Key Vote: H.R. 1030, the Secret Science Reform Act
Vote h125-2015
Description
This week the House will vote on two bills recently passed out of the House Science Committee that would significantly enhance government transparency in regard to regulatory rulemaking.
The EPA has aggressively pursued a regulatory agenda that not only hinders human flourishing, but also fails to address the most important environmental issues. For example, the MATS rule imposes costs of $10 billion a year by EPA’s own estimates, but only $6 million in benefits come from reductions of air toxics, calling into question if there were more efficient ways to reduce harmful pollution.
Making matters worse, many of regulations rely on science that the agency refuses to make public to enable independent verification of EPA’s conclusions. H.R. 1030 would open the process up and prevent regulations from moving forward unless the agency makes publicly available the scientific and other technical information used to justify its regulations. This legislation is an important step toward bringing transparency to the regulatory process by preventing the use of secret science.
The American Energy Alliance supports H.R. 1030 and will include it in our American Energy Scorecard. YES IS THE PRO-ENERGY, PRO-SCIENCE, PRO-TRANSPARENCY, AND PRO-FREE MARKET VOTE.
AEA Position: Yes
Vote result on 2015-03-18
Passed
241 to 175- VOTED YES
- VOTED NO
- DID NOT VOTE
Key Vote: H.R. 1030, the Secret Science Reform Act
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| LA | District 5 | Rep. Ralph Abraham | R | 100% |
| GA | District 12 | Rep. Rick Allen | R | 100% |
| MI | District 3 | Rep. Justin Amash | R | 100% |
| TX | District 36 | Rep. Brian Babin | R | 100% |
| TN | Sen. Marsha Blackburn | R | 100% | |
| IL | District 12 | Rep. Mike Bost | R | 100% |
| TX | District 8 | Rep. Kevin Brady | R | 100% |
| AL | District 5 | Rep. Mo Brooks | R | 100% |
| CO | District 4 | Rep. Ken Buck | R | 100% |
| TX | District 26 | Rep. Michael Burgess | R | 100% |
| AL | District 1 | Rep. Bradley Byrne | R | 100% |
| TX | District 31 | Rep. John Carter | R | 100% |
| OH | District 1 | Rep. Steven Chabot | R | 100% |
| GA | District 9 | Rep. Doug Collins | R | 100% |
| TX | District 11 | Rep. K. Conaway | R | 100% |
| MN | District 6 | Rep. Tom Emmer | R | 100% |
| TX | District 17 | Rep. Bill Flores | R | 100% |
| AZ | District 4 | Rep. Paul Gosar | R | 100% |
| GA | District 14 | Rep. Tom Graves | R | 100% |
| LA | District 6 | Rep. Garret Graves | R | 100% |
| MO | District 6 | Rep. Sam Graves | R | 100% |
| WI | District 6 | Rep. Glenn Grothman | R | 100% |
| GA | District 10 | Rep. Jody Hice | R | 100% |
| NC | District 2 | Rep. George Holding | R | 100% |
| CA | District 50 | Rep. Duncan Hunter | R | 100% |
| OH | District 4 | Rep. Jim Jordan | R | 100% |
| IA | District 4 | Rep. Steve King | R | 100% |
| CA | District 1 | Rep. Doug LaMalfa | R | 100% |
| CO | District 5 | Rep. Doug Lamborn | R | 100% |
| OH | District 5 | Rep. Robert Latta | R | 100% |
| GA | District 11 | Rep. Barry Loudermilk | R | 100% |
| TX | District 24 | Rep. Kenny Marchant | R | 100% |
| KY | District 4 | Rep. Thomas Massie | R | 100% |
| WV | District 1 | Rep. David McKinley | R | 100% |
| NC | District 11 | Rep. Mark Meadows | R | 100% |
| WV | District 2 | Rep. Alex Mooney | R | 100% |
| OK | District 2 | Rep. Markwayne Mullin | R | 100% |
