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This number doesn't work but he has a toll free number in Osceola and the
House won't open again until Tuesday, so there is still plenty of time to
contact him,
Peggy Murdock
At 06:21 PM 10/10/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Posted by Jane Clark
>
>Stop Anti-Environmental Fast-Track Bill
>Urgent Action Alert
>
>Call Representative Boswell Thursday -- Dial 1-800-393-1082
>(courtesy of the AFL-CIO).
>
>Responsible Trade Program
>
>House Ways and Means Committee Chair Bill Thomas (R-CA) is trying to use the
>crisis created by terrorist attacks on our country to ram through Congress a
>divisive, environmentally-destructive fast-track trade bill (HR 3005).
>Based on his schedule, the House could vote as soon as the week of Oct. 15.
>
>Thomas's fast-track bill is not the compromise on the environment that he
>claims. It would expand controversial "investor" rules that have empowered
>foreign corporations to sue over our environmental laws. And it denies
>Congress an effective decision-making role in shaping future trade deals
>that could undercut our environmental laws.
>
>This is not the time for Congress to consider complicated trade policies
>that will affect our quality of life and democratic institutions for years
>to come. The Sierra Club is urging members of the US House of
>Representatives to oppose the Thomas fast track bill if it comes up for a
>vote.
>
>Rep. Leonard Boswell (IA03) is still in the "undecided" column on this
>vote.
>
>Please call his office to try again to persuade him that now is not the time
>for deciding such a controversial issue.
>
>Call Representative Boswell Thursday -- Dial 1-800-393-1082
>(courtesy of the AFL-CIO).
>
>For more information, see www.sierraclub.org/trade or contact
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