While I cannot find much scholarly discourse on this bill, what little I can dig up on the representative proposing this legislation is seeking to represent the voters in his district.
Although Mr. Sherman has been in office for more than 20 years, I saw nothing that would signal a significant increase in net worth or anything that would suggest a pattern of placing party before people.
Mr. Sherman supports impeachment and has repeatedly voted to increase the Federal minimum wage.
But what really cinched my decision to trust, was Representative Sherman vote to Preserve Alaska's ANWR instead of drilling it.