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Rep. Robert Aderholt (R)$358,030http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Robert_Aderholt.jpg"I fall into the second group of people who believe, as do many very credible scientists, that the earth is currently in a natural warming cycle rather than a man-made climate change. Many scientists believe that natural cycles of warming and cooling have existed since the beginning of Earth. If we take the current models of climate prediction and apply those same models to what actually happened in the last thirty years, the models are shown to be very flawed. In addition, what knowledge we do have of a warming period in the Middle Ages cannot be explained by current models which are focused on greenhouse gas reductions."ALfhkltihovDaily Mountain Eagle Op-Ed, 12/13/10https://aderholt.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/controversy-about-climate-change
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Rep. Mo Brooks (R)$21,500http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Mo_Brooks.jpg“I’m also old enough to remember when the same left-wing part of our society was creating a global cooling scare in order to generate funds for their pet projects. So 30-some years ago the big scare was global cooling, and once they drained that [topic], they shifted to global warming. So I’m approaching the issue with a healthy degree of skepticism. If the evidence is there to prove it, then so be it.”ALxoprlcvymScience Insider, 2/9/11http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2011/02/healthy-skeptic-climate-change-promises-hearings-science-subcommittee
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Rep. Gary Palmer (R)$51,850http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Gary_Palmer.jpg“I have a long history of advocating for common sense environmentalism while fighting environmental alarmism. This hearing demonstrated that our current path is based on alarmism. As Dr. Curry testified at the hearing, climate has always changed and always will change, and the models that proponents of vastly reduced carbon emissions rely upon to justify their preferred policies, have proven inaccurate.”ALjiekrzjydPalmer Website, 4/17/15https://palmer.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/palmer-critical-obama-s-un-climate-commitment-after-science-committee
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Sen. Jeff Sessions (R)$500,700http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Jeff_Sessions.jpg“Although the president has repeatedly claimed that global temperatures are increasing ‘faster than anybody anticipated,’ this assertion is contradicted by plain fact. Climate models have predicted rapid temperature increases, but actual temperatures have been essentially flat for 18 years. We are approaching the 10th anniversary of the last major hurricane to reach landfall in the U.S., yet the Environmental Protection Agency continues to assert that climate change causes more storms.”ALexkunkipiUSA Today, 10/13/15http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/10/13/energy-temperatures-workers-businesses-jeff-sessions-editorials-debates/73887302/
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Sen. Richard Shelby (R)$703,746http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Richard_Shelby.jpg“Important scientific research is ongoing, and there are still many questions that must be answered before we take steps to address this issue. For example, is the climate change phenomenon cyclical or is it a function of man-made pollutants, or both? I believe the science must be firmly grounded before we take any actions that could seriously cripple many sectors of our economy.”ALrqqdxxgsgWeld for Birmingham, 4/29/15http://weldbham.com/blog/2015/04/29/richard-shelby-speaks-on-climate-change/
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Rep. Don Young (R)$1,402,618http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Don_Young.jpgRep. Young said "we have to adapt” to climate change but “the arrogance of mankind thinking they can do everything good and everything bad is beyond my imagination. This is not a new thing, never been a new thing.” He then said plenty of scientists “say this is all hogwash, that man is not involved … I’m not changing. I know exactly where I’m headed. I’ll probably be right in the long run.”AKqfeovmenvAlaska Dispatch News, July 2015https://www.adn.com/article/20160213/adn-poll-alaskans-are-sure-about-global-warming-not-its-cause
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Sen. Dan Sullivan (R)$467,685http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Dan_Sullivan.jpg“With 7 billion humans on earth, there is likely some impact on nature. The last few years clearly show, though, that there is no concrete scientific consensus on the extent to which humans contribute to climate change.”AKfnixvxyyjNews Miner, 8/18/14http://www.newsminer.com/u-s-senate-dan-sullivan/article_6f0a7018-270f-11e4-8656-0017a43b2370.html
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Rep. Paul Gosar (R)$57,050http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Paul_Gosar.jpg"More troubling is the fact that this climate change talk has adopted all of the socialist talking points, wrapped false science and ideology into ‘climate justice’ and is being presented to guilt people into leftist policies.”AZcixkgmoknTown Hall Open Letter, 9/17/15http://townhall.com/columnists/congressmanpaulgosar/2015/09/17/why-i-am-boycotting-pope-francis-address-to-congress-n2053596/page/full
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Rep. David Schweikert (R)$63,065http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/David_Schweikert.jpg“When you think about the complexity of a worldwide system and the amount of data you’d have to capture, and how you adjust for a sunspot, and how you adjust for a hurricane and I think it’s incredibly arrogant for the Al Gores of the world to stand up and say the world is coming to an end.”AZeugxwzpgvGrassroots Interviews, 6/16/10http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/7709585
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Rep. Trent Franks (R)$94,400http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Trent_Franks.jpg“While I am concerned about the potential effects of global warming, I have yet to see clear and convincing evidence that it exists beyond historical fluctuations.”AZjjptfpcxpAZ Central Candidate Survey, 2008http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/questionnaire2008/congress08.php?action=ViewAns&canname=frankst
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Sen. Jeff Flake (R)$277,162http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Jeff_Flake.jpg“Certainly, nobody can deny that we’ve had several years of warmer temperatures. If that signals just a routine change that is manmade or not, I don’t think anybody can say definitely.”AZleodpjjnyArizona Public Radio, 10/25/12http://knau.org/post/senate-candidates-weigh-climate-change-uranium-mining
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Sen. John McCain (R)$3,480,702http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/John_McCain.jpg“For years during the Bush presidency, Sen. John McCain argued that global warming pollution was an existential threat that required a strict cap-and-trade carbon market. Now that Obama is president and climate policy is a real possibility, McCain sounds and acts like a climate science denier: ‘I do not support the cap-and-trade energy reform legislation under consideration in Congress. There are dramatic environmental changes happening in the arctic region — whether one believes they are man-made or natural.’ McCain now opposes the cap-and-trade policy he once championed, and opposes the EPA finding that greenhouse gases are pollution.”AZzinakissaThinkProgress, 9/13/10http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2010/09/13/174788/gop-senate-deniers/
