Re: Stop The SECRET Plan To Gut Our Environmental Laws

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Stop The SECRET Plan To Gut Our Environmental Laws

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> OPPOSE SUNSET COMMISSIONS, H.R. 3282 AND H.R. 5766

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> ACTION PAGE: http://www.usalone.com/wright/pnum428.php

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> Two bills are moving rapidly through the U.S. House of Representatives

> that would undermine or eliminate critical public health and environmental

> protection programs. The legislation creates un-elected and unaccountable

> commissions with the authority to eliminate federal programs and agencies

> behind closed doors with no opportunity for public input. The commissions

> are being called sunset commissions because they sunset programs. Unless

> you act now, critical public health programs including EPA's Clean Air

> programs that offer protection for all Americans to breath cleaner air,

> the Preventative Health and Health Services Programs run by the Centers

> for Disease Control and Prevention and many others are at risk for

> elimination. These programs could be eliminated without any public input

> or a specific vote by Congress.

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> The legislation, H.R. 3282 and H.R. 5766, is moving through Congress with

> no public hearings, limited debate in Congress, and little opportunity for

> lawmakers to offer amendments.

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> Members of the House are expected to vote on one or both of these bills

> later this week! So, please act today! Let your Representative know you

> don't want an unelected body making important decisions about key programs

> that protect public health and the environment. That's the job we elected

> Congress to do. Lawmakers have all the authority they need to make

> decisions about federal programs. Congress should not delegate this

> authority to " sunset commissions. "

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