Earl Blumenauer: “If we look at the voting record of then- Representative Cheney, he voted seven times against authorizing clean water…”

“If we look at the voting record of then- Representative Cheney, he voted seven times against authorizing clean water programs, often as one of a small minority who voted against authorization. In 1986, he was one of only 21 Members who voted against the override of President Reagan of the appropriations to carry out the Clean Water Act, one of only 26 Members to vote against overriding the veto of the Clean Water Act, a lifetime record, according to the League of Conservation Voters of 13 percent, one of the worst of that generation.”