Voting Record on GE Fish Amendment
See How YOUR Representative Voted

On July 11, 2001, Congress took their first vote in over a decade on genetic engineering. The vote was on an amendment to the Agriculture Appropriations bill that called for a one-year moratorium on the approval of genetically engineered fish. Representatives Kucinich (D-OH) and DeFazio (D-OR) added the amendment to prevent the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) commercial approval of GE fish to ensure that the potential human health risks and ecological impacts of genetically engineered fish are fully analyzed by the appropriate agencies before any federal commercial use approval occurs.

While the amendment lost 145-279, we should note that 145 votes in our favor (including 13 Republicans and 2 Independents) is substantially more than the 58 representatives who last year cosponsored GE food labeling legislation. One vote in favor of the amendment that stood out was that of Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) who scored a 6% record on the 1999 League of Environmental Voters scorecard.

Another was the vote of Representative Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), chair of the Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans and has pledged to hold hearings on the potential impacts of engineered fish. Both are concerned about the impact such fish could have on fishing economies in their districts.

State by State vote results on the Kucinich/DeFazio amendment -- July , 2001

ALABAMA

1st - Sonny Callahan - Republican - No

2nd - Terry Everett - Republican - No

3rd - Bob Riley - Republican - Did Not Vote

4th - Robert B. Aderholt - Republican - No

5th - Robert E. (Bud) Jr. Cramer - Democrat - No

6th - Spencer Bachus - Republican - No

7th - Earl F. Hilliard - Democrat - No

ALASKA

At Large - Don Young - Republican - Yes

ARIZONA

1st - Jeff Flake - Republican - No

2nd - Ed Pastor - Democrat - Yes

3rd - Bob Stump - Republican - No

4th - John B. Shadegg - Republican - No

5th - Jim Kolbe - Republican - No

6th - J.D. Hayworth - Republican - No

ARKANSAS

1st - Marion Berry - Democrat - No

2nd - Vic Snyder - Democrat - Yes

3rd - Asa Hutchinson - Republican - No

4th - Mike Ross - Democrat - No

CALIFORNIA

1st - Mike Thompson - Democrat - Yes

2nd - Wally Herger - Republican - No

3rd - Doug Ose - Republican - No

4th - John T. Doolittle - Republican - No

5th - Robert T. Matsui - Democrat - Yes

6th - Lynn C. Woolsey - Democrat - Yes

7th - George Miller - Democrat - Yes

8th - Nancy Pelosi - Democrat - Yes

9th - Barbara Lee - Democrat - Yes

10th - Ellen O. Tauscher - Democrat - Yes

11th - Richard W. Pombo - Republican - No

12th - Tom Lantos - Democrat - No

13th - Fortney Pete Stark - Democrat - Yes

14th - Anna G. Eshoo - Democrat - Yes

15th - Michael M. Honda - Democrat - Yes

16th - Zoe Lofgren - Democrat - No

17th - Sam Farr - Democrat - Yes

18th - Gary A. Condit - Democrat - No

19th - George Radanovich - Republican - No

20th - Calvin M. Dooley - Democrat - No

21st - William M. Thomas - Republican - No

22nd - Lois Capps - Democrat - Yes

23rd - Elton Gallegly - Republican - No

24th - Brad Sherman - Democrat - Yes

25th - Howard P. "Buck" McKeon - Republican - No

