Updated list of ALEC-affiliated NC legislators

Updated list of ALEC-affiliated NC legislators Provided by SourceWarch.

Co-chairs of NC’s Environmental Review Committee belong to ALEC

The NC General Assembly’s  Environmental Review Committee has authority over the state’s Division of Environmental Resources (DENR) and tremendous power over the future  air, water, land and the health of living beings and ecosystems of our state.  For example, the commission is currently considering abolishing the state’s Air Toxics Program which monitors facilities that produce toxic air pollution and evaluates the public health impact. (For a good overview, see a WRAL report from September 2011).

Members of this Environmental Review Committee who belong to ALEC include:
Senator David Rouzer, Co-Chair
Representative Ruth Samuelson, Co-Chair
Representative Chuck McGrady.

The ALEC-influenced S781 bill passed by the NC GOP legislature in 2011 gives the Environmental Review Committee increased powers over DENR and requires DENR to  review all its rules, report those that exceed federal standards, and, in keeping with the dictums of ALEC, to repeal those that do.

The Air Toxics Program is said to be more stringent than Federal requirements, but in 2007, North Carolina was ranked 4th highest in the country for hazardous air pollutants. [Oy.  No wonder I can't breathe when I'm working in my garden during the summer!]

Is your North Carolina state legislator in ALEC?

SourceWatch has assembled a partial list of  ALEC Politicians. The following is based on their list of 33 North Carolina Legislators with ALEC ties. It is annotated with links to Member information from the NC General Assembly website.

House of Representatives

• Thom Tillis, NC Speaker of the House (R-98 Mecklenburg), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member, 2011 ALEC State Legislator of the Year, attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
  
• Rep. Fred Steen (R-76 Rowan), ALEC State Chairman and Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member, attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. Harold Brubaker,  (R-78 Randolph county), member of ALEC Board of Directors^[42], Public Sector Chair of the International Relations Task Force and attended the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info

• Rep. Marilyn Avila (R-40 Wake), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. Jeff Barnhart (R-82 Cabarus), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member, attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. Hugh Allen Blackwell (R-86 Burke), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member, attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. Jamie Boles (R-52 Moore), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. William Brawley (R-103 Mecklenburg), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. Bill Brisson (D-22 Bladen, Cumberland), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. Rayne Brown (R-81 Davidson), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. Justin P. Burr (R-67 Montgomery, Stanly, Union), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member, attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. George Cleveland (R-14 Onslow). NCGA Member Info.
• Rep. Bill Cook (R-6 Beaufort, Pitt), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. William Current (R-109 Gaston), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. Jerry C. Dockham (R-80 Davidson), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. Dale Robbins Folwell (R-74 Forsyth), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member, attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. Mike Hager (R-112 Cleveland, Rutherford), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. Kelly Hastings (R-110 Cleveland, Gaston), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. Bryan R. Holloway (R-91 Rockingham, Stokes), ALEC Education Task Force Alternate. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. Craig Horn (R-68 Union), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. Julia Howard (R-79 Davie, Iredell), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member, attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. Linda P. Johnson (R-83 Cabbarus), ALEC Education Task Force Member, attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. Ric Killian (R-105 Mecklenburg), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. Stephen A. LaRoque (R-10 Greene, Lenoir, Wayne), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member, attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. David Lewis (R-53 Harnett), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. Daniel F. McComas (R-19 New Hanover), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. Darrell McCormick (R-92 Iredell, Surry, Yadkin), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. Chuck McGrady (R-117 Henderson), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info
• Rep. Tim Moffitt (R-116 Buncombe), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member^[ and Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Alternate, attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. Tim K. Moore (R-111 Cleveland), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member, attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. Tom Murry (R-41 Wake), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member, attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. Bill Owens (D-1 Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Tyrrell), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. Ruth Samuelson (R-104 Mecklenburg), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member, attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. Paul B. Stam, Jr. (R-37 Wake), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member, attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. Sarah Stevens (R-90 Allegany, Surry), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. Mike Stone (R-51 Harnett, Lee), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. John Torbett (R-108 Gaston), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.
• Rep. Harry Warren (R-77 Rowan), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting. NCGA Member info.

Senate

• Sen. Tom Apodaca (R-48 Bumcombe, Henderson, Polk), ALEC Education Task Force Member. NCGA Member info.
  
• Sen. David Rouzer (R-12 Johnson, Wayne), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member. NCGA Member info.
• Sen. Donald Ray Vaughan (D-27 Guilford), ALEC Education Task Force Member. NCGA Member info.