[birdky] Re: Songbird Conservation Award

Senator McConnell's voting record (taken from the Sierra Club's website) is 
pasted below.

~Roseanna Denton~

roseanna@xxxxxxxxxxx
Pulaski Co., KY     

    He voted to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration, 
even though it is an insignificant addition to our energy supplies.
.           He voted against raising corporate fuel efficiency standards, the 
single most effective way to reduce green house gasses and air pollution while 
protecting our energy supply.

.           He voted in favor of giving Bush broad powers to override 
agricultural regulations.

.           He voted to remove funding from three key agricultural conservation 
programs for fiscal year 2002: the Wetlands Reserve Program, Farmland 
Protection Program and the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program.

.           He voted to remove Endangered Species Act protections for Coho 
Salmon and lake fish in the Klamath Basin in California.

.           He voted to allow oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico along 
Florida's west coast.

.           He voted against a rule that prevents Bush from allowing the 
extraction of coal, oil and gas from National Monuments (protected land). Bush 
is advocating such action.

.           Not only did he vote against campaign finance reform, he is the 
lead plaintiff in a lawsuit to overturn McCain-Feingold reforms.  

Before all this he voted to:

.           weaken citizen right to know on toxic waste releases,

.           roll back clean water standards and drinking water guidelines,

.           cut funding for EPA enforcement of environmental laws,

.           prohibit enforcement of the Safe Drinking Water Act unless the 
Federal Government paid all the costs,

.           allow states to reject Federal Safe drinking water standards,

.           tie up all pollution regulations in misleading and inaccurate 
economic analysis,

.           weaken wetlands protections,

.           stop the listing of new endangered species and remove funding from 
endangered species programs,

.           allow clear cutting of forests in the name of forest health,

.           allow mining and logging in designated wilderness,

.           sell off the country's natural resources to balance the budget,

.            continue to give away federally owned minerals under the 1872 
Mining Law,

.           prevent reasonable grazing reforms.  

He has been a strong supporter in the safe disposal of the chemical weapons 
stored at the Bluegrass Army Depot. 

He has given strong support to the cleanup of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion 
Plant. He was responsible for legislation creating Kentucky's only Wildlife 
Refuge, setting aside 20,000 acres on the Clarks Fork River. 

He has sponsored legislation to add Fern Lake to the Cumberland Gap National 
Historic Park, protecting Middlesborough's water supply. 

And he sponsored bear protection to prevent the poaching of bears and stem the 
trade in bear parts.


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