Urgent: Vote on factory farm sweetheart deal tonight!

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Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:30:36 -0400 (EDT)

" Audrey Hill, Food & Water Watch " <fwwatch

 

 

Urgent: Vote on factory farm sweetheart deal tonight!

Breaking news! The terrible bill that would exempt manure from

prosecution under the Superfund law will be voted on tonight. The House

of Representatives has put bill HR 4341 on " the suspension

calendar " which is a way for the bill to voted on without going

through the normal hearing process. However, the bill needs a two-thirds

of Representatives to vote yes for it to pass. Please call your

Representative TODAY and tell them to vote no on HR 4341.

 

Talking Points:

 

 

1) The bill did not have a hearing.

 

2) The proponents are trying to by-pass the normal legislative process.

 

3) Superfund is one of the few weapons that communities have to force

large factory farms to comply with environmental laws.

 

4) The National League of Cities and U.S. Conference of Mayors is

opposed to the bill.

 

Call your Representative at 202-224-3121, and tell him or her to vote no

on this sweetheart deal for polluting factory farms.

 

Thank you,

Audrey Hill

food(at)fwwatch.org