Carlos Curbelo in Mother Jones magazine


On Environment: Co-chair of Climate Solutions Caucus, but rated 23% by LCV

What about the Climate Solutions Caucus in the House, the growing bipartisan caucus whose 70 members are equally divided between Republicans and Democrats? One might expect the caucus Republicans to earn higher scores than their party overall, and technically they did score a bit better than their House peers. But their average 16 percent score is still a failing grade.

In fact, more than half of the Republicans on the caucus earned less than 10 percent Rep. Carlos Curbelo is co-chair of the caucus and represents the Miami area. He is generally considered a leader on climate change, but his score was 23 percent. One caveat is that many representatives from Florida missed a number of votes, due to the time they spent in their districts after Hurricane Irma--those missed votes may have affected their scores.

The Climate Solutions Caucus's] critics charge the caucus provides Republicans a low-stakes opportunity to "greenwash" their climate credentials without backing meaningful action.

Source: Rebecca Leber in Mother Jones on LCV Enviro Scorecard Feb 27, 2018

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