Mark Pocan

ON THE ISSUES

• Original cosponsor of the resolution calling for the creation of a Green New Deal
• Cosponsored the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity and Reliability (WATER) Act which would expand access to clean, safe, and affordable drinking water
• Supports the Donald McEachin Environmental Justice for All Act, the most comprehensive environmental justice legislation in history
• Voted for the Inflation Reduction Act, the most significant action Congress has ever taken to address climate change
• Earned a 98% lifetime score on LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard

WHY THIS RACE MATTERS

• Member of the House Committee on Appropriations and Safe Climate Caucus 
• Holding this seat in Wisconsin will help win a pro-environmental majority in the House, making it easier to pass climate legislation at the federal level

CANDIDATE BACKGROUND

Representative Mark Pocan is running for a seventh term to represent Wisconsin’s 2nd Congressional District. Pocan previously served in the state Assembly. A member of the Safe Climate Caucus and the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition, Pocan has pushed for more transparency on whether trade deals like the Trans Pacific Partnership will include climate language. On Earth Day 2015, he helped introduce legislation to ban fracking on public lands, the strongest federal anti-fracking bill to date. During the 2013 Department of Defense funding authorization debate, he introduced an amendment to make military investments in clean energy. During his tenure in Congress he has sponsored several key pieces of environmental legislation, including being the original cosponsor of the resolution calling for the creation of a Green New Deal and the  Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity and Reliability (WATER) Act to expand access to clean, safe, and affordable drinking water. In Congress, he will continue to oppose fracking efforts, invest in environmental justice legislation,  encourage clean energy investments, and advocate for increased efforts to improve voting access and protect democracy. Representative Pocan has earned a lifetime score of 98% on LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard.