Not too late for this.
Ronnie
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Date: Thu, 7 Sep 1995 20:17:24 -0400
From: Roger Featherstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ACTION ALERT - National Call-in Day September 14
National Call Congress Day; September 14
KEEP YOUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM SIGNING H.R. 2275
THE YOUNG/POMBO "EXTINCTION" BILL
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When to call:
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Thursday, September 14
>From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern time
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Who to call:
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The Capitol Hill switchboard is (202)224-3121;
call and ask for your Representative
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What to say:
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H.R. 2275 WILL "ROLL BACK THE ESA," JUST SAY NO!
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H.R. 2275 WILL:
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Allow the Secretary of the Interior to choose extinction.
The H.R. 2275 would end this Nation's long-standing commitment to
ensuring that our great diversity of fish, wildlife, and plant
species is passed to future generations. Under the bill, the
Secretaries of Interior and Commerce would no longer be required
to attempt to recover imperiled species.
Pays off landowners for complying with stewardship obligations.
The H.R. 2275 contains "takings" language that would create a huge
new entitlement program for anyone who complies with the ESA.
Under H.R. 2275, the ESA could not be enforced to prevent a
landowner from destroying spawning habitat relied upon by
endangered salmon and by thousands of downstream commercial and
recreational anglers -- unless the landowner is paid off by the
government.
Eliminates essential habitat protections.
The H.R. 2275 would overrule the recent Sweet Home Supreme Court
decision.
Imposes costly bureaucracy and delay.
The H.R. 2275 calls for enormous hurdles before listing a species.
The taxpayers would foot the bill for not only these costs, but
the costs in recovering more species later.
Shrinks protection of habitat on public lands.
Under the guise of creating a "National Biological Diversity
Reserve" the bill would be able to dramatically eliminate
protection of biodiversity on public lands.
DON'T DELAY, CALL TODAY!!