26th - Howard L. Berman - Democrat - No

27th - Adam B. Schiff - Democrat - Yes

28th - David Dreier - Republican - No

29th - Henry A. Waxman - Democrat - No

30th - Xavier Becerra - Democrat - No

31st - Hilda L. Solis - Democrat - Yes

32nd - Diane E. Watson - Democrat - Did Not Vote

33rd - Lucille Roybal-Allard - Democrat - No

34th - Grace F. Napolitano - Democrat - Yes

35th - Maxine Waters - Democrat - Yes

36th - Jane Harman - Democrat - Yes

37th - Juanita Millender-McDonald - Democrat - No

38th - Stephen Horn - Republican - No

39th - Edward R. Royce - Republican - No

40th - Jerry Lewis - Republican - No

41st - Gary G. Miller - Republican - No

42nd - Joe Baca - Democrat - Yes

43rd - Ken Calvert - Republican - No

44th - Mary Bono - Republican - No

45th - Dana Rohrabacher - Republican - No

46th - Loretta Sanchez - Democrat - Yes

47th - Christopher Cox - Republican - No

48th - Darrell E. Issa - Republican - No

49th - Susan A. Davis - Republican - Yes

50th - Bob Filner - Democrat - Yes

51st - Randy "Duke" Cunningham - Republican - No

52nd - Duncan Hunter - Republican - No

COLORADO

1st - Diana DeGette - Democrat - Yes

2nd - Mark Udall - Democrat - Yes

3rd - Scott McInnis - Republican - No

4th - Bob Schaffer - Republican - No

5th - Joel Hefley - Republican - No

6th - Thomas G. Tancredo - Republican - No

CONNECTICUT

1st - John B. Larson - Democrat - No

2nd - Rob Simmons - Republican - No

3rd - Rosa L. DeLauro - Democrat - No

4th - Christopher Shays - Republican - No

5th - James H. Maloney - Democrat - Yes

6th - Nancy L. Johnson - Republican - Yes

DELAWARE

At Large - Michael N. Castle - Republican - No

FLORIDA

1st - Joe Scarborough - Republican - No

2nd - Allen Boyd - Democrat - No

3rd - Corrine Brown - Democrat - Yes

4th - Ander Crenshaw - Republican - No

5th - Karen L. Thurman - Democrat - Yes

6th - Cliff Stearns - Republican - No

7th - John L. Mica - Republican - No

8th - Ric Keller - Republican - No

9th - Michael Bilirakis - Republican - No

10th - C. W. Bill Young - Republican - No

11th - Jim Davis - Democrat - No

12th - Adam H. Putnam - Republican - No

13th - Dan Miller - Republican - No

14th - Porter J. Goss - Republican - No

15th - Dave Weldon - Republican - No

16th - Mark Foley - Republican - No

17th - Carrie P. Meek - Democrat - Yes

18th - Ileana Ros-Lehtinen - Republican - No

19th - Robert Wexler - Democrat - Yes

20th - Peter Deutsch - Democrat - No

21st - Lincoln Diaz-Balart - Republican - No

22nd - E. Clay Jr. Shaw - Republican - No

23rd - Alcee L. Hastings - Democrat - Yes

GEORGIA

1st - Jack Kingston - Republican - No

2nd - Sanford D. Jr. Bishop - Democrat - No

3rd - Mac Collins - Republican - No

4th - Cynthia A. McKinney - Democrat - Yes

5th - John Lewis - Democrat - No

6th - Johnny Isakson - Republican - No

7th - Bob Barr - Republican - No

8th - Saxby Chambliss - Republican - No

9th - Nathan Deal - Republican - No

10th - Charlie Norwood - Republican - No

11th - John Linder - Republican - No

HAWAII

1st - Neil Abercrombie - Democrat - No

2nd - Patsy T. Mink - Democrat - Yes

IDAHO

1st - C. L. "Butch" Otter - Republican - No

2nd - Michael K. Simpson - Republican - No

ILLINOIS

