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Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 17:04:57 -0400
From: Roger Featherstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ACTION ALERT - Ring the White House on Interior Approps.
ACTION ALERT
STILL TIME TO RING THE WHITE HOUSE
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS SENT BACK TO CONFERENCE FOR RE-WRITE
On Friday, September 29, 1995, the US House of Representatives voted 277
to 147 against approving the Interior Appropriations Conference
Committee Report. This means that the Conference Committee must rework
the Conference report and the earliest it will come back to the floor
for a vote will be October 10.
This is great news!! Although the Conference report was rejected
because it removed a moratorium against mining "patents" (the 1872
mining law), it paves the way for the Conference Committee to make other
changes to avoid a presidential veto.
This gives you time to RING THE WHITE HOUSE and ask President Clinton to
veto the Interior Appropriations bill if is takes away any protection
for endangered species. Make sure the White House knows that the
moratorium on new listings must be removed and money must be restored to
the US Fish & Wildlife Service budget before the Interior Appropriations
bill can be signed. President Clinton has promised to veto the Interior
Appropriations bill. However, he will at some point negotiate his terms
for signing the bill. We must be sure that the ESA is not negotiable!
For the next ten days, make sure that the following numbers ring
continuously for the ESA!!
President Bill Clinton
Comment Line during working hours (9-5 EST)
202/456-1111, Fax: 202/456-2883,
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Vice President Al Gore, Council on Environmental Quality,
202/456-6224, Fax: 202/456-2710,
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Interior Appropriations Bill would:
continue the moratorium on the listing of endangered species and
designation of critical habitat
cut funding for the ESA by 38%, one of the largest cuts of any
program
PLEASE CALL EARLY AND OFTEN
PLEASE DISTRIBUTE THIS ALERT AS WIDELY AS YOU CAN