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Rep. Rick Crawford (R)$81,022http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Rick_Crawford.jpgRep. Crawford fielded a question regarding climate change and President Obama’s environmental agenda while speaking to radio station KASU 91.9 FM. “There’s not sound science to support some of the initiatives that the President, I think, is committed to. We know that some of the research was faulty and it drove a lot of the agenda for a long time. And then it turned out there were some questions about the validity of that research.” He continued, “I don’t see a lot of the green initiatives that are being talked about being supported by scientific data, but more supported by political agendas.”ARvalvztzkcTalk Business, 1/27/13http://talkbusiness.net/2013/01/cong-crawford-wants-permanent-spending-controls/
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Rep. Bruce Westerman (R)$97,450http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Bruce_Westerman.jpg“You did state rather emphatically and include in your written testimony that carbon pollution is the biggest driver of climate change. That obviously is debatable it’s been debated here quite a bit. But I want to go past that and pretend with you that carbon is arch enemy number one.”ARxsjgkqmptHouse Committee on Natural Resources hearing, 5/13/15 via The Guardianhttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2015/may/21/congress-manufactures-doubt-and-denial-in-climate-change-hearing
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Sen. John Boozman (R)$276,627http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/John_Boozman.jpg“Well I think that we’ve got perhaps climate change going on. The question is what’s causing it. Is man causing it, or, you know, is this a cycle that happens throughout the years, throughout the ages. And you can look back some of the previous times when there was no industrialization, you had these different ages, ice ages, and things warming and things. That’s the question.” More recently, Sen. Boozman said, “Now I’m not a scientist but I’m an optometrist, and I spent much of my life working with the scientific community. I was a zoology major. And I’ve said before that there’s nothing scientific about discrediting people who present conflicting evidence and ask reasonable questions.”ARkrqtjhinvThinkProgress, 9/13/10 ||| Arkansas Times, 6/21/14
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Sen. Tom Cotton (R)$622,630http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Tom_Cotton.jpg“The simple fact is that for the last 16 years the earth’s temperature has not warmed. That’s the facts...Now, there’s no doubt that the temperature has risen over the past 150, 200 years. It’s most likely that human activity has contributed to some of that.”ARdihovykhhArkansas Times, 9/25/14http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2014/09/25/cotton-on-climate-change-yes-its-probably-real-but-let-the-market-handle-it
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Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R)$80,750http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Doug_LaMalfa.jpg“There’s a lot coming out lately about the sun going into a cooler phase because we’re not getting the sunspot activity, so it’s starting to blow up the global warming idea, which if you’re tracking temperatures haven’t really edged up in at least 18 years.”CAibnuacttlKNCO, 4/12/15http://knco.com/lamalfa-hosts-contentious-town-hall-meeting/
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Rep. Tom McClintock (R)$208,550http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Tom_McClintock.jpg“The planet has been warming — on and off — since the last ice age, when glaciers covered much of North America. The climate has been changing since the planet formed, often much more abruptly than it has in recent millennia. Until the earth begins moving into its next ice age, we can reasonably expect it to continue to warm. That will mean less water can be stored in snow packs and therefore more will need to be stored behind dams.”CAxeucdztpeCongressman Tom McClintock, 2/27/14https://mcclintock.house.gov/newsroom/speeches/california-water-its-the-storage
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Rep. Jeff Denham (R)$352,997http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Jeff_Denham.jpg“Nobody really knows the cause. The Earth cools, the Earth warms … It could be caused by carbon dioxide or methane. Maybe we should kill the cows to stop the methane, or stop breathing to stop the CO2 … Thousands of people die every year of cold, so if we had global warming it would save lives … We ought to look out for people. The Earth can take care of itself.”CAyrmaiiryqDaily Journal, 4/22/14http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/opinions/2014-04-22/op-ed-treat-climate-change-like-a-security-threat/1776425121892.html
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Rep. Devin Nunes (R)$335,000http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Devin_Nunes.jpgRep. Nunes has questioned questions humans’ contribution to climate change: “Scientists admit that they cannot be sure whether the Earth’s temperature is rising due to cyclical warming and cooling processes, or whether and how much humans are influencing it,” he said. He has also called the science behind human-caused climate change “emotional junk science” and accused “environmental extremists” of adopting it “as a religion.”CApwhddrpjhProject Vote Smart Issue Position, 1/1/12 ||| Run on Sun, 8/14/13 ||| National Review, 4/14/15http://votesmart.org/public-statement/353529/ ||| http://runonsun.com/~runons5/blogs/blog1.php/climate/of-unicorns-and-climate-change ||| http://www.nationalreview.com/article/416918/no-farmers-dont-use-80-percent-californias-water-devin-nunes
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Rep. Ken Calvert (R)$364,474http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Ken_Calvert.jpgCalvert co-sponsored H.Res.954, a resolution that stated: “Whereas recent events have uncovered extensive evidence from the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in England (in this resolution referred to as the ‘CRU’) which involved many researchers across the globe discussing the destruction, altering, and hiding of data that did not support global warming claims.”CAbdtprcwjiH.Res.954, Gov Track, 12/8/09https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hres974/text
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Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R)$91,294http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Dana_Rohrabacher.jpg“Just so you’ll know, global warming is a total fraud and it’s being designed because what you’ve got is you’ve got liberals who get elected at the local level want state government to do the work and let them make the decisions. Then, at the state level, they want the federal government to do it. And at the federal government, they want to create global government to control all of our lives.”CAmeusczjxdHuffington Post, 8/12/13http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/12/dana-rohrabacher-global-warming_n_3743390.html
