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CONGRESS TO VOTE ON GLOBAL WARMING RESOLUTION – ACT NOW
Earlier this week the House Appropriations Committee went on record in the Interior Appropriations Bill in support of addressing global warming with mandatory measures to reduce U.S. emissions. The "Sense of the Congress" resolution mirrors one passed by the Senate last year. This small step is a cause to rejoice, however, opponents will attempt to strip the language from the Interior Appropriations bill on the floor of the House of Representatives on Wednesday May 17th. We need your voice, as a person of faith concerned for the gracious gift of God’s creation, to let Congress know this language should remain! Please contact your Congressional representative by email (see below) or by phone 202-224-3121 and encourage him to support the "Sense of the Congress on Climate Change" resolution in the Interior Appropriations bill. For more, visit www.agiweb.org/gap/legis109/climate.html
Please revise the following and send an email message to your Congressional Representative
Congressman Jim Nussle, District 1, www.nussle.house.gov/email.htm
Congressman James Leach, District 2, www.house.gov/leach/email.htm
Congressman Leonard Boswell, District 3, http://boswell.house.gov/messageform.htm
Congressman Tom Latham, District 4, tom.latham@mail.house.gov
Congressman Steve King, District 5, www.house.gov/steveking/email.shtm
Email form letter to Rep
SUBJECT: Sense of Congress on Global Warming
TEXT: I am writing to urge your support of the "Sense of Congress on Global Warming" resolution in the Interior Appropriations bill, which is expected to reach the House floor Wednesday May 17th.
I believe we have a moral call to address global warming because of its impacts on the environment, on public health, on those living in poverty, and the economy.
America’s religious community has urged action on global warming for years because our religious teachings and deeply held beliefs. In 2004 over 1000 clergy from around the United States signed on to a letter urging action on global warming. And earlier this year, eighty-six evangelical leaders signed on to a statement urging action on global warming.
In the last few years the urgency of global warming has become more pressing. I believe it is time for Congress to take responsibility for a problem that requires us to act on a national scale. Please write back to let me know your position on the resolution language.
Sincerely,
(Your name and mailing address)
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