U.S. House, Pennsylvania - 8

Matthew Cartwright

Representative Matthew Cartwright is running for a seventh term representing Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District. A Vice Chair of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition and a member of the Safe Climate Caucus, he has quickly established himself as a leader on climate and environmental issues in the House. Cartwright introduced and spearheaded the passage of the Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act to help schools do energy efficiency retrofits, as well as offering bills to encourage green jobs in energy efficiency manufacturing. A member of the House Committees on Natural Resources, he has helped introduce a number of bills, dubbed the "Frack Pack" to prevent companies from polluting water supplies by closing the so-called “Halliburton Loophole,” which exempts fracking from the Safe Drinking Water Act. Cartwright has also introduced legislation to close coal royalty loopholes and the Safeguarding America’s Future and Environment (SAFE) Act to safeguard our natural resources from the increasingly harmful effects of climate change. Representative Cartwright has earned a stellar lifetime score of 97% on LCV's National Environmental Scorecard.

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