The names of the Representatives moved out of their "columns" in Neila's
earlier message. These are the legislators to contact regarding the CAFO
bill.
Jane Clark
House Switchboard to reach all State Representatives from Mon-Thurs: (515)
281-3221
CAFO Regulation - HF 873
Agriculture Sub-Committee
Rep. Mike Reasoner (D)
House District 95 - Union County
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Home Telephone: 641-782-2693
Dolores Mertz (D)
House District 8 - Kossuth County
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Home Telephone: 515-887-2952
Rep. Helen Miller (D)
House District 49 - Webster County
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Home Telephone: 712-439-2479
Rep. Jack Drake (R)
House District 57 -- Pottawattamie
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Home Telephone: 712-784-3538
Rep. Steve Olson (R)
House District 83 - Clinton County
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Home Telephone: 563-659-9096
Speaker of the House
Rep. Pat Murphy (D)
House District 28 - Dubuque County
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Home Telephone: (563) 582-5922
Iowa House Telephone: (515) 281-5566
House Majority Leader
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (D)
House District 67 - Polk County
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Home Telephone: (515) 953-5221
Iowa House Telephone: (515) 281-7497
Senate Majority Leader
Senator Mike Gronstal (D)
Senate District 50 -- Pottawattamie
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Home Telephone: (712) 328-2808
Business Telephone: (515) 281-3901
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neila Seaman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 10:06 AM
Subject: FW: IT'S TIME TO TAKE ACTION!
Chapter staff and volunteers have been working very hard on the Kuhn/Frevert
CAFO bill -- HF873. There have been many hurdles with this bill.
I'm forwarding Ed Fallon's message today because he discusses HF873.
Legislator information is included at the end of the message. Please take a
few minutes to contact these folks and let them know you support HF873.
> From: Ed Fallon <[log in to unmask]>
Despite overwhelming support from citizens and community leaders, two of the
most important pieces of legislation of the 2007 session are on life support
at the Statehouse. HF 805 (SF 553), the Voter-Owned Iowa Clean Elections
law (VOICE), and HF 873, a bill regulating CAFOs, have seen steady progress
but now face strong opposition.
The VOICE bill is in an Appropriations sub-committee comprised of Rep. Dave
Jacoby (D-chair), Rep. Jo Oldson (D) and Rep. Dwayne Alons (R). It will
come up for a vote in that committee either next Tuesday (3/27) or Wednesday
(3/28). If passed, it then goes to the full committee and becomes
"funnel-proof." That means the likelihood for debate on the floor of the
House increases. However, we learned yesterday that the Appropriations
sub-committee plans to "kill" the bill, at the request of leadership.
The same kind of situation exists for the CAFO bill (HF 873). It seems the
bill has been sent to a sub-committee with instructions from leadership to
"kill" it. Members of that committee are Mike Reasoner (D-chair), Delores
Mertz (D), Helen Miller (D), Jack Drake (R) and Steve Olson (R).
.The coalition of citizens groups working to better regulate CAFOs is
running full-page ads in targeted newspapers across Iowa to bring attention
to HF 873.
Three Democratic House members - Pam Jochum, Mark Kuhn and Marcie Frevert -
have been working tirelessly to advocate for these bills. But they can't do
it alone. We must join the fight.
We need to inundate with calls and e-mails the legislative leaders who
control the fate of these two bills. Please call or write. If your
representative isn't on one of the sub-committees, you can still call or
write Rep. Pat Murphy (House Speaker), Rep. Kevin McCarthy (House Majority
Leader) or Senator Mike Gronstal (Senate Majority Leader). Everyone needs
to contact those three leaders, and if you are in a district represented by
any of the lawmakers listed below, please let them know you support these
bills. Then ask everyone else you know to do the same!
>
> It's time to clean up our air, our water and our elections. Thanks in
> advance for your help.
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