Friends,
While we have all been intensely focused on jobs, health care reform and financial regulatory reform, I have also worked hard in the last year to try to restore the American bipartisan tradition of responsible stewardship of the environment. I'm happy to tell you that I just received a perfect 100% rating from Environment Connecticut in its 2009 environmental scorecard.
Environment Connecticut Program Director Christopher Phelps had this to say: "We applaud Congressman Himes for standing up and putting the environment ahead of special interests in 2009. From investing in clean energy to protecting America's wilderness areas and making smart infrastructure a priority for federal investment, he has consistently put the environment first."
The Palin-Beck-Limbaugh continuum will undoubtedly have some fun with that, but I think it's pretty serious stuff. Investing in clean American energy is about as important a national security priority as we have. Instead of exporting petro-dollars to Saudi Arabia and energy innovation jobs to Shanghai, I'd love to keep those things right here at home.
My favorite Republican, Teddy Roosevelt, knew that deep in each of us is a protective instinct for the vast wild places that form--in ways large or small--our American souls. He also knew that we have an obligation to preserve those places for our kids and theirs.
Stay warm!
Jim
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