<>The bill HR 5096 Peter Tobias refers to can be found at: <>http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:H.R.5096: You may have to copy and paste the link. Make sure you get the colon at the end or you get a blank page. <>* * <> <>The bill will have to be rewritten to include flora. It is currently in the *Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife & Oceans Subcommittee of the *House Resources Committee. <> <> <>Wayne Gilchrest is both the sponsor of the bill and the chairman of the Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife & Oceans Subcommittee.<> <>Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) Washington, DC Office 2245 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone 202-225-5311 Fax 202-225-0254 Website: http://gilchrest.house.gov/index.asp You can e-mail him off his website <> <> <>Main District Office for Wayne Gilchrest:** <>**315 High St., #105 <>Chestertown, MD 21620 <>Phone: (410) 778-9407 <>Fax: (410) 778-9560 <> <> <>League of Conservation Voters: Gilchrest scores 55% by the LCV on environmental issues, meaning mixed environmental voting record. <>
<>*Other members of Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife & Oceans Subcommittee* <> <>Mr. Wayne T. Gilchrest, Maryland, Chairman Mr. Frank Pallone, New Jersey, Ranking Democrat Member <> <>Don Young, AK W.J. "Billy" Tauzin, LA Jim Saxton, NJ, Mark E. Souder, IN Walter B. Jones, NC Richard W. Pombo, CA, ex officio <>Eni F. Faleomavaega, AS <>Neil Abercrombie, HI Solomon P. Ortiz, TX Madeleine Z. Bordallo, GA Nick J. Rahall, II, WV, ex officio <> <> <>Your representatives address information can be found at: http://www.house.gov/writerep/ <> <> <>Rep. Richard Pombo is chairman *of the *House Resources Committee. <> <> <>Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA) 2411 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 (202) 225-1947 (202) 226-0861 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> website: http://www.house.gov/pombo/ <> <> <>League of Conservation Voters: rated 5% by the LCV on environmental issues, meaning anti-environmental voting record. <> <> <>The House Resource Committee recently voted to weaken the endangered species act: http://www.stopextinction.org/News/News.cfm?ID=1528&c=12 <http://www.stopextinction.org/News/News.cfm?ID=1528&c=12> <> <> <>From a San Francisco Chronicle article profiling Richard Pombo: <> <> <>He chairs the House Resources Committee, which drafts many of the nation's most important environmental laws and oversees 700 million acres of public land. In Washington, he's as powerful a player on environmental issues as the Interior Secretary or the Environmental Protection Agency administrator. <> <>Pombo is a crusader -- a cowboy hat-wearing rancher and outspoken property rights activist who believes the government's approach to environmental regulation is too intrusive, too confrontational and often ineffective in protecting natural resources. <> <>At 43, he is the youngest chairman in the House, having jumped over nine more senior Republicans on the committee to win the job last year, with the strong backing of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas. Pombo, known on Capitol Hill for his ostrich-skin boots and fund-raising ability, convinced Republican leaders he could spearhead a more aggressive effort by the party to reshape federal environmental policy. He has been a leading advocate of the energy bill -- including its provision to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- which passed the House, but is stuck in the Senate. The full article can be found at: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/05/03/MNGAF6ELOT1.DTL Mark Sullivan
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