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Rep. Darrell Issa (R)$317,910http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Darrell_Issa.jpg“One of the difficulties in examining the issue of the climate change and greenhouse gases is that there is a wide range of scientific opinion on this issue and the science community does not agree to the extent of the problem or the critical threshold of when this problem is truly catastrophic.”CAhxesgghfzProject Vote Smart Issue Position, 1/1/12; Run on Sun, 8/14/13; National Review, 4/14/15
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Rep. Duncan Hunter (R)$70,150http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Duncan_Hunter.jpg“There is climate change. Is there human-caused climate change? I don’t buy that.”CApnfupgswmTimes of San Diego, 9/26/14http://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2014/09/26/hunter-kimber-spar-50th-district-debate/
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Rep. Scott Tipton (R)$445,563http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Scott_Tipton.jpg“Rep. Tipton conceded that climate change exists, but argued that it’s caused by natural climate cycles rather than humans. ‘Here in the state of Colorado as our tree rings demonstrate, we’ve had droughts long before there were very many people here,’ the Tea Party freshman argued. Acknowledging that humans can affect the climate is futile because it would ‘divide America,’ said Tipton.”COrugvcvvemThinkProgress, 8/23/12http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/08/23/734181/scott-tipton-climate-change/
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Rep. Ken Buck (R)$411,822http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Ken_Buck.jpg“Sen. Inhofe was the first person to stand up and say this global warming is the greatest hoax that has been perpetrated. The evidence just keeps supporting his view, and more and more people’s view, of what’s going on.”CObtnhxwuypThinkProgress, 8/8/13http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/08/08/2434291/reintroducing-ken-buck-colorado/
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Rep. Doug Lamborn (R)$336,838http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Doug_Lamborn.jpg“We must always strive to be good stewards of our environment. However, we must not cripple our economy and potential for growth and development with hugely expensive costs based on assertions that are being disputed and questioned within the scientific community,” Rep. Lamborn said. He has also said there are “a lot of contentious facts and claims about global warming and whether it is man made and ‘not much unanimity’ about it.”COdgzywximmThe Mountain Mail, 6/3/13|||Doug Lamborn Website, 5/15/15http://google.com/|||http://google.com
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Rep. Mike Coffman (R)$760,346http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Mike_Coffman.jpg“There is no question that climate change is real and has existed since the beginning of time, and will always be a factor that can negatively impact our environment. The role that carbon emissions, from human activity, have on climate change is still a subject of debate. But what is clear is that we should do all that we can to reduce carbon emissions in order to improve the quality of our environment. However, we should do so under a balanced approach that considers the economic impact of the rate at which we reduce our carbon emissions.”COykksegcbpMike Coffman Website Issueshttps://coffman.house.gov/issues/climate-change
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Sen. Cory Gardner (R)$1,235,199http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Cory_Gardner.jpg“During the lightning round, yes-or-no portion of The Denver Post debate between Gardner and Udall, the Republican was asked ‘do you believe humans are contributing significantly to climate change?’ ‘Well, I’ve said all along climate is changing,’ Gardner began, earning reprimands from the moderators to answer in one word. ‘This is an important issue and I don’t think you can say yes or no,’ Gardner fired back, earning boos from the crowd and another reprimand. ‘I believe climate is changing, but I disagree to the extent that’s been in the news that man is changing — ’ he started again, earning a third reprimand and a reminder that he would have time later to explain his answer if he wanted.”COpdkpamjrhMSNBC, 10/6/14http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/gop-senate-candidate-wont-answer-climate-change
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Rep. Ted Yoho (R)$18,900http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Ted_Yoho.jpgWhen asked by ThinkProgress’s Scott Keyes if climate change was caused by human action Yoho said, “No. I think it’s a natural occurrence. I think we need to be good stewards of the resources we have and we need to get better, which we have, through technology and innovation.”FLqromzbvdrThinkProgress, 4/15/14http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/04/15/3426668/ted-yoho-climate-denier/
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Rep. Dennis Ross (R)$80,250http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Dennis_Ross.jpgRoss told ThinkProgress, “Climate change has gone on for millions of years. I think we are contributing to some climate change, but I am not accepting all the theories that are out there that say climate change is what it is because of us.”FLqsgqvnzmaThinkProgress, 3/21/14http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/03/21/3417465/dennis-ross-climate-change/
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Rep. Jeff Miller (R)$9,250http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Jeff_Miller.jpgOn MSNBC, Miller said, “the issue of climate change has been happening for a long time, and for us to be able to think that we, as matter of fact, can change what’s going on right now to any substantive measure is -- is really kind of foolish in my opinion.”FLozityhgzlMSNBC, 6/9/14http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/jeff-miller-human-activity-climate-change-foolish?utm_content=buffere1c64&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
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Rep. Bill Posey (R)$50,400http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Bill_Posey.jpgPosey told White House science advisor John Holdren that global warming is a "natural phenomenon," and says that "we were worried about global cooling before Gore invented the Internet."FLdoeihjneyYouTube,3/26/14https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EHY_uMWYds
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Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R)$95,500http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Mario_Diaz-Ballart.jpg“I know there’s a lot of money to be made on the bandwagon of global warming, you can make movies, documentaries, get a lot of research money — and that’s okay, I love capitalism … My fear is using the bandwagon of global warming to have Congress act on some knee-jerk reaction which will please some editorialists, will hurt our economy, will not do anything to help us in the future.”FLuyxwkehimMario Diaz-Balart Video, 9/25/07https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RhCBDBvACE
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R)$803,267http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Marco_Rubio.jpgAt a town hall meeting in Iowa a voter told Rubio that he believed global warming is a hoax. Rubio responded: “It’s not in this following sense: The climate has always changed.”FLldeudpagvDes Moines Register, 2/24/16http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2016/01/24/marco-rubio-opposes-climate-change-measures/79274914/
