Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH, 1) represents a gerrymandered Ohio district that takes in parts of Cincinnati combined with the heavily Republican rural and suburban areas of Warren and Hamilton counties. As drawn, the district had been the subject of a legal challenge, but a recent Supreme Court decision has put off a potential redrawing of the electoral map until the 2022 elections.
Elected to Congress in 1994, Chabot was defeated in the 2008 election. He won a rematch election in 2010 and continues to serve in the House of Representatives. Chabot remains known as one of the 12 House Managers during the Senate impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton in 1999.
Steve Chabot on Climate Change
“Despite claims to the contrary, the evidence concerning man-made climate change is far from conclusive,” said Rep. Steve Chabot, in a statement. “However, what is conclusive is the damage some of the more extreme proposals intended to address climate change, like cap-and-trade, will have on our economy.”
From Chabot’s blog: “It’s just another example of many in the press, and many in the academic/scientific community having bought into the whole global warming/climate change “religion,” no matter what the facts are.”
In January 2019, Chabot attacked The Green New Deal on his blog, calling it “radical” and “reckless.” He goes on to say, “Because in my view the Green New Deal would cripple the economy, throw hundreds of thousands, probably millions of people out of work, add multiple trillions of dollars to the national debt, grow government exponentially, and raise taxes to confiscatory levels. So count me as a NO.”
Consistently voting against climate change legislation while supporting traditional energy. The League of Conservation Voters ranked Chabot at 3% in 2018, and in analyzing votes through 2016, noted that Chabot opposed the environmental position consistent with scientific consensus in 42 of 43 votes.
Chabot supported the Keystone XL pipeline project and signed onto a 2/6/13 House of Representatives letter to President Obama urging Keystone XL pipeline approval.
The Oil and Gas industry has contributed $224,125 to Chabot during the course of his congressional career. Click here for an overview of recent Chabot votes.