0000 2018</a>
7On the 2 yr. anniversary of the #ParisAgreement, Americans must be leaders on climate. Global leaders are united wi… https://t.co/tN8vTcyRWS
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepYvetteClarke/status/940659217442144257/status/ Tue Dec 12 19:06:48 +0000 2017</a>
7On the 2 yr. anniversary of the #ParisAgreement, Americans must be leaders on climate. Global leaders are united wi… https://t.co/ElkKGsgm4y
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepYvetteClarke/status/940657539250782208/status/ Tue Dec 12 19:00:08 +0000 2017</a>
7RT @RepWilson: As Floridians can attest, climate change is real. I hope the White House will take this report seriously. https://t.co/VTtAh…
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepYvetteClarke/status/895074234233499648/status/ Wed Aug 09 00:08:21 +0000 2017</a>
Climate change is here, now. https://t.co/OG5IN5kXtF
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepYvetteClarke/status/894956701245464577/status/ Tue Aug 08 16:21:19 +0000 2017</a>