1st - Bobby L. Rush - Democrat - No

2nd - Jesse L. Jr. Jackson - Democrat - Yes

3rd - William O. Lipinski - Democrat - Yes

4th - Luis V. Gutierrez - Democrat - Yes

5th - Rod R. Blagojevich - Democrat - Yes

6th - Henry J. Hyde - Republican - No

7th - Danny K. Davis - Democrat - Yes

8th - Philip M. Crane - Republican - No

9th - Janice D. Schakowsky - Democrat - Yes

10th - Mark Steven Kirk - Republican - No

11th - Jerry Weller - Republican - No

12th - Jerry F. Costello - Democrat - No

13th - Judy Biggert - Republican - No

14th - J. Dennis Hastert - Republican - Speaker

15th - Timothy V. Johnson - Republican - No

16th - Donald A. Manzullo - Republican - No

17th - Lane Evans - Democrat - Yes

18th - Ray LaHood - Republican - No

19th - David D. Phelps - Democrat - No

20th - John Shimkus - Republican - No

INDIANA

1st - Peter J. Visclosky - Democrat - No

2nd - Mike Pence - Republican - No

3rd - Tim Roemer - Democrat - Yes

4th - Mark E. Souder - Republican - No

5th - Steve Buyer - Republican - No

6th - Dan Burton - Republican - Yes

7th - Brian D. Kerns - Republican - No

8th - John N. Hostettler - Republican - No

9th - Baron P. Hill - Democrat - No

10th - Julia Carson - Democrat - Yes

IOWA

1st - James A. Leach - Republican - No

2nd - Jim Nussle - Republican - No

3rd - Leonard L. Boswell - Democrat - No

4th - Greg Ganske - Republican - No

5th - Tom Latham - Republican - No

KANSAS

1st - Jerry Moran - Republican - No

2nd - Jim Ryun - Republican - No

3rd - Dennis Moore - Democrat - No

4th - Todd Tiahrt - Republican - No

KENTUCKY

1st - Ed Whitfield - Republican - No

2nd - Ron Lewis - Republican - No

3rd - Anne M. Northup - Republican - No

4th - Ken Lucas - Republican - No

4th - Ken Lucas - Democrat - No

5th - Harold Rogers - Republican - No

6th - Ernie Fletcher - Republican - No

LOUISIANA

1st - David Vitter - Republican - No

2nd - William J. Jefferson - Democrat - Yes

3rd - W. J. (Billy) Tauzin - Republican - No

4th - Jim McCrery - Republican - No

5th - John Cooksey - Republican - No

6th - Richard H. Baker - Republican - No

7th - Christopher John - Democrat - No

MAINE

1st - Thomas H. Allen - Democrat - Yes

2nd - John Elias Baldacci - Democrat - Yes

MARYLAND

1st - Wayne T. Gilchrest - Republican - Yes

2nd - Robert L. Jr. Ehrlich - Republican - No

3rd - Benjamin L. Cardin - Democrat - Yes

4th - Albert Russell Wynn - Democrat - Yes

5th - Steny H. Hoyer - Democrat - Yes

6th - Roscoe G. Bartlett - Republican - No

7th - Elijah E. Cummings - Democrat - Yes

8th - Constance A. Morella - Republican - Yes

MASSACHUSETTS

1st - John W. Olver - Democrat - Yes

2nd - Richard E. Neal - Democrat - No

3rd - James P. McGovern - Democrat - Yes

4th - Barney Frank - Democrat - Yes

5th - Martin T. Meehan - Democrat - Yes

6th - John F. Tierney - Democrat - Yes

7th - Edward J. Markey - Democrat - No

8th - Michael E. Capuano - Democrat - Did Not Vote

10th - William D. Delahunt - Democrat - No

MICHIGAN

1st - Bart Stupak - Democrat - No

2nd - Peter Hoekstra - Republican - No

3rd - Vernon J. Ehlers - Republican - Yes

4th - Dave Camp - Republican - No

5th - James A. Barcia - Democrat - Yes

6th - Fred Upton - Republican - No

7th - Nick Smith - Republican - No

