Farmer vs. Harmon - Witness Senator Joe Lieberman

David C. Farmer, Successor-Trustee vs. Harmon

(Formerly Woo vs. Harmon & Nicholson vs. Harmon)

CV05-00030 DAE KSC

U.S. District Court For the District of Hawaii

Judges: David A. Ezra; Kevin S. Chang

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DEFENDANT’S WITNESS

JOE LIEBERMAN

Senator from Connecticut.

From wikipedia:

Joseph Isadore "Joe" Lieberman (born February 24, 1942) is a United States Senator from Connecticut. Lieberman was first elected to the United States Senate in 1988, and was elected to his fourth term on November 7, 2006. In the 2000 U.S. presidential election, Lieberman was the Democratic candidate for Vice President, running with presidential nominee Al Gore, becoming the first Jewish candidate on a major American political party presidential ticket. He and his running mate won the popular vote, but failed to gain the electoral votes needed to win the heavily controversial election. Lieberman ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate while he was also Gore's running-mate, and he was re-elected by the voters of Connecticut. He attempted to become the Democratic nominee in the 2004 Presidential election, but was unsuccessful.

During his reelection bid in 2006, he lost the Democratic Party primary election, but won reelection in the general election as a third party candidate under the party label "Connecticut for Lieberman." Lieberman is now officially listed in Senate records for the 110th Congress as an "Independent Democrat", and sits as part of the Democratic Senate caucus in the 110th Congress.

Lieberman has been one of the Senate's strongest advocates for continued prosecution of the Iraq War. He is also a consistent supporter of Israel. On domestic issues, he strongly supports free trade economics. He has also opposed fillibustering Republican judicial appointments. With Lynne Cheney and others, Lieberman co-founded American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA), an educational association with ties to Campus Watch. Lieberman has also voted with Republicans on some ethical issues, and is one of the Senate's leading opponents of violence in video games and on television. Lieberman describes himself as being "genuinely an Independent," saying "I agree more often than not with Democrats on domestic policy. I agree more often than not with Republicans on foreign and defense policy."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lieberman

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December 5, 2007

Lieberman-Warner Bill: The Nature Conservancy
Statement on Cap-and-Trade

ARLINGTON, VA — The following statement was issued today by Stephanie Meeks, acting President and CEO of The Nature Conservancy concerning legislation introduced by Senators Joseph Lieberman and John Warner that would cap U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and provide key funding for addressing the impacts of climate change on nature and people:

It is a watershed moment – the first time a comprehensive climate cap-and-trade bill has been sent to the Senate floor with the endorsement of a committee. The legislation would represent the most significant investment in American conservation in our generation.

With bills before the United States Senate and House that address carbon emissions reductions through fuel economy standards, carbon markets, and nature-based strategies, and world delegations in Bali watching the United States closely as they negotiate post-Kyoto opportunities, the American political climate is changing.

The Lieberman-Warner bill, reported out of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee last night, is a landmark event – a sure indication that meaningful and comprehensive climate change legislation that is good for the environment and good for American business is possible.

Lieberman-Warner offers a strong starting point for action on reducing U.S. carbon emissions. The bill’s comprehensive approach recognizes the importance of addressing all major sources of greenhouse gas emissions, and the role that forest conservation and restoration can play in combating climate change. The bill also clearly recognizes the dramatic impact climate change will have on plants, wildlife and natural areas and the long term importance of conserving, protecting and managing natural systems, such as coastal wetlands, that can buffer and mitigate the effects of climate change.

With a mission to preserve and protect the lands and waters that plants, animals and people need to survive, The Nature Conservancy is especially heartened by the strong commitment to conservation and wildlife and habitat protection reflected in the bill, in particular its commitment to fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund, the principal source of land acquisition funding for national parks, national forests, national wildlife refuges and other public lands.

The cap-and-trade approach called for in Lieberman-Warner provides the greatest assurance that emissions will be reduced and is likely to be the most cost-effective way to address climate change. Its inclusion of forest carbon is another important way to keep the costs down and enable emissions targets to be met. Assuring carbon market access for international activities to reduce deforestation will be important and we look forward to working with the Senate to achieve this objective....

The Nature Conservancy is a leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. To date, the Conservancy and its more than one million members have been responsible for the protection of more than 15 million acres in the United States and have helped preserve more than 102 million acres in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific. Visit The Nature Conservancy on the Web at www.nature.org.

www.nature.org/initiatives/climatechange/press/press3241.html

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MAJOR CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTORS FOR JOE LIEBERMAN