-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Urgent: only a few hours left to stop $9B in new nuke loans Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 13:43:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Nuclear Information and Resource Service <nirsnet@nirs.org> Reply-To: nirsnet@nirs.org To: brookse32@aim.com web banner 6930 Carroll Avenue, #340, Takoma Park, MD 20912; 301-270-6477; nirsnet@nirs.org <mailto:nirsnet@nirs.org>; www.nirs.org <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=YDFlANR44QgSQIhh%2BmbwrXPtBlR7YPnd> *HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE TO MEET AT 5 PM TODAY* *WILL CONSIDER DOE REQUEST FOR $9 BILLION IN NEW TAXPAYER LOANS FOR REACTORS* *PLEASE CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVES NOW* May 27, 2010 Dear Friends, There are only a few hours left to make your voice heard and help stop the Department of Energy's attempt to get $9 Billion for new loans to build new nuclear reactors. Please send a letter to your Representative now here. <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=f6ksLbNYr1Xj2jocwmMRJ3PtBlR7YPnd> We need a lot more letters going in this afternoon. If your Representative is on the House Appropriations Committee (list below), please call him/her this afternoon and urge that he/she stop this new loan authority. Congressional Switchboard: 202-224-3121. Thanks for all you do, Michael Mariotte Executive Director Nuclear Information and Resource Service nirsnet@nirs.org <mailto:nirsnet@nirs.org> www.nirs.org <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=h2rkgFThQ%2BPScT%2FSHLmyPnPtBlR7YPnd> House Appropriations Committee members: *Democrats* David R. Obey, Wisconsin, Chairman Norman D. Dicks, Washington Alan B. Mollohan, West Virginia Marcy Kaptur, Ohio Peter J. Visclosky, Indiana Nita M. Lowey, New York José E. Serrano, New York Rosa L. DeLauro, Connecticut James P. Moran, Virginia John W. Olver, Massachusetts Ed Pastor, Arizona David E. Price, North Carolina Chet Edwards, Texas Patrick J. Kennedy, Rhode Island Maurice D. Hinchey, New York Lucille Roybal-Allard, California Sam Farr, California Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., Illinois Carolyn C. Kilpatrick, Michigan Allen Boyd, Florida Chaka Fattah, Pennsylvania Steven R. Rothman, New Jersey Sanford D. Bishop Jr., Georgia Marion Berry, Arkansas Barbara Lee, California Adam Schiff, California Michael Honda, California Betty McCollum, Minnesota Steve Israel, New York Tim Ryan, Ohio C.A "Dutch" Ruppersberger, Maryland Ben Chandler, Kentucky Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Florida Ciro Rodriguez, Texas Lincoln Davis, Tennessee John T. Salazar, Colorado Patrick J. Murphy, Pennsylvania *Republicans* Jerry Lewis, California, Ranking Member C.W. Bill Young, Florida Harold Rogers, Kentucky Frank R. Wolf, Virginia Jack Kingston, Georgia Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey Todd Tiahrt, Kansas Zach Wamp, