Just got this email from a representative from Repticon. This is very serious and we can still call from 8-10 am which is a lot of time for us to voice our opinions!!!
Email states:
HOT OFF THE PRESS: PHONE CALLS MAKING A DIFFERENCE!
admin Phone Calls 2009-04-22
Just got off the phone with Representative Kildees office. Representative Kildee is a co-sponsor of HR 669 as well as a member of the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans & Wildlife. The staffer said that Rep Kildee is rethinking his position based on the volume of phone calls his office is receiving that are opposed to HR 669.
A staffer in another of the Representatives offices said that they had gotten more phone calls about HR 669 than the Economic Stimulus bill!!!
Here is a list of all 23 Subcommittee Members that is all over the internet … we’ve added the latest information that we have about where they stand and feedback from our callers around the country. The accounts in red are third party information that may or may not be 100% accurate … but if we heard the same thing from 5 or more people about a call with a Representatives office, we felt that it would be ok to share.
Keep calling! Today and tomorrow morning too! The hearing is at 10AM EST, you can call right up to the hearing!
Remember, PLEASE be polite and PLEASE be respectful. Don’t be afraid to ask how many calls they’ve gotten or where the Representative stands on the issue, you are allowed. Do not forget to thank them for their time when you’re done.
Great job everyone, keep it up!
Madeleine Z. Bordallo (Ch)(NP-Guam)
202/225-1188 - Sponsor of the Bill, For it, Staffers telling people that they are over reacting and that their pets will be safe Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
202/225-2726 - Co-Sponsor of the Bill, For it, One staffer told me personally that “it’s going to pass”
Henry Brown (R-SC)
202/225-3176 - Opposes the bill, most vocal opposition on the subcommittee, USARK did a great job with Rep Brown!! Lois Capps (D-CA)
202/225-3601 - Undecided at this time
William Cassidy (R-LA)
202/225-3901 - Undecided at this time (we need to keep calling and asking for his help!!!)
Jason Chaffetz (R-UT)
202/225-7751 - Strongly opposed!!!
Donna M. Christensen (NP-Virgin Islands)
202/225-1790 - Undecided at this time
Diana L. DeGette (D-CO)
202/225-4431 - Undecided at this time
Eni F.H. Faleomavaega (NP – American Samoa)
202/225-8577 - Undecided at this time
Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
202/225-2635 - Likely to oppose
John Fleming (R-LA)
202/225-2777 - Undecided at this time
Doc Hastings (R-WA)
202/225-5816 - Undecided at this time
Dale E. Kildee (D-MI)
202/225-3611 - Co-Sponsor of the Bill, was For it but due to the volume of calls in opposition is “re-thinking” his position. GET ON HIM!! This can make a huge difference!!!
Ronald James Kind (D-WI)
202/225-5506 - Co-Sponsor, For it
Frank M. Kratovil, Jr. (D-MD)
202/225-5311 - Undecided at this time, Spoke to Legislative staffers and they are very interested in the businesses that would be hurt and why there is such strong opposition.
Douglas L. Lamborn (R-CO)
202/225-4422 - Undecided at this time
Frank J. Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ)
202/225-4671 - For it
Pedro R. Pierluisi (NP-Puerto Rico)
202/225-2615 - Undecided at this time
Nick Joe Rahall, II (D-WV)
202/225-3452 - Undecided at this time
Gregorio Sablan (I- Mariana Islands)
202/225-2646 - Co-Sponsor, For it
Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)
202/225-5456 - Undecided at this time. Reports that staffers seem agitated by calls.
Robert J. Wittman (R-VA)
202/225-4261 - Opposed
Donald E. Young (R-AK)
202/225-5765 - Undecided at this time
