HR 2421 is the biggest threat to private property
since CARA and
actually affects far more land and people.
We call HR 2421 the National Wetlands - Land Grab
Bill.
Its real name is the
Clean Water Restoration Act
but it has very little to do with clean water or
restoration. It is mostly about land use control and
expanding the power and reach of the Clean Water Act of
1972. )
What it really does is give the Corps of Engineers control
over nearly all private property in America by changing the
definition of "wetlands" under the Clean Water Act of 1972
vastly expanding the regulatory reach of the Corps of
Engineers over private property.
Take the Testimony Questionnaire below, save it to your word
processor, edit it to say how you feel, and then e-mail it
back to the Members of the Transportation and Infrastructure
Committee listed below.
Also e-mail it to your own Congressman.
This Testimony is for the new hearing now set to take place
Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007. (Testimony is allowed for two weeks
after the hearing.)
Your testimony will count for the official record if you
e-mail or fax it in by Thursday, December 20th but please
try to get it in by the Dec. 6th date. The location is room
2167, Rayburn House Office Building at 10:00 a.m. on Dec.
6th.
You may print out a formatted version of the Testimony
Questionnaire that is below by going to www.landrights.org.
Urgent Action Required
Below we have created a Testimony Questionnaire for you to
fill out and send to every e-mail address for Congress we
have listed below for the Transportation and Infrastructure
Committee. Be sure and send it to your own Congressman as
well. You can call any Congressman at (202) 225-3121 to get
the e-mail of a Member of his or her staff.
It is designed so you can simply save it into your word
processing file, edit it with your comments, and then send
it to the Congressmen listed on the Committee using your
e-mail program. Be sure to edit out or cut off the parts
that are not part of the testimony. We've marked them so
read it carefully.
We agree with all the statements on the Testimony
Questionnaire, but you don't have to. You can mark it Agree,
Disagree or No Opinion.
What is most important is that you fill out the blank space
below the Statements with your own personal comments. You
may get ideas and draw from the statements we have provided
or preferably write your own.
The Testimony Questionnaire is rated at a much higher value
by your Congressman if you write your own personal thoughts
in the space provided after the section with the statements
with Agree, Disagree, or No Opinion.
So please, take the time to either borrow from our
statements at the upper part of the Questionnaire or write
your own. But write something in that blank space above
where we have made a place for you to write your name and
address toward the bottom of the Testimony Questionnaire.
Please send a copy of your Testimony, no matter how you feel
about the issue, to American Land Rights at
ccushman@pacifier.com.
Write in the Subject line: Copy of Testimony Sent to
Congress. Otherwise we won't know whether you sent it to
Congress or not. And we would like to know how you feel
about the issues. You do not have to send a copy to us.
You have two weeks or 10 working days after the date of the
original hearing on December 6th to get testimony in to the
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on HR 2421. Your
deadline is Thursday, December 20th but please send it in
earlier, by the 6th of December if possible.
If you receive this message late, send it anyway, as the
Committee will often accept testimony late.
Testimony Questionnaire - Please be sure to edit the
Testimony Questionnaire so our e-mail information and
instructions are removed.
Committee Vote on the National Wetlands Land Grab Bill, HR
2421, could come in January or February. The official name
is the Clean Water Restoration Act but it does virtually
nothing for clean water and is mostly about land use
control. It would greatly expand the power of and the amount
of land affected by Clean Water Act
See Action Items Below.
Updated -- Committee Staff Members do change and we have
corrected several additional committee e-mail addresses
below. If you find an e-mail does not work, call the
Congressman's office at (202) 225-3121 and ask for the staff
person. Then ask for the correct e-mail.
Edit out all above this line before e-mailing this
message.
___________________________________________________________________________________________
Fax, and E-mail Deadline Thursday, December 20th, 2007.
Congressional Testimony Questionnaire
Testimony For Original Hearing Date December 6, 2007
(Please try to send by Thursday, December 6th.)
___________________________________________________________________________________
Testimony For The Record
HR 2421 -- Clean Water Restoration Act (National
Wetlands Land Use Control Bill)
Honorable __________________
US House of Representatives
HR 2421, The Clean Water Restoration Act, is really a
massive Federal land and water power grab. It will use
"wetlands" to take control over every farm, ranch, and piece
of private property with any water on it or even if the
landowner only engage in activities that might affect water.