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Rep. Buddy Carter (R)$44,650http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Buddy_Carter.jpg“Certainly we have to pay attention to [climate change]. There’s no doubt about that. But I do have reservations about how real it is.”GApoezacfkkSavannah Morning News, 7/7/14http://savannahnow.com/news/2014-07-14/johnson-keeps-attacks-carter-1st-district-gop-debate
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Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R)$90,250http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Lynn_Westmoreland.jpgCo-filed a petition to the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider the endangerment finding that said: “Climategate reveals a serious lack of integrity in the underlying data and models, such that it is doubtful that any process can be trusted until the data and models are validated and their integrity assured.”GAuodcayptsPetition to EPA, 12/23/09http://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/Downloads/endangerment/Petition_for_Reconsideration_Southeastern_Legal_Foundation.pdf
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Rep. Jody Hice (R)$11,100http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Jody_Hice.jpg“The Radical Environmental Movement with former Vice President Al Gore as its poster boy has propagandized the theory of impending environmental disaster due to ‘Global Warming.’…The theory is that so-called global warming is caused by greenhouse gases caused by carbon-based fuels.”GAeaapjgagaJody Hice for Congress 2010 archive via the WaybackMachine, last accessed February 2016https://web.archive.org/web/20100715104711/http:/www.jodyhice.com/issues/tax_kill.html
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Rep. Tom Price (R)$137,000http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Tom_Price.jpg“This decision goes against all common sense, especially considering the many recent revelations of errors and obfuscation in the allegedly ‘settled science’ of global warming.”GAcodvylmafRepublican Study Committee via VoteSmarthttps://votesmart.org/public-statement/490191/republicans-continue-to-fight-national-energy-tax#.VsRk2jYrKRs
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Rep. Doug Collins (R)$49,250http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Doug_Collins.jpgWhen asked if he believes human activity is contributing to climate change, Rep. Collins answered “no.”GAqltcasauqProject Vote Smart Political Courage Test, 2012http://votesmart.org/candidate/political-courage-test/67851/doug-collins/
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Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R)$26,500http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Barry_Loudermilk.jpg“I believe that climate change is a function of nature; the climate has been changing as long as the Earth has existed.”GAmwlnxoolwAtlanta Journal-Constitution, 12/31/15http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/ga-politicians-cool-to-global-warming/njdR3/
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Rep. Rick Allen (R)$46,050http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Rick_Allen.jpgIn response to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution question, Allen “vehemently rejected the idea that warming is an established fact,” asserting in writing that the “science is definitely NOT settled.”GAlnlvqmetvAtlanta Journal-Constitution, 12/31/15http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/ga-politicians-cool-to-global-warming/njdR3/
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Sen. David Perdue (R)$217,150http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/David_Perdue.jpg“The scientific community is not in total agreement about whether mankind has been a contributing factor.”GAkxqwzltobAtlanta Journal-Constitution, 8/8/15http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/state-agencys-warning-on-climate-change-spurs-acti/nnFBz/
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Sen. Johnny Isakson (R)$442,583http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Johnny_Isakson.jpg“Science has shown us that there has been a gradual warming of the earth over the last 50 years. What is not as clear is whether the cause for this warming is man-made emissions, a cyclical warming of the planet, or a combination of both. Given the uncertainty in the science behind climate change, I believe that we should take proactive steps, both personally and as a nation, to reduce our emissions footprint.”GAawbfafjscProject Vote Smart Issue Position, 1/1/11http://votesmart.org/public-statement/580879/issue-position-energy-and-the-environment#.VtXBTPkrLcs
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Rep. Mike Simpson (R)$327,750http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Mike_Simpson.jpg“There is widespread disagreement as to the magnitude of human influence on the climate and the degree to which any effort by humanity to reduce carbon output would slow or reverse the effects of climate change.”IDamlfurdesMike Simpson Websitehttp://simpson.house.gov/issuestatements/climatechange.htm
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Rep. Raul Labrador (R)$35,300http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Raúl_Labrador.jpg“It’s interesting that about a decade ago there was a lot of talk about ‘global warming.’ Thirty years ago we were talking about ‘global cooling.’ Now all we hear about is ‘climate change.’ There has been evidence throughout history of cycles when the earth gets warmer and cycles when the earth gets colder. We should always be wise stewards of the earth and all of our natural resources. But as a policymaker, I won't be guided by the global warming propaganda machine. Al Gore - we need you to return your Nobel Peace Prize!”IDkdospemxvMeet the Press, 2/13/14http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/10-questions-rep-raul-labrador-r-id-n29051
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Sen. Mike Crapo (R)$459,393http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Mike_Crapo.jpg“The debate over climate change has raged for many years. Natural factors such as solar activity, volcanic eruptions and orbital changes have affected the Earth's climate, resulting in both ice ages and periods of warming as far back as current technology can measure…While there is no dispute over the fact that the Earth's climate has changed many times over the planet's history, the underlying cause of these climactic shifts is ultimately not well-understood and is a matter of vigorous debate.”IDhsnmzwrecCrapo Websitehttp://www.crapo.senate.gov/issues/environment/climate_change.cfm
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Rep. Peter Roskam (R)$335,315http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Peter_Roskam.jpg“Roskam drew the ire of the crowd by calling global warming junk science.”ILvgnftqsokCollege of DuPage Courier, 10/20/06http://web.archive.org/web/20070928001803/http:/www.cod.edu/courier/10.20.06/NEWS_10.20.06.pdf
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Rep. Mike Bost (R)$90,450http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Mike_Bost.jpgIn a 2014 interview with St. Louis Public Radio, Bost disagreed with his opponent and now former Democratic Congressman Bill Enyart over whether climate change is real. “I don’t. I don’t know that I do; no,” Bost said. “Some scientists do; some scientists don’t” believe in climate change he said.ILoalhpzvdiSt. Louis Public Radio, 10/16/14http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/illinois-12th-district-contenders-highlight-differences
