ALERT!!
September 17, 2011
RECA/ Washington Update
Senate Bill# 791 and House Bill #1490 were reintroduced in April of 2011. In May of 2011, they were moved to their judiciary committees. Then in the beginning of August, 2011, the House bill moved to the sub-committee of Immigration Policy and Education. This sub-committee is the beginning of a line of committees the House bill has to go through, and is the committee that starts the hearings on cases brought against the Federal government.
After the House bill gets through the Immigration Policy & Education committee, it has to still go through the Commerce & Energy committee, Workplace Education, and then back to its own judiciary committee.
That we know of, the Senate bill only has to go through its own judiciary committee.
The Post ’71 Uranium Workers Committee is starting a new petition drive to show the politicians that we are serious about getting the hearings scheduled for these bills, and hopefully, get them moving to do the right thing for the rest of the workers that did their part for the Cold War effort.
Please download and print out copies of the petition and help us gather signatures to send to Washington. Don’t number the pages as we will do that when we have collected all copies and concluded the petition drive.
Thank-you for your support and continued efforts to help us with this battle.
For more information go to www.post71exposure.org, or call Linda @ (505) 287-2304.
Linda Evers
Download Petition Here
PLEASE RETURN PETITIONS TO:
Post ’71 Uranium Workers Committee
P.O. Box 1591
Grants, N.M. 87020
PLEASE GO TO THE COLDWARPATRIOTS.ORG TO SEE SENATOR MARK UDALL ADDRESS SEVERAL QUESTIONS IMPORTANT TO ALL URANIUM WORKERS.
According to Udall’s office, as of last week, they plan on reintroducing the RECA Amendment bills sometime in early April. We now have the new Judiciary Committee contact information posted to our web site. Please help us contact the Judiciary Committee members and ask for their support in getting these bills to their hearings. When we get the actual bill numbers, we will get them posted also.
They suggest that we contact the co-sponsors to thank them for their support last year, and encourage them to continue to support the bills this year. They think our encouragement will be helpful to our cause.
Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) 202-224-6621
110 Hart Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20510-3101
Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) 202-224-5521
703 Hart Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20510-3102
Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) 202-224-5852
702 Hart Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20510
Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) 202-224-6142
239 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20510
Senator James Risch (R-ID) 202-224-2752
483 Russell Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20510
Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) 202-224-5941
310 Hart Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20510
Congressman Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) 202-225-6190
502 Cannon House Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20510
Be sure to let him know Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) and Congressman Lujan (D-NM) will be re-introducing the RECA amendment bills into the new legislation soon, and his office is free to contact them for more information.
The government was responsible for our safety, or lack of safety, and overlooked the company’s shortcomings to protect us for the sake of profit dollars.
President Obama (202) 456-1111
For information on the current RECA program contact:
Killian & Davis, P.C.
jennifer@killianlaw.com or diana@killianlaw.com, or call toll free 1-866-400-7322, or the new Field office in Grants, NM 1-505-287-4333, elizabeth@recalaw.com, kacee@recalaw.com, or linda@recalaw.com
Walter K. Martinez Law Firm at 1-505-244-3225, mlo1@7cities.net, or kevin.martinez@wkmlaw.com
The following links have been provided, just click on them, and go to your state. The Links will open in a new window or tab depending on your browser configuration. Thanks, Post '71 U.W.C.
Find State Senators:
http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/senators/f_two_sections_with_teasers/states.htm
Find Congress:
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/officials/congress/
Find House Representatives
http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.shtml
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