It expands the authority of the Federal government under the
Clean Water Act of 1972 to include all waters of the U.S.
and activities affecting these waters.
It will give the Corps of Engineers control over most
private property.
In the words of Reed Hopper of Pacific Legal Foundation,
lead attorney in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court victory,
"...this bill pushes the limits of federal power to an
extreme not matched by any other law, probably in the
history of this country."
Below are my concerns and testimony regarding HR 2421, the
inappropriately named Clean Water Restoration Act. It has
little to do with clean water and is mostly about land use
control.
Please allow this Testimony to be submitted for the record
for any additional hearings to be held on HR 2421, the Clean
Water Restoration Act.
Please consider a photocopy of this document as valid as the
original and include my testimony for the official record.
Signature ________________________________
Print Your Name ______________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________
Dear Private Property and Multiple-Use Advocate:
You must send your testimony in immediately. H.R. 2421 may
come up for a vote in the House in January or February. It
is imperative that you act now. The Clean Water Restoration
Act may be the biggest threat to property rights and local
control yet.
The bill would overturn two U.S. Supreme Court decisions
that favored landowners and local government. It would give
federal agencies and the Corps of Engineers in particular
almost unlimited control over land, water and people.
Reed Hopper, lead attorney in the latest Supreme
Court victory for landowners said "...this bill pushes the
limit of federal power to an extreme not matched by any
other law, probably in the history of this country.
Jim Burling, senior attorney for the Pacific Legal
Foundation, said
"If our constitutional system of limited federal powers
means anything,
we have to win on this issue."
It is important that you fill out the following testimony
questionnaire and send it to your Congressman and all those
Congressmen on the Transportation and Infrastructure
Committee listed below. It must be submitted by e-mail or
fax by Thursday, December 20, 2007 to be considered as
testimony for the record for the hearing taking place
December 6, 2007. You have two weeks, 10 working days from
December 6, 2007 to get your testimony in for the record.
You must try to get your testimony submitted by the
date of the hearing -Thursday, December 6, 2007.
Please act on this as soon as you get this e-mail
message. Do not put it off until tomorrow. Tomorrow may be
too late. Supporters of this bill are trying to ram HR 2421
through before people like you know how dangerous it is.
Below is a Testimony Questionnaire for you to fill out and
e-mail or fax back to your Congressman and the Members of
the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the US
House of Representatives.
Be sure to check to see if your Congressman is on the
Transportation Committee. This makes your Testimony even
more valuable.
Alert --
Be aware of the legal concept called "laches" or "sleeping
on your rights." You may lose legal rights later if you fail
to comment or testify on HR 2421. So at least send this
Testimony Questionnaire and possibly a letter opposing HR
2421. It can be as short as one page or longer.
In the next section you will see a series of statements
about HR 2421 that American Land Rights agrees with but you
don't have to.
This Testimony Questionnaire is about helping you get your
testimony to Congress. Your Congressman and the Members of
the Committee want to know what you think. It is critical
that you write your responses to the statements with your
opinion and not what you think we would want you to write.
You are free to disagree with us.
You can add comments to each statement or change the
statements to fit your preference.
You have a chance to change the course of history on the
whole "wetlands" or Clean Water Act issue by filling out
this Testimony Questionnaire, writing your Congressman's
name in the appropriate place, and e-mailing it to all the
Members of Congress listed below.
We would appreciate it if you would send a copy to American
Land Rights with the words "copy sent to Members of Congress
in the subject line.
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processor and e-mail it or print it out and fax it
to your Congressman and the other Members of the
Transportation Committee listed below. Your personal
comments make this document more valuable. So be sure to
fill in the blank space with your own personal comments or
concerns below where the section is with the Agree-Disagree
statements are listed.
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--1. The jurisdiction of federal agencies under the Clean
Water Act of 1972 should remain limited to navigable waters
and not expanded to include all waters of the U.S., such as
wetlands, sloughs, meadows, intermittent streams, prairie
potholes, ponds, playa lakes, mudflats and sandflats.
