Sierra Club is joining with other members of the Clean Water Network on a national Clean Water Call-In Day on September 26th. Please let me know at [log in to unmask] if you can help with this issue or if you take action. If you would like more information about this issue, contact me. We need calls to all of our Iowa Congressmen, especially Boswell, Braley and Loebsach. Please call your Representative's office on Wednesday, September 26. Tell the receptionist that you want your Representative to co-sponsor the Clean Water Restoration Act, H.R. 2421. Make sure you let them know that you live in your Representative's district. That's all you have to say. Every voice counts! NATIONAL CLEAN WATER CALL-IN DAY September 26, 2007 PLEASE URGE YOUR MEMBER OF CONGRESS TO CO-SPONSOR THE CLEAN WATER RESTORATION ACT (H.R. 2421) The Bush administration is using some bad Supreme Court decisions to exclude small streams and "isolated" wetlands from Clean Water Act protections. If these waters are not protected, polluters can dump waste into them and developers can pave them over without any Clean Water Act oversight. This fall, Congress is likely to consider the Clean Water Restoration Act, which would close these loopholes and restore clean water protections to all the nation's waters. This will be one of the most important clean water votes in years. But polluters and developers are working overtime to stop the Clean Water Restoration Act. We need to contact our Representative to stand up to them and co-sponsor this critical bill. So please act now. Join us on September 26th for a national "clean water phone Congress Day". Call your Representative's office. Tell the receptionist that you want your Representative to co-sponsor the Clean Water Restoration Act, H.R. 2421. Make sure you let them know that you live in your Representative's district. That's all you have to say. Every voice counts! To reach your Representative's office, call the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121. Or you can also call your Representative's district office. To find that number, go to http://www.congress.org. Enter your zip code. Click on your federal Representative, and you'll find local phone numbers. Thank you for your help. Jane Clark Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007 - H.R. 2421 Restoring broad protection to our nation's waters: Since the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972, we have made great progress in cleaning up our nation's waters. While much remains to be done, the law has protected the nation's lakes, rivers, streams and wetlands from unregulated pollution, filling and destruction and our waters are cleaner today because of it. However, these protections are at risk of being lost, and Congress must act now to stop these attacks. The best solution is the Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007. This legislation restores the longstanding and broad scope of the Clean Water Act as Congress intended. Waters are at risk: . Twenty million acres of the nation's wetlands (according to the EPA); . Small streams, representing almost 2 million river miles; . Some of these small streams that contribute to the public drinking water supplies of more than 110 million people. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp