Leadership: Ocean Champions heartily endorses Congressman Joe Crowley. Congressman Crowley has long been a supporter of environmental causes and efforts. His long tenure and leadership position in the House puts him in a key position to do what he does best – make good things happen and bad things not happen. He is a true champion.

Congressman Crowley was first elected to represent New York’s 7th Congressional District, his hometown community, in 1998. The district, spanning across Queens and the Bronx, is one of the nation’s most ethnically diverse areas. The Congressman has cosponsored many bills that support clean water, renewable energy, and the protection of wilderness areas and the Long Island Sound. He recently backed H.R. 1456 to stop shark finning and H.R. 1784 to prevent oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean. Congressman Crowley’s hard work and effective advocacy have made him a standout member in Congress.

Rapidly rising in the Leadership ranks, the Congressmen’s influence is crucial to eliminating the anti-environmental riders that are being attached to appropriations bills and other pieces of moving legislation. He is also a member of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee.

Representative Crowley sponsored:

• H.R. 4104 (Bike to Work Act of 2015)

Representative Crowley cosponsored:

• H.R. 1784 (Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017)
• H.R. 1456 (Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2017)
• H.R 2135 (Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (2017)
• H.R 1889 (Udall Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act (2017)
• H.R 5353 (Fingerlakes National Heritage Area Study Act (2016)
• H.R. 502 (To permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund.)
• H.R. 239 (Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act)
• H.R. 508 (SUPER Act of 2015)
• H.R. 2930 (Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act)
• H.R. 1837 (Clean Water Protection Act)
• H.R 2110 (Long Island Sound Improvement Act 0f 2011 (2012)
• H.R. 6031 (Wind Powering American Jobs Act of 2012)
• H.R. 4959 (Global Conservation Act of 2010)
• H.R. 4599 (Renewable Energy Expansion Act of 2010)
• H.R. 5142 (Grow a Renewable Energy Economy Now–Jumpstart Other Biofuels Act of 2010)
• H.R. 980 (Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act of 2009)
• H.R. 6049 (Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008)
• H.R. 21 (Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act of 2007)
• H.R. 550 (Securing America’s Energy Independence Act of 2007)
• H.R. 1506 (Fuel Economy Reform Act of 2007)
• H.R. 1590 (Safe Climate Act of 2007)
• H.R. 5560 (Right to Clean Vehicles Act of 2007)