Agree...Disagree...No Opinion
--2. The definition of wetlands under federal jurisdiction
should be limited to those areas that are permanently wet or
free flowing.
Agree...Disagree...No Opinion
--3. The Clean Water Act 1972 should not be used as a tool
for national land use controls.
Agree...Disagree...No Opinion
--4. The Clean Water Act of 1972 should not be expanded to
include activities affecting waters.
Agree...Disagree...No Opinion
--5. The U. S. Supreme Court decisions of 2001 and 2006
that ruled in favor of local government and landowners
should not be overturned by the proposed Clean Water
Restoration Act (HR 2421).
Agree...Disagree...No Opinion
--6. Mostly dry land and isolated wetlands should be
excluded from federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act
of 1972.
Agree...Disagree...No Opinion
--7. The definition of pollutants under the Clean Water Act
of 1972 should not include clean fill or natural material of
any kind.
Agree...Disagree...No Opinion
--8. The term 'discharge' should not apply to the
disturbance of soils or natural materials.
Agree...Disagree...No Opinion
--9. Citizens cited for violation of regulations under the
Clean Water Act of 1972 should not face criminal penalties.
Agree...Disagree...No Opinion
--10. National Water Quality goals should be achieved
without violating constitutionally protected property
rights.
Agree...Disagree...No Opinion
--11. National Water Quality goals are best achieved by
local and state governments, rather than by federal
agencies.
Agree...Disagree...No Opinion
--12. National Water Quality goals should consider
priorities and costs
Agree...Disagree...No Opinion
--13. National Water Quality goals should consider regional
differences in landscapes and other ecological
characteristics.
Agree...Disagree...No Opinion
--14. 'Regulatory Takings' that devalue private property
should be compensated under provisions of the 5th Amendment.
Agree...Disagree...No Opinion
--15. Access to and use and enjoyment of public lands and
waters should be guaranteed under provisions of the Clean
Water Act.
Agree...Disagree...No Opinion
--16. 'Environmental' organizations have become too radical
and have too much power and influence over federal
legislation.
Agree...Disagree...No Opinion
--17. The Clean Water Restoration Act and other
environmental legislation is often not about environmental
protection, but about control over land, water, and people.
Agree...Disagree...No Opinion
--18. Please do not give the Corps of Engineers increased
power to regulate more private land.
Agree...Disagree...No Opinion
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(Your written comments here are essential if you want
Members of Congress to really pay attention to this
document. You are free to use as much space as you need. But
please write some comments below before sending this
important document to Congress.)
(If needed, use additional sheets or attach a personal
letter)
To validate your comments please fill in completely (PRINT
or TYPE) and be sure to sign.
Signature_________________________________
Name____________________________________________
E-Mail___________________________________ Fax
___________________ Phone ____________________
Address_______________________________
Town______________________ State_____ Zip____________
Please do not fail to send this testimony questionnaire even
if you receive it late.
Deadline for Fax, E-mail Thursday, December 20th. However,
it is better if you send it by Thursday, December 6th, the
day of the actual hearing.
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Please edit out or cut below this line before sending to
your Congressmen and others on the Transportation
Committee.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
HR 2421, The Clean Water Restoration Act, what we
call the National Wetlands Land Grab Act,
is really a
massive Federal land and water power grab.
It will use the Corps of Engineers regulation of "wetlands"
as the pretext to take control over every farm, ranch, and
piece of private property with any water on it or even if
you only engage in activities that might affect water.
HR 2421 expands the authority of the Federal government
under the Clean Water Act of 1972 to include all waters of
the U.S. and activities affecting these waters.
In the words of Reed Hopper of Pacific Legal Foundation,
lead attorney in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court victory,
"...this bill pushes the limits of federal power to an
extreme not matched by any other law, probably in the
history of this country."
Original Hearing Date Thursday, December 6, 2007
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
James Oberstar (D-MN), Chairman
Your E-mail and Fax Testimony Deadline is Thurs., December
6th.
Please try to get your testimony in by the hearing date,
Dec. 6, 2007.