| TX | District 22 | Rep. Pete Olson | R | 100% |
| MS | District 4 | Rep. Steven Palazzo | R | 100% |
| AL | District 6 | Rep. Gary Palmer | R | 100% |
| PA | District 10 | Rep. Scott Perry | R | 100% |
| TX | District 4 | Rep. John Ratcliffe | R | 100% |
| NC | District 7 | Rep. David Rouzer | R | 100% |
| LA | District 1 | Rep. Steve Scalise | R | 100% |
| WI | District 5 | Rep. F. Sensenbrenner | R | 100% |
| MO | District 8 | Rep. Jason Smith | R | 100% |
| NE | District 3 | Rep. Adrian Smith | R | 100% |
| UT | District 2 | Rep. Chris Stewart | R | 100% |
| CO | District 3 | Rep. Scott Tipton | R | 100% |
| MI | District 7 | Rep. Tim Walberg | R | 100% |
| NC | District 6 | Rep. Mark Walker | R | 100% |
| TX | District 14 | Rep. Randy Weber | R | 100% |
| TX | District 25 | Rep. Roger Williams | R | 100% |
| GA | District 7 | Rep. Rob Woodall | R | 100% |
| FL | District 3 | Rep. Ted Yoho | R | 100% |
| AL | District 4 | Rep. Robert Aderholt | R | 94% |
| UT | District 1 | Rep. Rob Bishop | R | 94% |
| GA | District 1 | Rep. Buddy Carter | R | 94% |
| CA | District 8 | Rep. Paul Cook | R | 94% |
| AR | District 1 | Rep. Rick Crawford | R | 94% |
| WI | District 7 | Rep. Sean Duffy | R | 94% |
| SC | District 3 | Rep. Jeffrey Duncan | R | 94% |
| NC | District 5 | Rep. Virginia Foxx | R | 94% |
| TX | District 1 | Rep. Louie Gohmert | R | 94% |
| VA | District 9 | Rep. Morgan Griffith | R | 94% |
| MD | District 1 | Rep. Andy Harris | R | 94% |
| MO | District 4 | Rep. Vicky Hartzler | R | 94% |
| NC | District 8 | Rep. Richard Hudson | R | 94% |
| OH | District 6 | Rep. Bill Johnson | R | 94% |
| MO | District 7 | Rep. Billy Long | R | 94% |
| OK | District 3 | Rep. Frank Lucas | R | 94% |
| MO | District 3 | Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer | R | 94% |
| TX | District 10 | Rep. Michael McCaul | R | 94% |
| CA | District 4 | Rep. Tom McClintock | R | 94% |
| CA | District 22 | Rep. Devin Nunes | R | 94% |
| SC | District 7 | Rep. Tom Rice | R | 94% |
| AL | District 3 | Rep. Mike Rogers | R | 94% |
| GA | District 8 | Rep. Austin Scott | R | 94% |
| IL | District 15 | Rep. John Shimkus | R | 94% |
| TX | District 13 | Rep. William Thornberry | R | 94% |
| OH | District 2 | Rep. Brad Wenstrup | R | 94% |
| AR | District 4 | Rep. Bruce Westerman | R | 94% |
| VA | District 1 | Rep. Robert Wittman | R | 94% |
| AR | District 3 | Rep. Steve Womack | R | 94% |
| AK | District At-Large | Rep. Don Young | R | 94% |
| NY | District 27 | Rep. Chris Collins | R | 93% |
| AL | District 2 | Rep. Martha Roby | R | 93% |
| KY | District 6 | Rep. Andy Barr | R | 89% |
| IN | District 8 | Rep. Larry Bucshon | R | 89% |
| CA | District 42 | Rep. Ken Calvert | R | 89% |
| OK | District 4 | Rep. Tom Cole | R | 89% |
| TN | District 4 | Rep. Scott DesJarlais | R | 89% |
| TN | District 3 | Rep. Chuck Fleischmann | R | 89% |
| OH | District 7 | Rep. Bob Gibbs | R | 89% |
| TX | District 12 | Rep. Kay Granger | R | 89% |
| KY | District 2 | Rep. Brett Guthrie | R | 89% |
| AR | District 2 | Rep. French Hill | R | 89% |
| OH | District 14 | Rep. Dave Joyce | R | 89% |
| PA | District 16 | Rep. Mike Kelly | R | 89% |
| CA | District 23 | Rep. Kevin McCarthy | R | 89% |
| WA | District 5 | Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers | R | 89% |
| MI | District 4 | Rep. John Moolenaar | R | 89% |
