The Clean Water Restoration Act would:
Give jurisdiction to the Corps of Engineers and EPA over all waters of the United States; and
Give jurisdiction to the Corps of Engineers and EPA over all activities affecting those waters.
If that doesn't scare you, nothing will.
Look to see if one or more of the Congressmen listed below are from your state. They have your future in their hands.
Clean Water Restoration Act will likely come to a vote in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in September (it doesn't restore anything and is not about clean water).
You must take action to call them and send them an e-mail or a fax to let them know in no uncertain terms that you are opposed to the giant land and water grab bill, the Clean Water Restoration Act.
Make sure you call your Congressman at (202) 225-3121 or fax and e-mail him or her to express your opposition to the Clean Water Restoration Act. There must be a continual drumbeat of opposition to this huge land and water grab. Deluge him or her or them and others with calls, faxes, e-mails and letters (sent by fax). Bombard anyone from your state with opposition.
These are the Members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee you need to focus on as you oppose the proposed Clean Water Restoration Act. It does not have a bill number yet. At least one Congressman from your state should be on this list.
Remember, you can call any Congressman at (202) 225-3121.
Th is is a very frightening bill with the ability to control your spring, well, pond, etc. This also means your land because your land is located in a watershed.
Jason Altmire (PA) – Fax (202) 226-2274 – Email – erik.komendant@mail.house.gov
Michael Arcuri (NY) – Fax (202) 225-1891 – Email – chris.wilcox@mail.house.gov
Brian Baird (WA) – Fax (202) 225-3478 – Email – andrew.dohrmann@mail.house.gov
John Boccieri (OH) * - Fax (202) 225-3059 – Email – chad.tanner@mail.house.gov
Leonard Boswell (IA) – Fax (202) 225-5608 – Email – ross.maradian@mail.house.gov
Russ Carnahan (MO) – Fax (202) 225-7452 – Email – katy.dawson@mail.house.gov
Chris Carney (PA) – Fax (202) 225-9594 – Email – aaron.davis@mail.house.gov
Stephen Cohen (TN) – Fax (202) 225-5663 – Email – terence.houston@mail.house.gov
Jerry Costello (IL) – Fax (202) 225-0285 – Email – christa.fornarotto@mail..house.gov
Peter DeFazio (OR) – Fax (202) 225-0032 – Email – auke.Mahar-piersma@mail.house.gov
Vernon Ehlers (MI) – Fax (202) 225-5144 – Email – ben.gielow@mail.house.gov
Bob Filner (CA) – Fax (202)225-9073 – Email – sharon.wagener@mail.house.gov
R. Parker Griffith (AL) *- Fax (202) 225-4392 – Email – sharon.wheeler@mail.house.gov
Phil Hare (IL) * - Fax (202) 225-5396 – Email – chris.austin@mail.house.gov
Tim Holden (PA) – Fax (202) 226-0996 – Email – keith.pemrick@mail.house.gov
Steven Kagen (WI) – Fax (202) 225-5729 – Email – rob.mosher@mail.house.gov
Rick Larsen (WA) – Fax (202) 225-4420 – Email – betsy.robblee@mail.house.gov
Elizabeth Markey (CO) * - Fax (202) 225-5870 – Email – anne.caprara@mail.house.gov
Michael McMahon (NY) * - Fax (202) 226-1272 – Email – chris.mccannell@mail.house.gov
Mike Michaud (ME) – Fax (202) 225-2943 – Email – ed.gilman@mail.house.gov
Harry Mitchell (AZ) – Fax (202) 225-3263 – Email – matthew.weisman@mail.house.gov
Solomon Ortiz (TX) – Fax (202) 226-1134 – Email – lindsay.young@mail.house.gov
Thomas Perriello (VA) * - Fax (202) 225-5681 – Email – lise.clavel@mail.house.gov
Nick Rahall (WV) – Fax (202) 225-9601 – Email – kent.Keyser@mail.house.gov
Laura Richardson (CA) – Fax (202) 225-7926 – Email – matt.chiller@mail.house.gov
Mark Schauer (MI) * - Fax (202) 225-6281 – Email – brad.neidhardt@mail.house.gov
Heath Shuler (NC) – Fax (202) 226-6422 – Email – ryan.fitzpatrick@mail.house.gov
Gene Taylor (MS) – Fax (202) 225-7074 – Email – ethan.rabin@mail.house.gov
Harry Teague (NM) * - Fax (202) 225-9599 – Email – adrian.saenz@mail.house.gov
Dina Titus (NV) * - Fax (202) 225-2185 – Email – jay.gertsema@mail.house.gov
Timothy Walz (MN) – Fax (202) 225-3433 – Email – chris.schmitter@mail.house.gov