The chief author of HR 2421, titled the Clean Water
Restoration Act, is Transportation and Infrastructure
Committee Chairman James Oberstar (D-MN). By Oberstar's own
admission, the bill is intended to overturn two U.S. Supreme
Court decisions that recently ruled in favor of local
government and local landowners on Wetlands issues.
In both cases, the high court ruled that the federal
government exceeded the authority granted under the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, what is commonly called
on Wetlands issues the Clean Water Act of 1972.
In the latest case, a Michigan landowner faced steep fines
and a recommended 5-year jail sentence for moving gravel on
his property, located some 20 miles from the nearest
navigable water.
Reasons To Oppose Oberstar's Wetlands Land Grab Bill (HR
2421):
-----A. HR 2421 replaces the word 'navigable' waters under
the 1972 Clean Water Act with 'waters of the U.S.,'
including wetlands, sloughs, ponds, meadows, prairie
potholes, sandflats, mudflats, playa lakes, and intermittent
streams. This change vastly increases the land area covered
by this Wetlands--land use control legislation.
-----B. Adds the new language 'activities affecting these
waters,' essentially a thinly-disguised attempt at national
land use control;
-----C. This bill is a wolf in sheep's clothing. Rep.
Oberstar is attempting to get his way by using the popular
political appeal of the nice sounding term 'clean water' and
by using his newly gained power as chairman of a major 'pork
committee' to intimidate the bill's opponents, including
elected officials in his own state;
-----D. The bill is intended to overturn two U.S. Supreme
Court wetlands cases (SWANCC, 2001 and Rapanos, 2006) that
ruled in favor of landowners and local government;
-----E. In the later case, a Michigan landowner faced stiff
fines and a possible 5 year prison sentence for moving
gravel on his land located 20 miles from the nearest
navigable waterway. If you do anything on your land without
permission, you could be facing criminal penalties;
-----F. The bill is an attempt to control 'non-point
sources' of water pollution, essentially any type of
significant uses--farming, logging, mining, development of
any kind, and even atmospheric deposition;
-----G. The bill will be also be used by environmental
groups to restrict and prohibit uses of Federal lands and
waters, including and especially motorized recreational
uses;
-----H. The bill will result in endless litigation,
unacceptable permitting delays, and will be a severe blow to
property rights and local control;
-----I. There are serious constitutional concerns with the
bill, and states should not relinquish control of natural
resources to the federal government;
-----J. Many of the 17O co-sponsors of the bill have
supported it because of the political appeal of the term
"clean water", and because Oberstar's position as chairman
of a powerful pork committee to intimidate the bill's
opponents by depriving them of funding for projects in their
home districts; and
-----K. This could be the biggest threat to freedom and
property rights ever!! As Jim Burling, senior attorney for
the Pacific Legal Foundation said recently, "If our
constitutional system of limited federal powers means
anything, we have to win on this issue."
Action Items:
-----1. Check to see if your Congressperson is on the
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee listed below. If
so, you need to call, fax and e-mail him or her with white
hot intensity over the next two weeks.
-----2. Please call, e-mail and fax your member of Congress
and ask him or her to oppose HR 2421, this new Federal power
grab. You may call any Congressperson at (202) 225-3121. Ask
them to write Members of the Transportation Committee to
oppose HR 2421 and send you a copy of their letter.
-----3. The deadline for testimony for the record is
Thursday, December 20th. You should try to get it in by
Thursday, December 6th, the actual date of the hearing. You
must deluge your Member of Congress with calls immediately.
Get your friends, neighbors and business associates to call.
-----4. Call, fax and e-mail each Member of the House
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in opposition to
HR 2421. We have provided an updated and corrected staff and
e-mail list below. Staff is always changing. If an e-mail
does not work, call the staff member to get the current
e-mail. Any Congressman can be called at (202) 225-3121.
This is a little work and you don't have much time. Failure
to defeat HR 2421 would be a disaster for private property
rights and you.
-----5. Ask any organizations or groups you are part of to
fax or e-mail a letter opposing HR 2421. Make sure they send
you a copy and if you would, send us a copy too.
-----6. You can send testimony for the record to the
following addresses. Hearing date: Dec. 6, 2007. This is the
best date to get your testimony in. The deadline for the
Committee to receive testimony for the official record is
Thursday, December 20, 2007. Send your Testimony to both the
Majority (Democrats) and Minority (Republicans).
