Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Your letters can help

[More from Julie Smith's letter]

Friends & Family Letter

Dear Friends and Family,

I am asking for your help. New Orleans cannot rebuild unless congress supports levee protection that will not fail when a storm comes. New Orleans is an important American city. Would people say to give up on San Francisco or Chicago or Miami or Anchorage or New York because it was just too expensive to protect? Well that is what I am hearing from the media across the country and from individuals in congress.

The fate of greater New Orleans' levees lies with the committees and lawmakers below. Please contact them in some way and let them know that New Orleans matters. However you communicate, use your own words, and speak from the heart. Please share this email with as many people as you can. Maybe in this way congress will hear that America really does care about New Orleans. If, by chance, you know any legislator personally, please contact them.


Letter to Lawmakers

Here is a sample message. Feel free to just copy, paste and send it to all of these listed below.

[NOTE: When a web site is listed, look for the "Contact" link at the site, which will take you to an email form. --J]


Dear Sir;

I write to implore you to support legislation solely involving the re-securing and re-building of New Orleans. It is imperative that appropriate and immediate funding for the proper and timely construction of the levee system around the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan area be approved.

New Orleans plays an important part in the economic welfare not only of the area but for the entire country! North, South, East and West depend on the vital traffic of goods and services that New Orleans and its people have always provided through its port.

Thank you


SENATE MAJORITY LEADER
Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn)
509 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-3344
Web site: www.frist.senate.gov.

SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
Sen. Thad Cochran, (R-Miss, chairman)
113 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-5054
e-mail address: senator@cochran.senate.gov

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va., ranking member)
311 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-3954
e-mail address: senator_byrd@byrd.senate.gov

Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)
522 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington,D.C. 20510
(202) 224-3004
Web site: www.stevens.senate.gov

SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE
Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H., chairman)
393 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-3324
Web site: www.gregg.senate.gov

Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D., ranking member)
530 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-2043
Web site: www.conrad.senate.gov

SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla., chairman)
453 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-4721
Web site: www.inhofe.senate.gov

Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont., ranking member)
511 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-265
e-mail address: max@baucus.senate.gov

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.)
235 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-2976
Web site: www.house.gov/hastert

HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER
Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)
217 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C.
20515; (202) 225-6536
Web site: www.blunt.house.gov

HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif., chairman)
2112 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-5861
Web site: www.house.gov/jerrylewis

Rep. David Obey (D-Wis., ranking member)
2314 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-3365
Web site: www.obey.house.gov

HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE
Rep. Jim Nussle (R-Iowa, chairman)
303 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-2911
Web site: http://nussle.house.gov

Rep. John Spratt (D-S.C., ranking member)
1401 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-5501
Web site: www.house.gov/spratt

HOUSE RESOURCES COMMITTEE
Rep. Richard Pombo (R-Calif., chairman)
2411 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-1947
e-mail: rpombo@mail.house.gov

Rep. Nick J. Rahall II (D-W.Va., ranking member)
2307 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-3452
e-mail: nrahall@mail.house.gov

HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska, chairman)
2111 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-5765
Web site: www.donyoung.house.gov

Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn, ranking member)
2365 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-6211
Web site: www.oberstar.house.gov