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Rep. Rodney Davis (R)$248,065http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Rodney_Davis.jpgDuring an interview with Illinois Public Media radio, a constituent asked Representative Rodney Davis what he planned to do to combat climate change, and he responded that “global warming has stopped 16 years ago.” He then went on the say that climate change is real but the debate is over whether or not it is manmade or natural.ILhqnqouomwIllinois Public Media, 10/16/12http://will.illinois.edu/focus/program/talk-to-the-candidate-rodney-davis-r-13th-illinois-congressional-district
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Rep. Randy Hultgren (R)$67,900http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Randy_Hultgren.jpg“The greatest impact on our climate clearly is the sun, and we have very little impact on the sun and how much energy and temperature the sun is sending to the earth. We have seen clearly over thousands of years that at different times more energy has come through and different times less energy has come through, and that variation has impacted climate change. Over the thousands of years that’s been recorded we’ve had both colder times and warmer times. It happens to be that we’ve recently come out of a warmer time and now actually we’re headed in to a little bit of a colder time, the impact of the sun is much different than impact that we could have had.”ILxicvvwupdIllinois Review, 12/2/09http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2009/12/on-the-issues-14th-congressional-district-randy-hultgren.html
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Rep. John Shimkus (R)$863,178http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/John_Shimkus.jpg"And I do believe that God said the Earth would not be destroyed by a flood. Now, do I believe in climate change? In my trip to Greenland, the answer is yes. The climate is changing…The question is more about the costs and benefits and trying to spend taxpayer dollars on something that you cannot stop versus the changes that have been occurring forever. That's the real debate."ILlkoaspxyyPolitico, 11/10/10http://www.politico.com/story/2010/11/shimkus-cites-genesis-on-climate-044958
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Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R)$109,698http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Marlin_Stutzman.jpg“One regulatory threat that our economy faces is the promulgation of a cap and trade system. My concern with these potential new regulations is that they will begin to regulate anthropogenic (man-made) climate change problems that the science community has not officially determined to exist.”INheoibymvgStutzman Website, last accessed February 2016http://stutzman.house.gov/pages/enviroment
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Rep. Todd Rokita (R)$107,650http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Todd_Rokita.jpg“We also agree that the science behind climate change is not conclusive. Meanwhile, most human emissions, which are far less than natural CO2 emissions, derive from electricity, transportation, and industry. These are the engines of change that have modernized and improved our lives.”INxczkmtgigTodd Rokita Website, 9/14/15https://rokita.house.gov/press-release/rokita-statement-pope-francis%E2%80%99s-historic-visit
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Rep. Larry Bucshon (R)$213,450http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Larry_Bucshon.jpg“It’s not about affecting the global temperature and climate change. There’s public comments out there that that question has been answered saying ‘no…’ Of all the climatologists whose career depends on the climate changing to keep themselves publishing articles, yes I could read that. But I don’t believe it.”INgiccbhcmsThe Daily Show, 9/22/14http://www.cc.com/video-clips/8q3nmm/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-burn-noticed
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Rep. Todd Young (R)$286,115http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Todd_Young.jpgDuring his first campaign, Young said he strongly opposed cap and trade and other unilateral measures to combat global warming and that he was uncertain what is causing the observed heating of the planet, adding that it could be caused by sunspots or the normal cycles of nature. “The science is not settled,” he said in an interview with the New York Times. According to the Times, “he said that given the scientific uncertainty, it was not wise to make major changes in the nation’s energy economy to reduce carbon emissions.”INwaxbtxluiNew York Times, 10/20/10http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/us/politics/21climate.html?_r=3&
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Sen. Dan Coats (R)$446,574http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Dan_Coats.jpgSen. Coats makes the common mistake of conflating climate change and weather. During a discussion on climate change at candidate forum Sen. Coats brought up a recent snowstorm to dismiss the threat of global warming. And after taking a Senate vote to say climate change is not a hoax, Sen. Coats tweeted: “Just voted to express that climate change is not a hoax. As @varvel pointed out, in Indiana we call it ‘March.’”INqwlhzxsjuEvansville Courier & Press, 4/18/10 via WayBack Machine ||| Talking Points Memo, 1/21/15
http://web.archive.org/web/20111202072837/http:/www.courierpress.com/news/2010/apr/18/tea-party-weakness-shown-by-times-poll/?print=1 ||| http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/senate-climate-change-hoax
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Rep. Rod Blum (R)$25,400http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Rod_Blum.jpg“Well, it’s interesting. I can see why the average citizen is skeptical about this. I guess you can put me in that camp. I’m skeptical … I’m not a scientist, and I know most scientists’ paychecks come from the federal government, and so right away that makes me a bit skeptical. Thirty years ago we were going into a global cooling period. That makes me skeptical.”IAcnwxhadnsIowa Public Radio, 5/29/14http://iowapublicradio.org/post/candidate-profile-rod-blum#stream/0
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Rep. David Young (R)$37,250http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/David_Young.jpg“I’ve seen, like a lot of people, credible studies on both sides of this issue. I do know one thing for sure: We need to use sound science and not put this into a political science box. We need to make sure also that if this is going to be put through public policy, it needs to not be done unilaterally through this administration, through executive order, or by the EPA.”IAbnneglssoIowa Public Radio, 5/22/14http://iowapublicradio.org/post/candidate-profile-david-young#stream/0
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Rep. Steve King (R)$78,950http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Steve_King.jpgAt an event sponsored by the Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity, King told the audience that climate change “is not proven, it’s not science. It’s more of a religion than a science.” More recently he suggested climate scientists “have collected a lot of money from donors in government and created a science that’s awfully hard to sustain.” He also said that more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could be good. “Everything that might result from a warmer planet is always bad in [environmentalists’] analysis,” King said. “There will be more photosynthesis going on if the Earth gets warmer … And if sea levels go up 4 or 6 inches, I don’t know if we’d know that.”IAilwnshfomThinkProgress, 8/7/13 ||| The Daily Caller, 12/14/15