8th - Mike Rogers - Republican - No

9th - Dale E. Kildee - Democrat - Yes

10th - David E. Bonior - Democrat - Yes

11th - Joe Knollenberg - Republican - Did Not Vote

12th - Sander M. Levin - Democrat - No

13th - Lynn N. Rivers - Democrat - Yes

14th - John Jr. Conyers - Democrat - No

15th - Carolyn C. Kilpatrick - Democrat - No

16th - John D. Dingell - Democrat - Did Not Vote

MINNESOTA

1st - Gil Gutknecht - Republican - Yes

2nd - Mark R. Kennedy - Republican - No

3rd - Jim Ramstad - Republican - Yes

4th - Betty McCollum - Democrat - Yes

5th - Martin Olav Sabo - Democrat - Yes

6th - Bill Luther - Democrat - Yes

7th - Collin C. Peterson - Democrat - Yes

8th - James L. Oberstar - Democrat - Yes

MISSISSIPPI

1st - Roger F. Wicker - Republican - No

2nd - Bennie G. Thompson - Democrat - No

3rd - Charles W. "Chip" Pickering - Republican - No

4th - Ronnie Shows - Democrat - No

5th - Gene Taylor - Republican - No

MISSOURI

1st - Wm. Lacy Clay - Democrat - Yes

2nd - W. Todd Akin - Republican - No

3rd - Richard A. Gephardt - Democrat - No

4th - Ike Skelton - Democrat - No

5th - Karen McCarthy - Democrat - No

6th - Sam Graves - Republican - No

7th - Roy Blunt - Republican - No

8th - Jo Ann Emerson - Republican - No

9th - Kenny C. Hulshof - Republican - No

MONTANA

At Large - Dennis R. Rehberg - Republican - No

NEBRASKA

1st - Doug Bereuter - Republican - No

2nd - Lee Terry - Republican - No

3rd - Tom Osborne - Republican - No

NEVADA

1st - Shelley Berkley - Democrat - Yes

2nd - Jim Gibbons - Republican - No

NEW HAMPSHIRE

1st - John E. Sununu - Republican - No

2nd - Charles F. Bass - Republican - No

NEW JERSEY

1st - Robert E. Andrews - Democrat - Yes

2nd - Frank A. LoBiondo - Republican - Yes

3rd - Jim Saxton - Republican - No

4th - Christopher H. Smith - Republican - Yes

5th - Marge Roukema - Republican - Yes

6th - Frank Jr. Pallone - Democrat - Yes

7th - Mike Ferguson - Republican - No

8th - Bill Jr. Pascrell - Democrat - Yes

9th - Steven R. Rothman - Democrat - Yes

10th - Donald M. Payne - Democrat - Yes

11th - Rodney P. Frelinghuysen - Republican - No

12th - Rush D. Holt - Democrat - No

13th - Robert Menendez - Democrat - Yes

NEW MEXICO

1st - Heather Wilson - Republican - No

2nd - Joe Skeen - Republican - No

3rd - Tom Udall - Democrat - Yes

NEW YORK

1st - Felix J. Jr. Grucci - Republican - No

2nd - Steve Israel - Democrat - Yes

3rd - Peter T. King - Republican - No

4th - Carolyn McCarthy - Democrat - Yes

5th - Gary L. Ackerman - Democrat - Yes

6th - Gregory W. Meeks - Democrat - Yes

7th - Joseph Crowley - Democrat - No

8th - Jerrold Nadler - Democrat - Yes

9th - Anthony D. Weiner - Democrat - No

10th - Edolphus Towns - Democrat - No

11th - Major R. Owens - Democrat - Yes

12th - Nydia M. Velázquez - Democrat - Yes

13th - Vito Fossella - Republican - No

14th - Carolyn B. Maloney - Democrat - Yes

15th - Charles B. Rangel - Democrat - Yes

16th - José E. Serrano - Democrat - Yes

17th - Eliot L. Engel - Democrat - Yes

18th - Nita M. Lowey - Democrat - Yes

19th - Sue W. Kelly - Republican - No

20th - Benjamin A. Gilman - Republican - No

21st - Michael R. McNulty - Democrat - Yes

22nd - John E. Sweeney - Republican - No