-----Reminder -- Be aware of the legal concept
called "laches" or "sleeping on your rights." You
may lose legal rights later if you fail to comment or
testify on HR 2421. So at least send a letter opposing HR
2421. It can be as short as one page or longer.
Address your testimony: (Committee Address)
Honorable James Oberstar (D-MN)
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
US House of Representatives
2165 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515.
(202) 225-4472
Because of the Anthrax postal inspections, mail to Congress
can be slowed by several weeks. Mailed testimony will not
get there in time. You are safer to fax or e-mail your
testimony. The Committee fax number is (202) 226-1270.
E-mail: transcomm@mail.house.gov
Be sure to e-mail it to the staff people listed below to
make sure they get it in case any e-mail does not work. Call
(202) 225-4472 if that e-mail address fails to work.
-----7. Call, fax and e-mail James Oberstar, Chairman of the
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee at his
personal office. Honorable James Oberstar, House of
Representatives, Washington, DC 20515. Fax: (202) 225-0699.
Send e-mail to Rep. Oberstar care of the following staff
persons:
bill.richard@mail.house.gov
john.schadl@mail.house.gov; chip.gardiner@mail.house.gov;
meloday.hamoud@mail.house.gov;
kipp.johnson@mail.house.gov; jonathan.rucks@mail.house.gov.
-----8. Call, Fax and e-mail John Mica (R-FL), Ranking
Minority
Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure
Committee. Because the Committee Chairman, James Oberstar,
is also the author of HR 2421 you may not receive favorable
treatment of your testimony from him. Also send Rep. Mica a
copy of your testimony.
Address it: Honorable John Mica (R-FL), Ranking Minority
Member, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee,
2165 Rayburn House Office Building, House of
Representatives, Washington, DC 20515. Minority Phone: (202)
225-9446. Minority Fax: (202) 225-6782. Send e-mail to John
Mica and Don Young (R-AK) at the Committee care of:
jon.pawlow@mail.house.gov;
geoff.bowman@mail.house.gov; john.anderson1@mail.house.gov
-----9. Send a copy of your testimony to both your
Senators. The Senate version is S 1870 and is worded exactly
like the HR 2421. It is sponsored by Senator Russ Feingold
(D-WI). By wording both bills the same, they are looking to
ram through this bill fast before you get a chance to get
organized. You must forward this e-mail to as many friends
and business associates as possible.
-----10. Ask organizations or groups in your State to send
letters by fax or e-mail opposing HR 2421. Especially those
involved in farming, ranching, and anyone who owns private
land. Get copies of all the letters or resolutions to all
the Members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure
Committee listed below. Send them to ALRA as well.
-----11. Call your local representative of the American Farm
Bureau to urge them to go all out against HR 2421. Ask to be
put on any special mailing lists the Farm Bureau may be
sending out. Send us the contact information, phone number
and e-mail of your local American Farm Bureau
Representative. Ask for a copy of a letter from the Farm
Bureau to Mr. Oberstar opposing HR 2421.
-----12. No matter where you live, but especially if you
live in Minnesota or better still, in Rep. Oberstar's
district, it is critical that you notify organizational
leaders as well as average citizens to have them send
letters and pass resolutions to Reps. Oberstar and John Mica
opposing HR 2421.
Also notify your state legislators and local elected
officials. You should hold local public meetings and get as
many people in your area as possible informed about HR 2421.
This is especially true in Minnesota. Of course you should
do this in other states as well.
There are 300 green groups supporting the HR 2421 and 171
Congressmen are co-sponsoring HR 2421 so far. Oberstar has
said publicly that the House will pass the bill. You must
help prove him wrong. He is twisting arms by threatening to
withhold pork money for local projects, which he controls,
from each Members district unless they support his bill.
