said endangered wildlife and upstream recreation depend on a more natural flow of the river. The Missouri congressional delegation – including Rep. Gephardt - universally opposed the Clinton position, saying it could cause floods and hurt farmers and shippers. The bill included $13.5 billion for testing and other nuclear weapons activities and $4.5 billion for Army Corps of Engineers water projects. [Vote 261, 10/2/00; Associated Press, 10/2/00] XXXX Voted For Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, Bill Authorized New Flood Control And Hurricane Protection Projects. In 2000, XXXX voted to authorize the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, which would spend $7.8 billion over 38 years to increase water flow into the Everglades. It also authorized 24 new construction projects within the civil works program of the Army Corps of Engineers for flood control, navigation, hurricane protection and beach erosion control, and environmental restoration. [Vote 255, 9/25/00] XXXX Voted to Allow Coal-Mining Operations to Bury Streams With Mine Debris. In 1999, XXXX voted for the Byrd amendment to H.J.Res.82, which was an amendment to enable coal-mining operations to continue the practice of burying streams with strip mine debris in a process known as valley fill for two years, by exempting these mines from the Clean Water Act for the next two years. [Vote 370, 11/18/99] FOREST AND WILDERNESS PROTECTION XXXX Voted Against Funding Emergency Forest Restoration Fund. In December 2012, XXXX voted in favor of McCain, R-Ariz., amendment no. 3355 to the Reid, D-Nev., substitute amendment no. 3395, that would strike funding for an emergency forest restoration fund. The substitute would provide $60.4 billion in emergency spending for communities hit by Superstorm Sandy, including an additional $9.7 billion in borrowing authority for the National Flood Insurance Program, $13 billion for mitigation projects, $11.5 billion for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Disaster Relief Fund and $10.8 billion to the Federal Transit Administration to rebuild public transit systems. The amendment was rejected by a vote of 46-49 (D 3-45; R 43-2; I 0-2). [Vote 245, 12/28/12] XXXX Voted Against Over $650 Million For Wildfire Management. In December 2012, XXXX voted against Tester, D-Mont., motion to waive all applicable budget laws with respect to the Sessions, R-Ala., point of order against the Tester amendment no. 3350 to the Reid, D-Nev., substitute amendment no. 3395. The Tester amendment would provide $653 million for wildfire management and require a Government Accountability Office study by Dec. 31, 2013, on how to better project future wildfire suppression costs. The substitute would provide $60.4 billion in emergency spending for communities hit by Superstorm Sandy, including an additional $9.7 billion in borrowing authority for the National Flood Insurance Program, $13 billion for mitigation projects, $11.5 billion for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Disaster Relief Fund and $10.8 billion to the Federal Transit Administration to rebuild public transit systems. The motion was rejected by a vote of 51-44 (D 47-1; R 2-43; I 2- 0), [Vote 238, 12/28/12] XXXX Voted Not To Repeal The Forest Legacy Program. In June 2012, XXXX voted against Lee, R-Utah., amendment no. 2313 that would repeal the Forest Service's Forest Legacy Program. The program provides funds in support of state, regional and local efforts to preserve privately-owned forest land and prevent development. The amendment was rejected by a vote of 21-77. [Vote 147, 6/20/12] XXXX Voted For $100 Million To Address Insect And Disease Infestation In Forests. In June 2012, XXXX voted for Udall, D-Colo., amendment no. 2295 that would increase the authorization level for the designation of treatment areas to address insect or disease infestation in forests from $100 million to $200 million per year through fiscal 2017. The amendment was adopted by a vote of 77-22. [Vote 146, 6/20/12] XXXX Voted For Funding National Parks, Clean Water, Fire Fighting. In October 2009, XXXX voted for the conference report for the Interior-Environment Appropriations bill that would provide $32.3 billion in discretionary funds, $4.7 billion more than fiscal 2009 levels when stimulus funds are excluded. The measure would provide $10.3 billion to the EPA, a level that reflects a 35 percent increase over regular fiscal 2009 funding and includes a 67 percent increase for programs addressing global climate change. Even Senate GOP Conference Chairman Lamar 120