Congress Moves to Seize Control Of All U.S. Waters -----Do you want the Corps and EPA in your backyard? -----Do you want the EPA and Corps to control your water? -----Do you want the Corps and EPA to control all your watersheds that means all your land too? -----That's what will happen if the new Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA) (S787) passes Congress. See the “letter to the editor” at the bottom of this message. You should try to write a letter to the editor of any papers in your local area . Remember -- The Senate EPW Committee passed the Clean Water Act Land-Water Grab (S 787) Thursday, June 18 th . Immediate action by you is critical in both the House and the Senate. See the background information below. -----Action Items: -----1. Forward this message to your entire list if possible. Forward it to no less than five other people. -----2. Call your Congressman listed above and tell his or her staff you oppose the proposed Clean Water Restoration Act that is likely to come to a vote in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in September. Tell them this is a big issue people will remember in November, 2010. You can call any Congressman at (202) 225-3121. Be sure to ask for the staff person who handles the proposed Clean Water Restoration Act. When you speak to that person, ask for his or her e-mail address and fax number. Or you can use the e-mail and fax number we have listed. -----3. After you call, send a message by fax or e-mail to your Congressman using that staff person's e-mail or fax address opposing the Clean Water Restoration Act. -----4. Write a new letter opposing the Senate version of the Clean Water Restoration Act (S 787) referencing the Senate Committee vote on June 18 and send it to the Honorable James Inhofe, Ranking Member, Environment and Public Works Committee, US Senate, Washington, DC 20210. You can fax it to (202) 224-5167. -----5. Write both your home state Senators at Honorable _____, US Senate, Washington, DC 20510. You should also call. You can call any Senator at (202) 224-3121. Again, ask for the staff person who handles S 787, the Clean Water Restoration Act. Ask for his or her fax number and e-mail address. Send your letter by fax if you can. It is always better to send your letter by fax or e-mail. Regular mail gets slowed by the Anthrax mail inspections. The Clean Water Restoration Act (S 787) passed the Senate EPW Committee that failed to hold hearings in this Congress. You can still ask your Senators and the Senators on the Committee to hold hearings. Ask them how they could vote on a bill without holding public hearings. You must deluge both your Senators with calls, letters, e-mails and faxes. Call your friends in other states and have them call their Senators to oppose S 787. This is a monster land grab. -----6. See the sample “letter to the editor” by Randy Dutton at the bottom of this e-mail. Send a letter to the editor of any local newspapers in your area about the Clean Water Restoration Act. It is called S 787 in the Senate. It does not have a House number yet but it will so contact your Congressman. -----7. Call your Congressman and both Senators to ask for their schedule during August and September. You want to attend any public meetings, town halls or gatherings they are going to speak at. Remember, you can call any Congressman at (202) 225-3121. You can call any Senator at (202) 224-3121. Background: Last year, (2008) James Oberstar, Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a hearing on his proposed Clean Water Restoration Act. Because of your letters, phone calls, faxes and e-mails, he failed to get his draft bill out of Committee. You can have the same success now if you rise up and make sure your Congressman listed above hears from you and everyone you know about how bad the Clean Water Restoration Act is. Thursday, June 18, 2009 the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed S 787 as the Baucus- Klobuchar Substitute by a strictly party line vote of 12 Democrats to 7 Republicans. -----The Committee voted to take out the limitation in the Clean Water Act requiring the Corps of Engineers (Corps) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate only “navigable” waters. -----The modified version of S 787 gives the Corps and EPA the authority to regulate “all waters of the United States.” The Committee tried a trick by taking out the reference to “all activities affecting these waters” but everyone agrees that because of terminology elsewhere in the bill, the courts will still rule that the Corps of Engineers and Environmental Protection Agency will have the authority to regulate all activities affecting all waters of the United States. -----The EPW Committee voted to overturn the Rapanos and SWANCC Supreme Court Decisions of 2006 and 2001 that required the Corps and EPA to only regulate “Navigable” waters. -----As passed, “the term `waters of the United States' means all waters subject to the ebb and flow of the tide, the territorial seas, and all interstate and intrastate waters, including lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, sandflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, and natural ponds, all tributaries of any of