American Land Rights Association is working as a team with
the American Property Coalition in Minnesota and many other
organizations across America to defeat HR 2421. You can
reach the American Property Coalition at donp@americanpropertycoalition.org
or mail:
American Property Coalition
161 St. Anthony Ave., Ste. 935
St. Paul, MN 55103
(651) 224-6219
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Below is the fax and e-mail list of most of the Members of
the Committee. You need to send your e-mail care of one of
their staff that we have listed. You may call any
Congressman at (202) 225-3121
Chair: Oberstar (D-MN) 42 Democrats
Ranking Minority: Mica (R-FL) 33 Republicans
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Minority (Republican) Direct Line: (202) 225-9446
Chief of Minority Staff - James Coon, (202) 225-9446
jim.coon@mail.house.gov--or ryan.boyce@mail.house.gov
Minority (Republicans) Fax: (202) 226-5435
Republicans:
John L Mica (R-FL) Fax (202) 226-0821 Contact: Brian Waldrip
- brian.waldrip@mail.house.gov
Don Young (R-AK) Fax (202) 225-0425 Contact:Pamela Day -
pamela.day@mail.house.gov
Thomas Petri (R-WI) Fax (202) 225-2356 Contact: Lindsay
Bowers - lindsay.bowers@mail.house.gov
Howard Coble (R-NC) Fax (202) 225-8611 Contact: John Mautz -
john.mautz@mail.house.gov
John J Duncan Jr. (R-TN) Fax (202) 225-6440 Contact: Ryan
Temme - ryan.temme@mail.house.gov
Vernon J Ehlers (R-MI) Fax (202) 225-5144 Contact: Matthew
Reiffer -matt.reiffer@mail.house.gov
Steven C La Tourette (R-OH) Fax (202) 225-3307 Contact: Tim
Lundquist - tim.lundquist@mail.house.gov
Richard Baker (R-LA) Fax (202) 225-7313 Contact: Paul Sawyer
- paul.sawyer@mail.house.gov
Frank A LoBiondo (R-NJ) Fax (202) 225-3318 Contact: Geoff
Gosselin -Send to: jacob.sciandra@mail.house.gov
Jerry Moran (R-KS) Fax (202) 225-5124 Contact: Alex Richard
- alex.richard@mail.house.gov
Gary G Miller (R-CA) Fax (202) 226-6962 Contact: Sandra
Breitengross - sandra.breitengross@mail.house.gov
Robin Hayes (R-NC) Fax (202) 225-4036 Contact: Tommy Sevier
- tommy.sevier@mail.house.gov
Henry E Brown Jr. (R-SC) Fax (202) 225-3407 Contact: Chris
Berardini - chris.berardini@mail.house.gov
Timothy V Johnson (R-IL) Fax (202) 226-0791 Contact:
Stephen Borg - stephen.borg@mail.house.gov
Todd Platts (R-PA) Fax (202) 226-1000 Contact: Joe Thomas -
joe.thomas@mail.house.gov
Sam Graves (R-Mo) Fax (202) 225-8221 Contact: Paul Sass -
paul.sass@mail.house.gov
Bill Shuster (R-PA) Fax (202) 225-2486 Contact: Stephen
Martinko - stephen.martinko@mail.house.gov
John Boozman (R-AR) Fax (202) 225-5713 Contact: Kathee
Facchiano - kathee.facchiano@mail.house.gov
Jim Gerlach (R-PA) Fax (202) 225-8440 Contact: Bill Tighe -
bill.tighe@mail.house.gov
Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) Fax (202) 226-0346 Contact: Lauren
Robitaille - lauren.robitaille@mail.house.gov
Kenny E Marchant (R-TX) Fax (202) 225-0074 Contact: Ryan
Young - ryan.young@mail.house.gov
Charles W Dent (R-PA) Fax (202) 226-0778 Contact: Pete
Richards - pete.Richards@mail.house.gov
Ted Poe (R-TX) Fax (202) 225-5547 Contact: Alan Knapp -
alan.knapp@mail.house.gov
Dave Reichert (R-WA) Fax (202) 225-4282 Contact: Chris
Miller - chris.miller@mail.house.gov
Connie Mack (R-FL) Fax (202) 226-0439 Contact: Francis Gibbs
- francis.gibbs@mail.house.gov
John R "Randy" Kuhl Jr. (R-NY) Fax (202) 226-6599 Contact:
Meredith Bircher - meredith.bircher@mail.house.gov
Lynn A Westmoreland (R-GA) Fax (202) 225-2515 Contact: Joe
Lillis - joe.lillis@mail.house.gov
Charles W Boustany Jr. (R-LA) Fax (202) 225-5724
Contact:Terri Fish - terri.fish@mail.house.gov
Jean Schmidt (R-OH) Fax (202) 225-1992 Contact: Joe Jansen -
joe.jansen@mail.house.gov
Candice S Miller (R-MI) Fax (202) 226-1169 Contact: Sean
Moran - sean.moran@mail.house.gov
Thelma Drake (R-VA) Fax (202) 225-4218 Contact: Dena Kozanas
- dena.kozanas@mail.house.gov
Mary Fallin (R-OK) Fax (202) 226-1463 Contact: Jeff Ringer -
jeff.ringer@mail.house.gov
Vern Buchanan (R-FL) Fax (202) 226-0828 Contact: Max Goodman
- max.goodman@mail.house.gov
Democrat Committee Members (We've listed only those
we hope may be open minded.)
