Mike Rogers believes Congress must dramatically increase its support for home-grown, American-made alternative fuels and renewable energy sources
Dramatically increase support for home-grown, American-made alternative fuels and renewable energy sources.
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Evidence
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Archived campaign material says Rogers was 'working on a measure' to build E-85 ethanol distribution infrastructure and also supported investing in alternative fuels, hydrogen, fuel cells, and tax credits for alternative fuel vehicles.
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Congress.gov identifies Rogers as the sponsor of H.R. 5534, a bill to use CAFE-penalty money to expand infrastructure needed to increase the availability of alternative fuels; the bill passed the House but did not become law.
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The House Clerk records H.R. 5534 passing the House 355-9 on July 24, 2006, confirming Rogers's alternative-fuels bill advanced substantially in the same congressional term.
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Rogers filed an earmark request for Auburn University 'Biomass to Liquid Fuels and Electric Power Research,' stating the funding would help develop renewable liquid transportation fuel alternatives from domestic sources.
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GovInfo lists H.R. 5534's action as introduced by Mr. Rogers of Michigan and lists the sponsor as Mike Rogers (MI), not Mike Rogers of Alabama.
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GovInfo lists H.R. 670 as a bill to reduce dependence on foreign oil through alternative fuels and new vehicle technologies, with Mike Rogers (AL) among the cosponsors at introduction.
Assessments
The record shows no enacted federal outcome by Mike Rogers of Alabama that dramatically increased support for American-made alternative fuels or renewable energy. The strongest cited bill, H.R. 5534, was sponsored by Mike Rogers of Michigan and should not be credited to the Alabama representative. Rogers of Alabama did show aligned effort later in his House service, including cosponsoring H.R. 670 in 2007 and requesting renewable-fuels research funding in 2009, but these actions do not establish delivery of the promised broad increase in support.
Rogers materially advanced the promise by sponsoring H.R. 5534 to expand alternative-fuel infrastructure and by seeking appropriations for renewable-fuels research. That shows a serious same-term legislative effort aligned with the pledge. But the core promised outcome was to dramatically increase support, and the strongest cited bill passed the House without becoming law; the other evidence shows advocacy and targeted funding requests rather than a broad delivered increase in federal support attributable to him. Under federal candidate-credit standards, this is a meaningful attempt but not a completed delivery.
Rogers took concrete same-office action aligned with the promise, especially sponsoring H.R. 5534 to expand alternative-fuel infrastructure and advancing it through House passage in 2006, plus later support for renewable-fuels research funding. However, the alternative-fuels bill did not become law, and the provided evidence does not show that he delivered a dramatic federal increase in support for American-made alternative fuels or renewable energy sources. Under the rule for serious but unsuccessful legislative attempts, this is best classified as not delivered with an effort badge.