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/08/07/2429331/steve-king-climate-religion/ ||| http://dailycaller.com/2015/12/14/rep-steve-king-climate-scientists-benefiting-from-federal-dollars/#ixzz40NJ6Mq4c
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Sen. Joni Ernst (R)$188,600http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Joni_Ernst.jpg“I don’t know the science behind climate change. I can’t say one way or another what is the direct impact from, whether it’s man-made or not…I’ve heard arguments from both sides, but I do believe in protecting our environment.”IAwkqtrjckxE&E News, 1/13/15http://www.eenews.net/special_reports/inside_committees/stories/1060011548
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Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R)$238,593http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Tim_Huelskamp.jpg“Shortly after the pope's speech, Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.) told The Huffington Post that climate change is not ‘settled science,’ so he didn't feel the same sense of urgency as his church's top leader. ‘I don't think there's a scientific consensus on that,’ Huelskamp said. ‘If you want to print that life begins at conception, that's settled science.’"KSdlubtjjwwHuffington Post, 9/24/15http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pope-congress-climate-change-immigration_us_56042de8e4b08820d91bf69d
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Rep. Mike Pompeo (R)$1,051,210http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Mike_Pompeo.jpgWhen asked if he believes global warming is a problem, Pompeo responded: “Look, I think the science needs to continue to develop. I’m happy to continue to look at it. There are scientists who think lots of different things about climate change. There’s some who think we’re warming, there’s some who think we’re cooling, there’s some who think that the last 16 years have shown a pretty stable climate environment.”KSfidqasoqlC-SPAN Interview, 6/25/13http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4456999/mike-pompeo-washington-journal
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Sen. Pat Roberts (R)$855,575http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Pat_Roberts.jpg“There’s no question there’s some global warming, but I’m not sure what it means. A lot of this is condescending elitism.”KScpnuyplrtTopeka Capital-Journal, 8/24/10http://cjonline.com/news/state/2010-08-24/oil_gas_industry_its_not_our_fault
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Rep. Ed Whitfield (R)$778,812http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Ed_Whitfield.jpg“As public-policymakers, I think the thing that concerns me, particularly, just like this--we have had 24 panels of witnesses on science. And every time basically there is an agreement there is warming, there is a disagreement on why it is. And we know that we have had warming periods in the past. We have had the Minoan warming period, the Roman warming period, the medieval warming period. And during that time, there was no industrialization, and so CO2 carbon emissions were not as high as they are today. Why? We don't exactly know the answer. The ice in the Arctic is diminishing; the ice in the Antarctic is growing, for lack of a better word.”KYkyfdociemSubcommittee on Energy and Power Hearign, 3/8/11https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-112hhrg66704/html/CHRG-112hhrg66704.htm
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Rep. Thomas Massie (R)$88,551http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Thomas_Massie.jpgRep. Thomas Massie challenged President Obama to roll out the proof that humans have played a hand in climate change. Massie said he was “disappointed” that the president in his second inaugural address blamed droughts on “human activity” and accused some of “denying the evidence of scientists,” the Washington Times reported. “As somebody with a science-type background, I took offense at that,” Mr. Massie said during a panel meeting billed as “Conversations With Conservatives.” “I would challenge him to show us the linkage — the undeniable linkage — between droughts and the change of weather, and some kind of human activity.”KYgpfbeztyuWashington Times Inside Politics Blog, 1/22/13http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2013/jan/22/rep-massie-mit-grad-questions-obamas-global-warmin/
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Sen. Mitch McConnell (R)$2,782,770http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Mitch_McConnell.jpg“For everybody who thinks it’s warming, I can find somebody who thinks it isn’t.” More recently, when asked whether he agreed that human activity was driving climate change, McConnell responded, “I’m not a scientist.”KYvgzsewyalCincinatti Inquirer, 3/7/14 ||| ThinkProgress, 10/3/14
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/elections/2014/03/07/mcconnell-expect-much-congress-year/6170921/ ||| http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/10/03/3575849/not-a-scientist/
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Sen. Rand Paul (R)$437,420http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Rand_Paul.jpg“Man may have a role in our climate…but I think nature may also have a role.”KYafvehxqxnMSNBC, 11/11/15http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/rand-paul-veers-the-right-climate
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Rep. Steve Scalise (R)$874,684http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Steve_Scalise.jpg“While their global warming agenda continues to lose support, it’s ironic that radical environmentalists are at it again, less than a month after NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), announced the Great Lakes had the most widespread ice coverage in over 35 years. Thirty years ago liberals were using global cooling to push new radical regulations. Then they shifted their focus to global warming in an effort to prop up wave after wave of job-killing regulations that are leading to skyrocketing food and energy costs.”LAlqnpkcvasThe Times-Picayune, 3/31/14http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/03/un_global_warming_report_says.html
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Rep. John Fleming (R)$763,950http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/John_Fleming.jpg“So after all of these years and all of this policy and now cost to government and to free enterprise, to private businesses and individuals we actually find out that all of that policy is based on what perhaps one could say is voodoo science.”LAwatpxcpcfHouse Committee on Natural Resources hearing, 5/13/15 via The Guardianhttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2015/may/21/congress-manufactures-doubt-and-denial-in-climate-change-hearing
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Sen. Bill Cassidy (R)$1,190,320http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Bill_Cassidy.jpgDuring a debate, Sen. Cassidy said, “global temperatures have not risen in 15 years.”LAzpfkbsgukWashington Examiner, 10/14/14http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/sen.-mary-landrieu-rep.-bill-cassidy-offer-opposing-climate-change-views/article/2554808
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Sen. David Vitter (R)$1,363,800http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/David_Vitter.jpg“I do not think the science clearly supports global warming theory.”LAzkavpekqkKFLY, 10/28/10http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/12/rep_scalise_voices_fresh_doubt.html