23rd - Sherwood L. Boehlert - Republican - No

24th - John M. McHugh - Republican - No

25th - James T. Walsh - Republican - No

26th - Maurice D. Hinchey - Democrat - Yes

27th - Thomas M. Reynolds - Republican - No

28th - Louise McIntosh Slaughter - Democrat - Yes

29th - John J. LaFalce - Democrat - No

30th - Jack Quinn - Republican - No

31st - Amo Houghton - Republican - No

NORTH CAROLINA

1st - Eva M. Clayton - Democrat - No

2nd - Bob Etheridge - Democrat - No

3rd - Walter B. Jones - Republican - No

4th - David E. Price - Democrat - No

5th - Richard Burr - Republican - No

6th - Howard Coble - Republican - No

7th - Mike McIntyre - Democrat - No

8th - Robin Hayes - Republican - No

9th - Sue Wilkins Myrick - Republican - No

10th - Cass Ballenger - Republican - No

11th - Charles H. Taylor - Democrat - No

12th - Melvin L. Watt - Democrat - No

NORTH DAKOTA

At Large - Earl Pomeroy - Democrat - No

OHIO

1st - Steve Chabot - Republican - No

2nd - Rob Portman - Republican - No

3rd - Tony P. Hall - Democrat - No

4th - Michael G. Oxley - Republican - Did Not Vote

5th - Paul E. Gillmor - Republican - No

6th - Ted Strickland - Democrat - Yes

7th - David L. Hobson - Republican - No

8th - John A. Boehner - Republican - No

9th - Marcy Kaptur - Democrat - Yes

10th - Dennis J. Kucinich - Democrat - Yes

11th - Stephanie Tubbs Jones - Democrat - Yes

12th - Patrick J. Tiberi - Republican - No

13th - Sherrod Brown - Republican - Yes

14th - Tom Sawyer - Democrat - Yes

15th - Deborah Pryce - Republican - No

16th - Ralph Regula - Republican - No

17th - James A. Jr. Traficant - Democrat - No

18th - Robert W. Ney - Republican - No

19th - Steven C. LaTourette - Republican - No

OKLAHOMA

1st - Steve Largent - Republican - No

2nd - Brad Carson - Democrat - No

3rd - Wes Watkins - Republican - No

4th - J. C. Jr. Watts - Republican - No

5th - Ernest J. Jr. Istook - Republican - No

OREGON

1st - David Wu - Democrat - Yes

2nd - Greg Walden - Republican - No

3rd - Earl Blumenauer - Democrat - Yes

4th - Peter A. DeFazio - Democrat - Yes

5th - Darlene Hooley - Democrat - Yes

PENNSYLVANIA

1st - Robert A. Brady - Democrat - Yes

2nd - Chaka Fattah - Democrat - Yes

3rd - Robert A. Borski - Democrat - Yes

4th - Melissa A. Hart - Republican - No

5th - John E. Peterson - Republican - No

6th - Tim Holden - Democrat - No

7th - Curt Weldon - Republican - Yes

8th - James C. Greenwood - Republican - No

9th - Bill Shuster - Republican - No

10th - Don Sherwood - Republican - No

11th - Paul E. Kanjorski - Democrat - Yes

12th - John P. Murtha - Democrat - No

13th - Joseph M. Hoeffel - Democrat - Yes

14th - William J. Coyne - Democrat - Did Not Vote

15th - Patrick J. Toomey - Republican - No

16th - Joseph R. Pitts - Republican - No

17th - George W. Gekas - Republican - No

18th - Michael F. Doyle - Democrat - No

19th - Todd Russell Platts - Republican - No

20th - Frank Mascara - Democrat - No

21st - Phil English - Republican - No

RHODE ISLAND

1st - Patrick J. Kennedy - Democrat - Yes

2nd - James R. Langevin - Democrat - Yes

SOUTH CAROLINA

1st - Henry E. Jr. Brown - Democrat - No

2nd - Floyd Spence - Republican - No

3rd - Lindsey O. Graham - Republican - No

4th - Jim DeMint - Republican - No