Direct line for Majority (Democrats) (202) 225-4472 Fax:
(202) 226-1270
Gene Taylor (D-MS) Fax (202) 225-7074 Contact:Courtney
Littig - courtney.littig@mail.house.gov
Ellen O Tauscher (D-CA) Fax (202) 225-5914 Contact: Paul
Kidwell - paul.kidwell@mail.house.gov
Leonard L Boswell (D-IA) Fax (202) 225-5608 Contact: Susan
McAvoy - susan.mcavoy@mail.house.gov
Tim Holden (D-PA) Fax (202) 226-0996 Contact: Keith J
Pemrick - keith.pemrick@mail.house.gov
Brian Baird (D-WA) Fax (202) 225-3478 Contact:Hilary Cain -
hilary.cain@mail.house.gov
Mike Michaud (D-ME) Fax (202) 225-2943 Contact: Kim Thompson
- kim.thompson@mail.house.gov
Russ Carnahan (D-MO) Fax (202) 225-7452 Contact: Jeremy
Haldeman - jeremy.haldeman@mail.house.gov
John T Salazar (D-CO) Fax (202) 226-9669 Contact: Eric
Wortman - eric.wortman@mail.house.gov
Nicholas V Lampson (D-TX) Fax (202) 225-5241 Contact: Dan
Easley - dan.easley@mail.house.gov
Zachary T Space (D-OH) Fax (202) 225-3394 Contact: Aaron
Schmidt - aaron.schmidt@mail.house.gov
Bruce Braley (D-IA) Fax (202) 225-6666 Contact: Mike Goodman
- mike.goodman@mail.house.gov
Jason Altmire (D-PA) Fax (202) 226-2274 Contact: Erik
Komendant - erik.komendant@mail.house.gov
Timothy J Walz (DFL-MN) Fax (202) 225-3433 Contact: Meredith
Salsbery - meredith.salsbery@mail.house.gov
Heath Shuler (D-NC) Fax (202) 226-6422 Contact:Sean O'Brien
- sean.obrien@mail.house.gov
Nick J Rahall (D-WV) Fax (202) 225-3452 Contact: erika.young@mail.house.gov
Jerry F Costello (D-IL) Fax (202) 225-0285 Contact:
christa.fornarotto@mail.house.gov
Harry E Mitchell (D-AZ) Fax (202) 225-3263 Contact:
matthew.weisman@mail.house.gov
Christopher P Carney (D-PA) Fax (202) 225-9594 Contact:
jeffrey.gabriel@mail.house.gov
Steve Kagen (D-WI) Fax (202) 225-5729 Contact: casey.frary@mail.house.gov
Steve Cohen (D-TN) Fax (202) 225-5663 Contact:
marilyn.dillihay@mail.house.gov
Jerry McNerney (D-CA) Fax (202) 225-4060 Contact:
nick.holder@mail.house.gov
Laura Richardson (D-CA) Fax (202) 225-7924 Contact:
matt.chiller@mail.house.gov
You must take urgent action to help stop HR 2421.
This bill will have a huge impact on rural America, farming,
ranching and private lands. No one who owns private land is
safe.
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