Seattle, WA – Today, Washington Conservation Action (WCA) released the Washington delegation’s scores for the national League of Conservation Voters’ 2025 National Environmental Scorecard highlighting our state’s leaders’ work to protect our environment despite an unprecedented year with a record number of attacks on our environment and on our democracy.
“We are grateful that the majority of our state’s delegation pushed back against Congress-led efforts, voting to continue our transition to clean energy, to hold the line against those who would roll back standards for clean air and clean water, to conserve our forest resources and protect our democracy,” says WCA CEO Alyssa Macy.
Our delegation fought against Republicans in Congress who repeatedly chose loyalty to the Trump administration and Big Polluters over making life more affordable, safer, and healthier for their own constituents. The result has been higher energy costs for working families, lost jobs and economic opportunities, the selling of tens of millions of acres of public lands and waters to Big Polluters, fewer clean air and water safeguards, and increased pollution. Congressional Republicans threatened free and fair elections; however, thanks to Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, these efforts were blocked in the Senate.
“We’ve never seen a Congressional majority so willfully abandon its responsibilities to protect their own constituents and the Constitution and instead relentlessly attack the health and safety of our communities, our environment, and our right to a free and fair democracy,” says LCV Senior Vice President for Government Affairs Sara Chieffo. “Those members of Congress who voted for the Big Ugly Bill, killed clean energy incentives at a time when energy demand is at all-time highs and energy prices are rising higher than ever. It’s no surprise that while this Congress has been doing the bidding of President Trump and Big Polluters, utility costs rose 13% nationwide last year.”
The full Washington delegation’s scores for 2025 are:
- Senator Patty Murray (D) – 100 percent
- Senator Maria Cantwell (D) – 97 percent
- Representative Suzan DelBene (D-1) – 100 percent
- Representative Rick Larsen (D-2) – 97 percent
- Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-3) – 47 percent
- Representative Dan Newhouse (R-4) – 6 percent
- Representative Michael Baumgartner (R-5) – 0 percent
- Representative Emily Randall (D-6) – 100 percent
- Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-7) – 100 percent
- Representative Kim Schrier (D-8) – 97 percent
- Representative Adam Smith (D-9) – 100 percent
- Representative Marilyn Strickland (D-10) – 97 percent
The 2025 Scorecard scored:
- 34 Senate votes including:
- 11 amendments showing where members stood on affordable clean energy, manufacturing jobs, public lands, and federal workers on the Big Ugly Bill and its final passage (which LCV double scored)
- 7 nominees picked solely for their loyalty to Trump and fossil fuels
- 13 Congressional Review Act (CRA) attacks on clean air and water, wildlife, and public lands
- 32 House votes including:
- 8 bills driving up energy costs by blocking clean energy or giving handouts to dirty energy and the final passage of the Big Ugly Bill (which LCV double scored)
- 4 bills undermining public input on decisions affecting our environment and communities
- The SAVE Act to make voter registration more onerous
- The same 13 Congressional Review Act (CRA) attacks on clean air and water, wildlife, and public lands scored on the Senate side
For a combined record number of 66 votes in the annual Scorecard undermining the programs and laws that advance a safe climate, environment, and democracy.
LCV has published a National Environmental Scorecard every Congress since 1970. The Scorecard represents the consensus of experts from more than 20 respected environmental and conservation organizations who selected the key votes on which members of Congress should be scored. LCV scores votes on the most important issues of the year, including energy, climate change, environmental justice, public health, public lands and wildlife conservation, democracy, and spending for environmental programs. The votes included in the Scorecard presented members of Congress with a real choice and helped distinguish which legislators are working for environmental protection. More information on individual votes and the Scorecard archive can be found at lcv.org/2025-scorecard.
