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Refuge System Receives Record Increase!

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Dean Newman

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Dean Newman

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Thu, 31 May 2007 11:41:06 -0400

Folks,
Please take a minute to thank Representative Chris Van Hollen, Maryland's
Eighth Congressional District, for his support of the below funding increase
for our National Wildlife Refuge System's Operations and Maintenance
Account. If your Representative is not listed) as one of the supporters,
please contact them requesting their support. A sample email might be
something like:

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Dear Representative ________,
I'm disappointed that you did not sign the endorsement letter supporting
$451 million (FY08) budget request for the National Wildlife Refuge System's
Operations and Maintenance Account. The material condition of our refuges
has steadily declined over the last decade due to continued funding cuts. 

Although 80 members signed the letter, Chris Van Hollen (MD) among them,
your name was conspicuously absent. Please support House Interior
Appropriations Subcommittee chaired by Norm Dicks (D-WA) and Todd Tiahrt
(R-KS)in their effort to rectify this situation.

Sincerely
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Dean Newman
California, MD

-----Original Message-----
From: NWRA [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:29 PM
To: Newman, Dean
Subject: Refuge System Receives Record Increase!

Last week, the House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee proposed the
largest increase in funding to the National Wildlife Refuge System in
history!  The Subcommittee, led by Chairman Norm Dicks (D-WA) and Ranking
Member Todd Tiahrt (R-KS), heard the requests by thousands of Friends and
concerned citizens nationwide by recommending $451 million for FY08 for the
Refuge System's Operations & Maintenance Account.  

At times like this, it is extremely important to thank those who have
supported the Refuge System, and to encourage them to continue their
support.  There are two sets of individuals we need to recognize.  First are
the members of the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee and second are the
80 members who signed a letter, led by the Chairs and Vice Chairs of the
Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus, urging the appropriators to fund the
Refuge System at $451 million.  If your U.S. Representative is on either of
the lists below, please take a moment to thank him or her for supporting
this increase.  You can reach your Representative instantly by calling the
Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121.

House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee members
 
Chair: Norman D. Dicks (WA)
James P. Moran (VA)
Maurice D. Hinchey (NY)
John W. Olver (MA)
Alan B. Mollohan (WV)
Tom Udall (NM)
Ben Chandler (KY)
Ed Pastor (AZ)
Dave Obey (WI), Ex Officio

Ranking Member: Todd Tiahrt (KS)
John E. Peterson (PA)
Jo Ann Emerson (MO)
Virgil H. Goode, Jr. (VA)
Ken Calvert (CA)
Jerry Lewis (CA)
 
U.S. Representatives who signed letter supporting $451 million (FY08)
* Denotes Chair or Vice Chair of House Wildlife Refuge Caucus 
Ron Kind (WI)*
Jim Saxton (NJ)*
Mike Thompson (CA)*
Michael Castle (DE)*
Keith Ellison (MN)
Emanuel Cleaver (MO)
Raul Grijalva (AZ)
Randy Kuhl (NY)
Leonard Boswell (IA)
Neil Abercrombie (HI)
Vern Buchanan (FL)
Steve Pearce (NM)
Nick Rahall (WV)
Jerrold Nadler (NY)
Bart Gordon (TN)
Carolyn Maloney (NY)
Diane DeGette (CO)
Tim Holden (PA)
Rubin Hinojosa (TX)
Ellen Tauscher (CA)
Tammy Baldwin (WI)
Julia Carson (IN)
Tom Petri (WI)
John Conyers (MI)
Frank LoBiondo (NJ)
Darlene Hooley (OR)
Dennis Kucinich (OH)
John Dingell (MI)
Dennis Cardoza (CA)
William Lacy Clay (MO)
Chris Carney (PA)
Madeleine Bordallo (GU)
Ed Perlmutter (CO)
Chris Murphy (CT)
Mike Ross (AR)
Jerry McNerny (CA)
Jim Gerlach (PA)
Anna Eschoo (CA)
Dan Boren (OK)
Frank Pallone (NJ)
Rick Larsen (WA)
Mark Udall (CO)
Stephanie Herseth (SD)
Jim Ramstad (MN)
Dennis Moore (KS)
Chris Van Hollen (MD)
Gwen Moore (WI)
Michael Michaud (ME)
Bobby Jindal (LA)
Mazie Hirono (HI)
Henry Brown (SC)
Anthony Weiner (NY)
Chris Shays (CT)
Tom Allen (ME)
Jim McDermott (WA)
Todd Platts (PA)
Rush Holt (NJ)
John Larson (CT)
Lois Capps (CA)
Jim McGovern (MA)
Edward Markey (MA)
Dale Kildee (MI)
Soloman Ortiz (TX)
Pete DeFazio (OR)
Rick Boucher (VA)
Eliot Engel (NY)
George Miller (CA)
Donald Payne (NJ)
Robert Wexler (FL)
Gary Ackerman (NY)
Wayne Gilchrest (MD)
Jim Moran (VA)
Earl Blumenauer (OR)
Jim Obertar (MN)
Alcee Hastings (FL)
Tom Davis (VA)
David Wu (OR)
Bruce Braley (IA)
Gene Green (TX)
Don Young (AK)
 
