Senator John Cornyn
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Senator John Cornyn
1.
Find one vote you disagree with.
He voted against the Great American Outdoors Act
o
Describe the issue being voted on and what the vote means.
It provides full and permanent funding of $900 million annually for the Land and
Water Conservation Fund and funding to address the deferred maintenance
backlog in our national parks and other public lands.
o
What do you disagree with and why?
I disagree with him voting no on this subject because it would really benefit our
national parks.
o
What are the potential negative environmental/social/economic impacts of the
vote?
Putting more land under government control makes it easier for special interest
groups to restrict beneficial multiple uses such as ranching, mining, energy
production, and the building of transmission infrastructure or pipelines.
o
Now argue for the opposite perspective. List a few of the potential positive
environmental/social/economic impacts.
Just a few of the potential positives would include Creating jobs, protecting the
environment, repairing, and upgrading infrastructure and facilities, and protecting
resources. The list could go on.
2.
Find one vote you agree with.
Undermining Environmental Review and Mandating Gas Pipeline
o
Describe the issue being voted on and what the vote means.
This amendment would allow a broad spectrum of energy-related projects to
short-circuit environmental review and public input, curtail judicial review, hand
project developers veto power over comment period extensions, and require
agencies to approve the unnecessary and harmful methane gas Mountain Valley
Pipeline, among other damaging actions.
o
What do you agree with and why?
I agree with it because it will require agencies to approve the unnecessary
methane gas.
o
What are the potential positive environmental/social/economic impacts of your
stance?
It would allow undermining Environmental Review and Mandating Gas Pipeline.
o
The League of Conservation Voters advocates a particular position because they
hold a particular worldview and a specific environmental ethical philosophy.
Pipelines can pollute air, water, soil, and climate when they leak.
3.
The League of Conservation Voters advocates a particular position because they hold a
particular worldview and a specific environmental ethical philosophy.
o
Did you find cases where you would take a different position than theirs? If so,
what did you disagree with and why?
He voted against Eminent Domain. I would have voted for it because it can be a
positive thing. Eminent domain is the right of the government to seize private land
for public use. I can personally relate to this because eminent domain saved the
state park in my hometown. Fairfield State Park was owned by the Big Brown
power plant, making it privately owned land. Now that Big Brown shut down
their power plant and sold the land it's no longer a state park. Fairfield tried to get
eminent domain and succeeded in saving our state park.
Based on your readings in chapter one, describe the LCV's ethical worldview.
Their vision is a world where the climate crisis is tackled, environmental injustice
is confronted, democracy is strengthened, communities are cleaner and healthier,
jobs are good and well-paying, and the future is just, equitable, and sustainable for
all.
4.
Select one of the bills and explain how you think the passage of the bill might influence
the environmental health of the people in Texas, the economic state of Texas, and the
plants and wildlife of Texas.
If Public Lands Protection got passed it would allow recreation public lands, including
parks, trails, beaches, and open spaces, to represent spaces for all to enjoy in Texas.
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