Thursday, September 7, 2017

URGENT: Take action! Dangerous Vote in the House TODAY


We urgently need you to speak out against a dangerous bill that Rep. McSally will likely be voting on today.

H.R. 3354—the House spending bill—is a dangerous bill loaded up with loopholes (called “riders”) that gut environmental funding and put our children’s health at risk, while letting polluters off the hook for bad behavior. 

We have just hours left to make sure this dangerous bill fails—take action right away, and tell Rep. McSally to reject H.R. 3354.

This bill slashes the EPA budget by an unfathomable $528 million, taking America decades backward in protecting the environment.

Here are just a few of the most crucial components that will be drastically cut—or entirely eliminated—by this legislation:
  • State and tribal assistance grants
  • Science and technology programs and research
  • Efforts to address climate change
  • Assistance for communities facing environmental injustice
  • And it enables severe staff reductions—putting the EPA’s work instead in the hands of contractors who have less accountability and far fewer limits on their campaign donations than government employees.
All of this will result in more asthma attacks, more toxic pollution in our communities, and more lead in our drinking water—jeopardizing Americans’ health and safety.

Make no mistake: This is the first step in a quest to hollow out the EPA from the inside. We cannot let it move forward.

Take action today, and make sure your Representative opposes this assault on the EPA.

- Heather Shelby, Action Network Manager
EDF ACTION

If you have time also contact her by phone, fax or e-mail. 

Tucson Office:

Phone: (520) 881-3588
Fax: (520) 322-9490

Washington office:
Phone: (202) 225-2542
Fax: (202) 225-0378

2 comments:

  1. Just got a hold of a nice staff member at Rep. McSally's Tucson office. 881-3588

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  2. Got a hold of a nice staff member at her Washington Office too.

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