This is the first hurdle in the long appropriations race.  Action will now
move to the full Appropriations Committee as early as next week!  If your
Representative is a member of the Full Committee (see below), please take a
moment and urge them to support the Interior Subcommittee's mark of $451
million for the National Wildlife Refuge System for FY08.  After a vote by
the Full Committee, the bill will move to the floor of the House of
Representatives and then to the Senate.   You can reach your Representative
instantly by calling the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121.

Members of the House Appropriations Committee 
David R. Obey, Wisconsin, Chair
John P. Murtha, Pennsylvania
Norman D. Dicks, Washington
Alan B. Mollohan, West Virginia
Marcy Kaptur, Ohio
Peter J. Visclosky, Indiana
Nita M. Lowey, New York
José E. Serrano, New York
Rosa L. DeLauro, Connecticut
James P. Moran, Virginia
John W. Olver, Massachusetts
Ed Pastor, Arizona
David E. Price, North Carolina
Chet Edwards, Texas
Robert E. "Bud" Cramer, Jr., Alabama
Patrick J. Kennedy, Rhode Island
Maurice D. Hinchey, New York
Lucille Roybal-Allard, California
Sam Farr, California
Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., Illinois
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick, Michigan
Allen Boyd, Florida
Chaka Fattah, Pennsylvania
Steven R. Rothman, New Jersey
Sanford Bishop, Georgia
Marion Berry, Arkansas
Barbara Lee, California
Tom Udall, New Mexico
Adam Schiff, California
Michael Honda, California
Betty McCollum, Minnesota
Steve Israel, New York
Tim Ryan, Ohio
C.A "Dutch" Ruppersberger, Maryland
Ben Chandler, Kentucky
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Florida
Ciro Rodriguez, Texas
  
Jerry Lewis, California, Ranking Member
C.W. Bill Young, Florida
Ralph Regula, Ohio
Harold Rogers, Kentucky
Frank R. Wolf, Virginia
James T. Walsh, New York
David L. Hobson, Ohio
Joe Knollenberg, Michigan
Jack Kingston, Georgia
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey
Roger F. Wicker, Mississippi
Todd Tiahrt, Kansas
Zach Wamp, Tennessee
Tom Latham, Iowa
Robert B.Aderholt, Alabama
Jo Ann Emerson, Missouri
Kay Granger, Texas
John E. Peterson, Pennsylvania
Virgil H. Goode, Jr., Virginia
John T. Doolittle, California
Ray LaHood, Illinois
Dave Weldon, Florida
Michael K. Simpson, Idaho
John Abney Culberson, Texas
Mark Steven Kirk, Illinois
Ander Crenshaw, Florida
Dennis R. Rehberg, Montana
John Carter, Texas
Rodney Alexander, Louisiana
 
Thank you for your ongoing support of the National Wildlife Refuge System,
when we all speak together in a unified voice, we CAN make a difference! 




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