the above waters, and all impoundments of the forgoing.' You can see the full markup (vote) (called a Business Meeting) by going to the Senate Environment and Public Works website at http://epw.senate.gov/ Look for the Committee Business Meeting on June 18 th . Background: -----Besides private property, the Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA) (S 787) threatens businesses, agriculture, small communities, grazing, forestry, mining and many other uses on private and Federal land. It will affect many kinds of manufacturing companies and businesses. -----The Real Goal of the Clean Water Restoration Act (S787) is to give Corps and EPA Control over your water and all your watersheds. That means National Land Use Controls as well as control over all your water and land. That's because all land is in a watershed.. The proposed Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA) (S787), which has no House bill number yet, will give the Corps and EPA jurisdiction and control over your property and water. -----It will redefine what the term “wetlands” means in the law. It will eliminate the requirement that the Corps and EPA limit their jurisdiction to “Navigable” waters and give those agencies control over all waters of the US and “activities” affecting those waters. The Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA) will be introduced in the House shortly. ----- Maps showing existing Clean Water Act affected areas compared to the areas affected if the CWRA (Clean Water Restoration Act) if S 787 were to pass Congress are right on our homepage at www.landrights.org Read it in their own words. The Oberstar staff White Paper is published on our Website, www.landrights.org ALRA has published an Executive Summary and Analysis of the Oberstar Staff White Paper written by our associate Don Parmeter of the National Water Conservation Alliance. You'll see in their words what the Democrats plan is to control your land. Go to www.landrights.org ------In the White Paper on the Clean Water Act you'll see how Rep. James Oberstar, Chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee want to give the power and jurisdiction to the Corps of Engineers and EPA to control all the watersheds in the United States. All land is in a watershed. -----It became clear what Oberstar is really up to at the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Hearing on Oberstar's Clean Water Act Wetlands Land Grab Bill, the Clean Water Restoration Act at a hearing last year. -----Committee Chairman James Oberstar (D-MN) made it clear at the hearing that he plans to overturn the Rapanos and SWANCC Supreme Court Decisions of 2006 and 2001. S 787 now says that. -----That would give the Corps of Engineers and EPA jurisdiction over nearly all private and Federal land. The Supreme Court limited that jurisdiction in the two Supreme Court decisions. Look at the two maps for comparison of how the Clean Water Restoration Act affects the country at www.landrights.org Your help is greatly appreciated. Chuck Cushman Executive Director American Land Rights Association (360) 687-3087 “Letter To The Editor” by Randy Dutton. National Water Grab Another assault is coming from Washington DC that will usurp your land use rights, drive up food and construction costs, reduce land value, destroy jobs, and further erode our standard of living. Senate Bill 787, titled the Clean Water Restoration Act, gives virtually unlimited authority to the EPA and Corps of Engineers over ALL surface water including seasonal streams. Not only does it reduce states' rights and local authority, this Bill is another attack on rural America and disproportionately affects Grays Harbor County because of our significant water resources. Adversely affected are homebuilders, logging, ranchers, farmers, highways, airports, recreation, fishing, and more. The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee passed S. 787, the Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA) out of committee on June 18th, on a party-line vote, bringing the country one step closer to the largest federal land grab in our history. You can research more by searching on S 787 at http://epw.senate.gov . If you value the future of your family, you must get involved. Whether this Bill passes a full Senate vote is unknown. What is known is that progressives in Washington DC and in state legislatures will continue to attack citizens' rights until the progressives have changed our nation from a country of rights guaranteed by the Constitution, to a centrist managed socialist state, something history has proven fails every time. Randy Dutton Montesano, WA |