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Rep. Bruce Poliquin (R)$66,600http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Bruce_Poliquin.jpg“Clearly our climate is changing; the question is, is man responsible for that climate change? I personally am suspect.”MEfdgljjmvmMaine Public Broadcasting Network, 6/4/10http://www.mpbn.net/News/MPBNNews/tabid/1159/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3762/ItemId/12468/Default.aspx
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Rep. Andrew Harris (R)$164,360http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Andrew_Harris.jpg“I believe the actual science is uncertain … We have to understand why it hasn’t; before we spend literally, worldwide, trillions of dollars on this, we should understand exactly what’s happening, and even more importantly, whether … by spending that money, we have a change of affecting it in any significant way. Because I don’t believe we are going to convince the rest of the countries of the world not to use more energy.’”MDpazrxnbjpStar Democrat, 8/23/14http://www.stardem.com/news/local_news/article_3e9d58c7-afd2-509d-afe2-7e1850bed9b5.html
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Rep. Dan Benishek (R)$278,075http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Dan_Benishek.jpg“'The climate may be changing, but I don’t think man is contributing to it,’ Benishek said. ‘What do you think does it?’ Peterson asked. ‘Well, I think it’s just the natural course of things,’ Benishek said. ‘There is no scientific evidence that shows any of that.’”'MIrirxdualjABC News, 10/7/14http://abc10up.com/benishek-questioned-on-global-warming-climate-change/
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Rep. Bill Huizenga (R)$48,550http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Bill_Huizenga.jpg“Today’s global warming doomsayers simply lack the scientific evidence to support their claims. A host of leaders in the scientific community have recognized that the argument for drastic anthropogenic global warming is no longer based on science, but is being driven by irrational fanaticism.”MIibaukgybbVoteMI.org, 12/8/10http://vote-mi.org/Intro.aspx?State=MI&Id=MIHUIZENGABILL
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Rep. Justin Amash (R)$40,000http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Justin_Amash.jpgJustin Amash shared an article on Facebook called “Climate change: this is the worst scientific scandal of our generation,” with the caption “The MEDC central planners continue to hand hundreds of millions of your dollars to private energy companies, using ‘climate change’ and ‘economic diversification’ as justification. Only among government officials and their apologists could such a villainous concentration of resources into a single industry be called "diversification."MIrlboaqrsdJustin Amash Facebook, 11/29/09https://www.facebook.com/justinamash/?fref=nf
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Rep. Fred Upton (R)$1,031,883http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Fred_Upton.jpg“We’ve experienced climate change for a long time, highs and lows. We had the coldest winter ever last winter. There was a report out that the Great Lakes are six degrees below what they were a year ago. I don’t know that climate scientists can really predict where we’re headed.”MIemtiaqalfMichigan Live, 10/17/14http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2014/10/mayday_pac_ad_funders_against.html
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Rep. Tim Walberg (R)$229,720http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Tim_Walberg.jpg“I read scientists, editors … an equal number at the very least that say just the opposite that this is something that’s gone on for eons, that we go through these cycles.”MIclntjjauaTown Hall, 7/25/08https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEKfDBRDmUM
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Rep. Candice Miller (R)$67,200http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Candice_Miller.jpg“There is little doubt that the world’s climate is changing, because the climate has always changed. Just ask the dinosaurs or remember the ice age and how huge glaciers melting and moving formed our Great Lakes. The question is whether the current climate change is human-induced.”MIjeogzmcclMiller, 12/14/09https://candicemiller.house.gov/media-center/editorials/save-jobs-from-questionable-climate-rules
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Rep. Erik Paulsen (R)$159,699http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Erik_Paulsen.jpgRepresentative Erik Paulsen who, when asked if he believes humans are contributing to global warming, responded, “I’m not smart enough to know.”MNdzlpmbcwmThe New Republic, 4/22/15https://newrepublic.com/article/121558/what-climate-change-doing-texas-cattle-ranch
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Rep. Tom Emmer (R)$42,800http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Tom_Emmer.jpg“Biodiversity, diversity to me means you’ve got to look at both sides. You know what, the empirical evidence does not support this and the other reps that have talked. There is another side. Just because we make these chambers available to Will Steger and the crowd that wants to rely on Al Gore’s climate porn doesn’t mean that that’s the way it is. There is another side to the story, one that we tried to present a couple of months ago, but apparently it’s frowned upon by the folks that are in control so it doesn’t get the same play in this room. Folks, there is another side.”MNyvkysngpkThinkProgress, 10/13/10http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2010/10/13/174814/gop-governor-deniers-ii/
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Rep. Gregg Harper (R)$420,150http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Gregg_Harper.jpg“I don’t believe that the science is at all settled on man-made global warming,” Rep. Harper said. He has also claimed that data showing global climate change has been “skewed and manipulated."MSllttmtnjdMississippi State University Event, 11/2/12 ||| Washington Examiner, 6/26/14http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGgYk5H1yBo ||| http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2550237
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Sen. Roger Wicker (R)$705,352http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Roger_Wicker.jpgSen. Wicker was the only senator to vote against an amendment stating “Climate change is real and not a hoax.” In a statement after the vote Wicker said, “I agree with the more than 31,000 American scientists who do not believe the science on this matter is settled. Scientific research is advanced by asking questions and allowing for multiple viewpoints.”MSebmnqacntMashable, 1/22/15http://mashable.com/2015/01/22/roger-wicker-only-no-vote-climate-science/#vs53MWgT0sqw
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Rep. Ann Wagner (R)$244,600http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Ann_Wagner.jpg“The field of climate science is in its relative infancy and it appears that some within the public policy world have made dubious assessments of scientific information in order to further their own political agenda. Our policy response to this dilemma should not be based on inconsistent and unsound science or driven by the fear of a supposed catastrophe.”MOrqjuhucpbRiverfront Times, 5/29/13http://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2013/05/29/is-congresswoman-ann-wagner-a-climate-change-denier-warns-of-unsound-science