| WA | District 4 | Rep. Dan Newhouse | R | 89% |
| TN | District 1 | Rep. Phil Roe | R | 89% |
| KY | District 5 | Rep. Harold Rogers | R | 89% |
| AZ | District 6 | Rep. David Schweikert | R | 89% |
| PA | District 15 | Rep. Glenn Thompson | R | 89% |
| OH | District 10 | Rep. Michael Turner | R | 89% |
| MO | District 2 | Rep. Ann Wagner | R | 89% |
| OR | District 2 | Rep. Greg Walden | R | 89% |
| IN | District 2 | Rep. Jackie Walorski | R | 89% |
| SC | District 2 | Rep. Joe Wilson | R | 89% |
| MI | District 2 | Rep. Bill Huizenga | R | 88% |
| NV | District 2 | Rep. Mark Amodei | R | 83% |
| IL | District 13 | Rep. Rodney Davis | R | 83% |
| ID | District 2 | Rep. Mike Simpson | R | 83% |
| FL | District 8 | Rep. Bill Posey | R | 81% |
| FL | District 11 | Rep. Daniel Webster | R | 81% |
| FL | District 12 | Rep. Gus Bilirakis | R | 78% |
| TX | District 23 | Rep. Will Hurd | R | 78% |
| NY | District 23 | Rep. Tom Reed | R | 76% |
| IN | District 5 | Rep. Susan Brooks | R | 72% |
| FL | District 25 | Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart | R | 72% |
| IL | District 16 | Rep. Adam Kinzinger | R | 72% |
| NC | District 10 | Rep. Patrick McHenry | R | 72% |
| OH | District 15 | Rep. Steve Stivers | R | 72% |
| ND | Sen. Kevin Cramer | R | 67% | |
| NE | District 1 | Rep. Jeff Fortenberry | R | 67% |
| AZ | Sen. Martha McSally | R | 67% | |
| AZ | Sen. Kyrsten Sinema | D | 67% | |
| IN | Sen. Todd Young | R | 67% | |
| NY | District 1 | Rep. Lee Zeldin | R | 67% |
| MI | District 6 | Rep. Fred Upton | R | 61% |
| FL | District 16 | Rep. Vern Buchanan | R | 50% |
| WA | District 3 | Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler | R | 50% |
| NY | District 2 | Rep. Peter King | R | 50% |
| MN | District 7 | Rep. Collin Peterson | D | 50% |
| NY | District 24 | Rep. John Katko | R | 44% |
| TX | District 28 | Rep. Henry Cuellar | D | 39% |
| CA | District 16 | Rep. Jim Costa | D | 22% |
| NJ | District 4 | Rep. Christopher Smith | R | 22% |
| NY | District 21 | Rep. Elise Stefanik | R | 22% |
| TX | District 34 | Rep. Filemon Vela | D | 22% |
| TN | District 5 | Rep. Jim Cooper | D | 11% |
| GA | District 2 | Rep. Sanford Bishop | D | 6% |
| LA | District 2 | Rep. Cedric Richmond | D | 6% |
| IN | District 1 | Rep. Peter Visclosky | D | 6% |
| NC | District 12 | Rep. Alma Adams | D | 0% |
| CA | District 31 | Rep. Pete Aguilar | D | 0% |
| CA | District 37 | Rep. Karen Bass | D | 0% |
| OH | District 3 | Rep. Joyce Beatty | D | 0% |
| CA | District 7 | Rep. Ami Bera | D | 0% |
| VA | District 8 | Rep. Donald Beyer | D | 0% |
| OR | District 3 | Rep. Earl Blumenauer | D | 0% |
| OR | District 1 | Rep. Suzanne Bonamici | D | 0% |
| PA | District 2 | Rep. Brendan Boyle | D | 0% |
| CA | District 26 | Rep. Julia Brownley | D | 0% |
| IL | District 17 | Rep. Cheri Bustos | D | 0% |
| NC | District 1 | Rep. G. Butterfield | D | 0% |
| CA | District 29 | Rep. Tony Cárdenas | D | 0% |
| IN | District 7 | Rep. André Carson | D | 0% |
| PA | District 8 | Rep. Matt Cartwright | D | 0% |
| FL | District 14 | Rep. Kathy Castor | D | 0% |
| TX | District 20 | Rep. Joaquín Castro | D | 0% |
| CA | District 27 | Rep. Judy Chu | D | 0% |
| RI | District 1 | Rep. David Cicilline | D | 0% |
| MA | District 5 | Rep. Katherine Clark | D | 0% |
| NY | District 9 | Rep. Yvette Clarke | D | 0% |
| MO | District 1 | Rep. William Clay | D | 0% |
