Senate Environment and Public Works Committee:
Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water Subcommittee

The Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water subcommittee has jurisdiction over a number of environmental issues including: the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, national wildlife refuges, and numerous fisheries and wildlife issues.

Senator Lincoln Chafee (R-RI) chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water. As the Mayor of Warwick, R.I., Sen. Chafee oversaw the cleanup of Greenwich Bay, which had been closed to shell fishing due to severe contamination. Oysters have now returned to the Bay after a 40-plus year absence. Since his appointment to the Senate in 1999, Sen. Chafee has been a vocal supporter of strengthening the Clean Water Act, and has sponsored legislation to protect estuaries and coral reefs. In one of his first Senate votes, Sen. Chafee defended our nation? streams and rivers by opposing efforts to allow mining companies to remove the tops of mountains and dump the resulting waste into streams and rivers. LCV named Sen. Chafee as one of its Environmental Champions in 2000.  He has a 2004 score of 50%.

 

Hillary Rodham Clinton, First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, was elected to the U.S. Senate from New York in November 2000.  Clinton is currently the ranking member of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water. Throughout her time in the Senate, Clinton has been a strong advocate for the environment.  In 2001 she offered a proposal to deal with health problems caused by environmental defects.  In the 108th Congress, Senator Clinton voted to reinstate over $1 billion in Superfund fees, which force polluters to pay to clean up the toxic waste they create.  She also supported increased funding to protect our nation? air, land, and water.  Senator Clinton has achieved a lifetime LCV score of 90%, including a perfect 100% for votes in 2004.