Stop Congress
from Trading Away Animal Lives!
Email,
Call, and Fax Your Congressmember
and Demand a NO Vote on the Oman Free Trade
Agreement!
Congress will be voting
on the Oman Free Trade Agreement as soon as Wednesday of this week!!!. It is crucial for animal activists to contact
their legislators as soon as possible and urge them to vote against anti-animal
agreement. Take A Few Minutes to Call,
Fax and E-mail Your House Representatives Now And Tell Them You Do Not Support
This Deal!
EMAIL
YOUR REP.
Go to http://action.citizen.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=3664
There, you can fill in your name and address and an email message
against OFTA will be sent directly to your house member. You can replace the provided sample letter (the
text in the small box) with the animal-oriented sample letter at http://wetlands-preserve.org/no_count.php?page=OmanSample by deleting the sample letter in the
small box, copying the text of the Wetlands Preserve page and pasting it into
the small box We recommend customizing
the letter a bit for maximum impact.
CALL
YOUR REP:
Call the U.S. Capitol at (202) 224-3121 and ask to
be connected to your Representative’s office.
If
you aren’t sure who represents you in Congress, go to http://action.citizen.org/getLocal.jsp to find out.
When you reach your representative's
office, ask to speak to the person who handles trade issues.
Give your name, say that you are a constituent, and
say that you want your rep to vote no on OFTA, an inhumane, anti-animal trade
agreement.
Here’s a sample of what
you can say during your call:
“Hi, my name is _______________. I live in______(your city)___ and I’m calling
to urge Representative ___________ to vote AGAINST the Oman Free Trade
Agreement (OFTA). I’m concerned about the agreement’s weak environmental
provisions and unlimited investor protections as these could destroy habitats,
threaten endangered species, and weaken animal protection laws. OFTA mandates
no minimum environmental standards or enforcement of major environmental and
species protection agreements. It also allows corporations to challenge US
government decisions on federal natural resource contracts. This is
unacceptable, and I strongly urge Representative ____________ to vote AGAINST
the bill.
Can you tell me
Rep.___________________’s position on OFTA? Can you email me a statement of Rep
__________’s position?
Thank you.”
You
can find additional points to bring up in your call at http://wetlands-preserve.org/no_count.php?page=OmanTalking
FAX
YOUR REP
Go to http://action.citizen.org/getLocal.jsp to find your rep’s fax number. Send your rep a letter and put it to the
attention of your rep’s trade aide (you can get the aide’s name when you call
the office to express your opposition to OFTA).
You can find a sample letter you can copy and adapt at http://wetlands-preserve.org/no_count.php?page=OmanSample
PLEASE
TAKE ACTION TODAY!!!!
ANIMALS
LIVES ARE ON THE LINE AND YOU CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE!!!