5th - John M. Jr. Spratt - Democrat - No

6th - James E. Clyburn - Democrat - No

SOUTH DAKOTA

At Large - John R. Thune - Republican - No

TENNESSEE

1st - William L. Jenkins - Republican - No

2nd - John J. Jr. Duncan - Republican - No

3rd - Zach Wamp - Republican - No

4th - Van Hilleary - Republican - No

5th - Bob Clement - Democrat - Yes

6th - Bart Gordon - Democrat - No

7th - Ed Bryant - Republican - No

8th - John S. Tanner - Democrat - No

9th - Harold E. Jr. Ford - Democrat - No

TEXAS

1st - Max Sandlin - Democrat - Yes

2nd - Jim Turner - Democrat - No

3rd - Sam Johnson - Democrat - No

4th - Ralph M. Hall - Democrat - No

5th - Pete Sessions - Republican - No

6th - Joe Barton - Republican - No

7th - John Abney Culberson - Republican - No

8th - Kevin Brady - Republican - No

9th - Nick Lampson - Democrat - Yes

10th - Lloyd Doggett - Democrat - Yes

11th - Chet Edwards - Democrat - Yes

12th - Kay Granger - Republican - No

13th - Mac Thornberry - Republican - No

14th - Ron Paul - Republican - Did Not Vote

15th - Rubén Hinojosa - Democrat - Yes

16th - Silvestre Reyes - Democrat - Yes

17th - Charles W. Stenholm - Democrat - No

18th - Sheila Jackson-Lee - Democrat - Yes

19th - Larry Combest - Republican - No

20th - Charles A. Gonzalez - Democrat - Yes

21st - Lamar S. Smith - Republican - No

22nd - Tom DeLay - Republican - No

23rd - Henry Bonilla - Republican - No

24th - Martin Frost - Democrat - No

25th - Ken Bentsen - Democrat - Yes

26th - Richard K. Armey - Republican - No

27th - Solomon P. Ortiz - Democrat - Yes

28th - Ciro D. Rodriguez - Democrat - Yes

29th - Gene Green - Democrat - Yes

30th - Eddie Bernice Johnson - Republican - No

UTAH

1st - James V. Hansen - Republican - No

2nd - Jim Matheson - Democrat - No

3rd - Chris Cannon - Republican - No

VERMONT

At Large - Bernard Sanders - Independent - Yes

VIRGINIA

1st - Jo Ann Davis - Republican - No

2nd - Edward L. Schrock - Republican - No

3rd - Robert C. Scott - Democrat - Yes

4th - J. Randy Forbes - Republican - No

5th - Virgil H. Jr. Goode - Independent - Yes

6th - Bob Goodlatte - Republican - No

7th - Eric Cantor - Republican - No

8th - James P. Moran - Democrat - No

9th - Rick Boucher - Democrat - No

10th - Frank R. Wolf - Republican - No

11th - Tom Davis - Democrat - No

WASHINGTON

1st - Jay Inslee - Democrat - Yes

2nd - Rick Larsen - Democrat - Yes

3rd - Brian Baird - Democrat - Yes

4th - Doc Hastings - Republican - No

5th - George R. Jr. Nethercutt - Republican - No

6th - Norman D. Dicks - Democrat - Yes

7th - Jim McDermott - Democrat - Yes

8th - Jennifer Dunn - Republican - No

9th - Adam Smith - Democrat - Yes

WEST VIRGINIA

1st - Alan B. Mollohan - Democrat - No

2nd - Shelley Moore Capito - Republican - No

3rd - Nick J. Rahall - Democrat - No

WISCONSIN

1st - Paul Ryan - Republican - No

2nd - Tammy Baldwin - Democrat - Yes

3rd - Ron Kind - Democrat - Yes

4th - Gerald D. Kleczka - Democrat - Yes

5th - Thomas M. Barrett - Democrat - Yes

6th - Thomas E. Petri - Republican - No

7th - David R. Obey - Democrat - Yes

8th - Mark Green - Republican - Yes

9th - F. James Jr. Sensenbrenner - Republican - No

WYOMING

At Large - Barbara Cubin - Republican - No