Wyoming Range: Calling Pennsylvania

One final hurdle stands before enactment of the Wyoming Range Legacy Act: the U.S. House of Representatives. The act has been packaged with a host of public lands bills into the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009. This omnibus bill made it through the Senate, intact, with no amendments. To make it through the House, a majority of legislators must do two things: first they must vote “yes” to consider the act under a rule, and then they must vote “no” on a motion to recommit. Passing a motion to recommit at this juncture, which would open the bill to new amendments, could do significant harm. Procedurally, an amended bill would have to return to the Senate for consideration, and it would be very difficult to get this whole package back through the Senate a second time.

This week, two Democratic Congressman from the state of Pennsylvania who are considering offering an amendment need to hear from their constituents who support the Omnibus Public Lands Act. If you live in Pennsylvania, or have family or friends who do, a phone call or e-mail to two Pennsylvanian congressmen will be very influential. Please consider taking five minutes out of your day (or your family’s and friends’) to place a call or send an e-mail to these two U.S. Congressmen. The message these lawmakers need to receive is that they should support S.22 and vote no on any motion to recommit. Here is their contact information:

Rep. Jason Altmire, Pennsylvania Congressional District 4
In DC: (202) 225-2565; in PA: (724) 378-0928
E-mail: https://forms.house.gov/altmire/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm

Rep. Christopher Carney- Pennsylvania Congressional District 10
In DC (202) 225-3721; in PA: (570) 644-1682.
E-mail: http://carney.house.gov/contact.shtml

Also consider contacting your own Congressperson in the U.S. House of Representatives. To find the contact information for your U.S. Representative, click here:
https://writerep.house.gov/

photo courtesy of Duane Mortenson