Let me start by emphasizing that I am open to efforts to expedite environmental procedures for true emergencies or in other clear cases where current laws are needlessly burdensome.

Recent activities
Since 2007 Boehlert has remained active promoting environmental and scientific causes. Boehlert currently serves as a Senior Fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center. Due to his centrist views Time Magazine also recognized Boehlert as a “power center” on Capitol Hill and Congressional Quarterly named him one of the 50 most effective Members of Congress.

Sherwood "Sherry" Louis Boehlert (born September 28 1936) is a retired American politician from New York. In 2003 Utica Union Station was renamed in the Congressman's honor.