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From: WCMO Headquarters (Yasa Henson)
Subject: FWD: "political" emergency alert!
Date: Friday, June 04, 1999 8:33 AM
Hello all this is a forward that you all should know about!
v e r y s c a r y
{{ keep the peace and love}}
Yasa
>
> Becky Hasselbring wrote:
>
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>> Subject: Emergency Alert - HR 1790
>> Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 18:19:52 -0700
>> From: Olga Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: undisclosed recipients <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>> I just received the following from a friend. Being a bit of a cynic, I
>> called the phone number at the end of the message. Surprise, surprise! I
>> had a very nice chat with Mr. Jim Rarey (who it turns out graduated from
>> high school a few miles down the road from me, LOL, though he now lives
>> in Michigan). This is legit, and the precedent it would set is
>> terrifying. He's going to be writing a follow up in the next few days,
>> and will be sending me a copy.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Olga
>>
>> HR 1790, Chemical Safety Information and Site Security Act of 1999
>>
>> ==================BEGIN FORWARDED
>> MESSAGE==================
>> MEDIUM RARE
>> By Jim Rarey
>> May 23, 1999
>> EMERGENCY ALERT!!
>>
>> Congress Set to Abdicate
>>
>> In the guise of fighting terrorism, the Congress is rushing through
>> legislation that would delegate to the executive branch unprecedented
>>
>> (and unconstitutional) powers.
>>
>> On Wednesday, May 19th at a hearing by the House Commerce Health and
>> Environmental Sub-committee, legislation drafted by the
>> administration
>> was discussed. The bill deals with hazardous materials and both
>> accidental catastrophic spills and those caused by terrorism. The
>> bill
>> has been introduced by Republican (!) Representative Thomas Bliley of
>>
>> Virginia. The Republican leadership has scheduled the legislation to
>> be
>> cleared through the House and Senate for the president's signature by
>>
>> June 21st.
>>
>> Among other things, the legislation would:
>>
>> 1.. Preempt (strike down) all state and local laws on availability
>> of government records to the public.
>> 2.. Preempt all state and local Freedom of Information Acts
>> (FOIA'S)
>> 3.. Give the executive branch the authority to decide which
>> requests for information from the federal government it would honor.
>> 4.. Give the executive branch the authority to issue 'guidelines'
>> as well as criminal penalties for violation of those 'guidelines'.
>> 5.. Prohibit the public from obtaining (in either written or
>> electronic form) information about 'offsite consequences' of
>> accidental
>> catastrophic chemical incidents as well as those that might be caused
>>
>> by terrorists.
>> 6.. Allow the executive branch to establish (by executive order)
>> criminal penalties for any state or local official who allows such
>> information to reach the public in printed or electronic form.
>> 7.. Prohibits even federal officials >from making such information
>> available on the internet.
>>
>> Additionally, Congress has given the authority to the president to
>> write 'privacy' laws if congress does not come up with acceptable
>> legislation by August of this year. The president mentioned this in
>> his
>> public speech about his 'privacy' agenda. My congressional
>> representative verified that congress had indeed given him that
>> authority. Her staff is in the process of hunting down the specific
>> legislation that granted that unconstitutional power.
>>
>> Undoubtedly this same tactic is being used by the administration in
>> other areas of proposed legislation. We must mount a massive protest
>> to
>> the congress to stop this dangerous and unconstitutional delegation
>> of
>> power to the executive branch.
>>
>> Please forward this piece to every E-mail address you have. Then
>> write
>> your representative in congress and both of your senators expressing
>> your outrage that they would even consider such actions. This is not
>> a
>> partisan issue. Both Republicans and Democrats on the sub-committee
>> expressed 'reservations' about some of the provisions. However the
>> Republican leadership seems determined to rush the bill through the
>> House and Senate.
>>
>> If we lose this one, then congress has become irrelevant!
>>
>> permission is granted to reproduce in its entirety or call Jim Rarey
>> at
>> (734) 942-7667
>
>
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