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Today, House Speaker Joe Straus announced the committee assignments for the 2009 session.
Below are the average scores on the Environment Texas Legislative Scorecard from the 2005 and 2007 sessions for
key committee members (the number next to the name indicates the percentage of key votes for which a member supported the Environment Texas position).
The average pro-environment
voting record for each committee:
Environmental
Regulations. In 2007, the average score of all the members was 23%. This year,
it jumps up to 54% plus two new members (both Rs representing heavy industry
areas). The committee now includes long-time
environmental champs Lon Burnam and Jessica Farrar.
Energy
Resources. In 2007, the average score of all members was 34%. This
year, it is 37% plus Craddick (for whom we obviously don't have a recent voting
record) and new member Tara Rios Ybarra (D who represents a district with two
coastal wind farms) . The committee now includes
clean energy champ Mark Strama, author of a key measure in 2007 to protect the
renewable energy market.
Natural
Resources. In 2007, the average score of all the members was 45%. In
2009, the average score did not change. There is one new member, Doug Miller, an
R who sat on the Edwards Aquifer Authority.
State Affairs (includes some electricity issues). In
2007, the average score of the Regulated Industries committee was 31%. In 2009,
the average score is 40% plus Craddick (for whom we obviously don't have a
recent voting record) and Diana Maldanado (who was endorsed by LCV). The committee
includes David Swinford, a key advocate for wind and solar power.
Lifetime Voting Records
of 2009 Committee members from Environment Texas Legislative
Scorecard
Energy
Resources (may handle renewable energy and efficiency issues)
Chair - Jim Keffer
25%
Vice Chair - Myra Crownover
9
Joe Crabb
24
Rick Hardcastle
31
Tom Craddick
NA
David Farabee
38
Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles
75
Tara Rios Ybarra
NA
Mark Strama 62
Environmental
Reg
Chair Byron Cook
23
Vice Chair Warren Chisum
24
Lon Burnam
100
Jim Dunnam
85
Jessica Farrar
83
Kelly Hancock
17
Ken Legler
NA
Marc Veasey
77
Randy Weber
NA
Natural
Resources
Chair Allan
Ritter 32
Vice Chair Bill Callegari
31
Frank Corte
39
Tracy King
38
Trey Martinez Fischer
85
John Smithee
31
Brandon Creighton
33
Stephen Frost
77
Jodie Laubenberg 16
Eddie Lucio III
67
Doug Miller
NA
State
Affairs
Chair - Burt Solomons
23
VC - Jose Menendez
68
Tom Craddick
NA
Pete Gallego
75
Harvey Hilderbran
38
Rene Oliveira
63
David Swinford
31
Sylvester Turner
56
Byron Cook
23
David Farabee
38
Charlie Geren
9
Patricia Harless
0
Delwin Jones
31
Eddie Lucio III
67
Diana Maldonado
NA
