John Shimkus on Energy & Environment

• Let wind energy production tax credit expire. (Aug 2014)
• Sponsored requiring 80% fuel-choice vehicles by 2018. (May 2011)
• Voted YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling. (May 2011)
• Voted YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases. (Apr 2011)
• Drill the Outer Continental Shelf; & license new nuke plants. (Mar 2011)
• Member of House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (Mar 2011)
• No EPA regulation of greenhouse gases. (Jan 2011)
• Voted NO on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution. (Jun 2009)
• Establish a Carbon Storage Research Corporation. (Mar 2009)
• Bar greenhouse gases from Clean Air Act rules. (Jan 2009)
• Voted NO on tax credits for renewable electricity, with PAYGO offsets. (Sep 2008)
• Voted NO on tax incentives for energy production and conservation. (May 2008)
• Voted NO on tax incentives for renewable energy. (Feb 2008)
• Voted NO on investing in homegrown biofuel. (Aug 2007)
• Voted YES on criminalizing oil cartels like OPEC. (May 2007)
• Set goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025. (Jan 2007)
• Voted NO on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies. (Jan 2007)
• Rated 0% by the CAF, indicating opposition to energy independence. (Dec 2006)
• Voted NO on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore. (Jun 2006)
• Voted YES on scheduling permitting for new oil refinieries. (Jun 2006)
• Voted YES on authorizing construction of new oil refineries. (Oct 2005)
• Tax credit for gas stations providing 85% ethanol fuel. (Apr 2005)
• Voted YES on passage of the Bush Administration national energy policy. (Jun 2004)
• Voted YES on implementing Bush-Cheney national energy policy. (Nov 2003)
• Voted NO on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR. (Aug 2001)
• Voted NO on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels. (Aug 2001)
• Voted NO on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol. (Jun 2000)