ELECTIONS MATTER: Here’s the last of our series today on the changes to Senate leadership, and it's an important one!
The powerful Appropriations Committee controls the purse strings of government agencies, including those responsible for ...protecting the environment, such as the EPA, Forest Service, Fish & Wildlife, and the National Park Service. The chair goes from Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) who has a good environmental voting record to Richard Shelby (R-AL) who is generally hostile to pro-environment bills.
We hope this example shows that elections DO matter and have serious repercussions for issues like the environment. Click SHARE or LIKE and TELL US >> Are the senators from your home state generally favorable to the environment? See More
The powerful Appropriations Committee controls the purse strings of government agencies, including those responsible for ...protecting the environment, such as the EPA, Forest Service, Fish & Wildlife, and the National Park Service. The chair goes from Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) who has a good environmental voting record to Richard Shelby (R-AL) who is generally hostile to pro-environment bills.
We hope this example shows that elections DO matter and have serious repercussions for issues like the environment. Click SHARE or LIKE and TELL US >> Are the senators from your home state generally favorable to the environment? See More