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Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R)$40,550http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Blaine_Luetkemeyer.jpg“Folks in Missouri and across the country are tired of this never ending government spending spree, and my goal is to deliver some of our people’s hard-earned money back into their pocketbooks instead of spending it on international junk science… Meanwhile, our very own Environmental Protection Agency recently reported that we are undergoing a period of worldwide cooling.”MOhtnjmgirhLuetkemeyer Websitehttp://luetkemeyer.house.gov/news/documentprint.aspx?DocumentID=279631
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Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R)$86,900http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Vicky_Hartzler.jpgRep. Hartzler has tweeted, “Enjoying another beautiful global warming day in Missouri! Rep. Skelton and the UN Summit need to quit their dist. of wealth for a hoax.” And “Global warming strikes America! Brrrr!”MOtdmadirhaTwitter, 12/15/09 ||| Twitter, 11/18/14https://twitter.com/vickyhartzler/status/6709535806 ||| https://twitter.com/rephartzler/status/534688626484183040
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Sen. Roy Blunt (R)$1,356,358http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Roy_Blunt.jpg“There isn’t any real science to say we are altering the climate path of the earth.”MOmywxfhzmxHuman Events, 4/29/09http://humanevents.com/2009/04/29/christian-leaders-condemn-hate-crimes-bill/
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Rep. Ryan Zinke (R)$345,986http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Ryan_Zinke.jpg“It’s not a hoax, but it’s not proven science either. But you don’t dismantle America’s power and energy on a maybe. We need to be energy independent first. We need to do it better, which we can, but it is not a settled science.”MTksvtmfnjeThinkProgress, 10/5/14http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/10/05/3576204/montana-candidate-climate-science/
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Sen. Steve Daines (R)$676,826http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Steve_Daines.jpgIn a radio interview with Montana Public Radio, Daines admits the climate is changing but questions the impacts by man, that there is “significant debate here,” the “jury is still out,” and brings up the debate of sun/solar cycles versus greenhouse gases.MTrauxtwxonMontana Public Radio, 12/2/12http://mtpr.org/post/interview-us-house-candidate-steve-daines
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Rep. Adrian Smith (R)$82,150http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Adrian_Smith.jpgIn an interview with Nebraska Citizen, Rep. Smith was asked if he believes in global warming, to which he responded “No!” The reporter said that Rep. Smith believes many of the “facts” about global warming are in dispute.NEvrsxvospwNebraska Citizen, 11/22/05https://web.archive.org/web/20080303130802/http://www.necitizen.com/weblog/2005/11/interview_with_adrian_smith.html
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Sen. Deb Fischer (R)$160,669http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Deb_Fischer.jpgWhen asked if she thinks climate change is real and caused by human activities Sen. Fischer responded, “I just don’t get into that whole discussion on it.”NEhgixeqnfbOmaha World Herald, 8/4/15http://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska/nebraska-will-challenge-the-epa-emissions-rule-attorney-general-says/article_17ea560e-3a14-11e5-94dd-835d00bd3c6f.html
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Rep. Mark Amodei (R)$49,500http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Mark_Amodei.jpg“The issue of climate change is very controversial and many scientists disagree as to its causes and how to handle it. I recognize that some scientists believe that global warming is caused by failed environmental practices; however, others argue that these temperature increases would incur regardless due to the warming of the center of the earth. I do not believe it is appropriate for the federal government to advocate one position over the other. Since, we do not know much about long-term climate change, I do agree we must have an unbiased research effort funded by both the government and the private sector to answer the essential questions about climate change.”NVvlwqltpliDaily Kos, 8/16/13http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/16/1231627/-Nevada-Rep-Mark-Amodei-R-Challenges-Climate-Change-in-a-Letter-to-a-Constituent
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Sen. Dean Heller (R)$467,534http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Dean_Heller.jpg“There always has been [climate change], there always will be,” Heller said, but human contribution to that change is “up for debate.”NVndpojvwvsPolitico, 1/25/15http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/senate-climate-votes-democrats-barbara-boxer-114556
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Rep. Frank Guinta (R)$84,700http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Frank_Guinta.jpg“I think people determine the issues most important to them and they want to talk about the economy, jobs and health care. That said the issue of global warming or climate change continues to come up; the bottom line is that the science has not been solidified.”NHilgaeeiuyWMUR, 7/17/14http://www.wmur.com/politics/closeup/closeup-frank-guinta-talks-about-the-campaign/27152204#!boMWcT
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Rep. Scott Garrett (R)$243,800http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Scott_Garrett.jpg“The real question that still exists in a lot of people’s minds, experts and non-experts alike, on the area of global warming and what role the government should have in this realm … I’ve heard a number of experts on both sides of the equation on this issue and to me the evidence, the question is still out there.”NJxfmkapnboNew Jersey Q&A, 9/30/10http://blog.northjersey.com/thepoliticalstate/78/congress-qa-climate-change/
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Rep. Leonard Lance (R)$96,950http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Leonard_Lance.jpg“The disclosure of emails from the CRU is very troubling and merits a thorough and transparent investigation. Clearly there is a strong appearance that important scientific research may have been tainted by politics.”NJptdmlwxigLance Website, 12/3/09https://lance.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/lance-calls-for-an-investigation-into-climategate
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Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R)$76,250http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Rodney_Frelinghuysen.jpg“Do I believe in climate change? I do, yeah,’ he told National Journal in 2011. ‘With the weather patterns over the past five years… What causes it? Quite honestly, I don’t know…Humans have some effect on climate change. There’s so many factors.’”NJgeqbmnkkrPolitifact, 5/18/14http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2014/may/18/jerry-brown/jerry-brown-says-virtually-no-republican-believes-/
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Rep. Steve Pearce (R)$2,061,593http://interactives.americanprogressaction.org.s3.amazonaws.com/interactives/climateDeniers/headshots/Steve_Pearce.jpg“I googled this issue a couple of days ago, see that there are 31,000 scientists who say that human action is not causing the global warming at all. And in fact the last 17 years there has not been global warming, the temperature has been very stable for the last 17 years.”NMypjihzuhtMother Jones, 10/28/14http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2014/10/craziest-things-republican-candidates-have-said-about-climate-change-one-video