| MO | District 5 | Rep. Emanuel Cleaver | D | 0% |
| SC | District 6 | Rep. James Clyburn | D | 0% |
| TN | District 9 | Rep. Steve Cohen | D | 0% |
| VA | District 11 | Rep. Gerald Connolly | D | 0% |
| CT | District 2 | Rep. Joe Courtney | D | 0% |
| MD | District 7 | Rep. Elijah Cummings | D | 0% |
| CA | District 53 | Rep. Susan Davis | D | 0% |
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| CO | District 1 | Rep. Diana DeGette | D | 0% |
| CT | District 3 | Rep. Rosa DeLauro | D | 0% |
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| CA | District 11 | Rep. Mark DeSaulnier | D | 0% |
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| NY | District 16 | Rep. Eliot Engel | D | 0% |
| CA | District 18 | Rep. Anna Eshoo | D | 0% |
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| CA | District 3 | Rep. John Garamendi | D | 0% |
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| AZ | District 2 | Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick | D | 0% |
| NH | District 2 | Rep. Ann Kuster | D | 0% |
| RI | District 2 | Rep. Jim Langevin | D | 0% |
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| CA | District 47 | Rep. Alan Lowenthal | D | 0% |
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| CA | District 32 | Rep. Grace Napolitano | D | 0% |
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| CA | District 12 | Rep. Nancy Pelosi | D | 0% |
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| ME | District 1 | Rep. Chellie Pingree | D | 0% |
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| NC | District 4 | Rep. David Price | D | 0% |
| IL | District 5 | Rep. Mike Quigley | D | 0% |
| NY | District 4 | Rep. Kathleen Rice | D | 0% |
| CA | District 40 | Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard | D | 0% |
| CA | District 36 | Rep. Raul Ruiz | D | 0% |
| MD | District 2 | Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger | D | 0% |
| IL | District 1 | Rep. Bobby Rush | D | 0% |
| OH | District 13 | Rep. Tim Ryan | D | 0% |
| CA | District 38 | Rep. Linda Sánchez | D | 0% |
| MD | District 3 | Rep. John Sarbanes | D | 0% |
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| VA | District 3 | Rep. Robert Scott | D | 0% |
| GA | District 13 | Rep. David Scott | D | 0% |
| NY | District 15 | Rep. José Serrano | D | 0% |
| AL | District 7 | Rep. Terri Sewell | D | 0% |
| CA | District 30 | Rep. Brad Sherman | D | 0% |
| NJ | District 8 | Rep. Albio Sires | D | 0% |
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| CA | District 14 | Rep. Jackie Speier | D | 0% |
| CA | District 15 | Rep. Eric Swalwell | D | 0% |
| CA | District 41 | Rep. Mark Takano | D | 0% |
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| NV | District 1 | Rep. Dina Titus | D | 0% |
| NY | District 20 | Rep. Paul Tonko | D | 0% |
| CA | District 35 | Rep. Norma Torres | D | 0% |
| MD | Sen. Chris Van Hollen | D | 0% | |
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| NY | District 7 | Rep. Nydia Velázquez | D | 0% |
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| CA | District 43 | Rep. Maxine Waters | D | 0% |
| NJ | District 12 | Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman | D | 0% |
| VT | District At-Large | Rep. Peter Welch | D | 0% |
| FL | District 24 | Rep. Frederica Wilson | D | 0% |
| KY | District 3 | Rep. John Yarmuth | D | 0% |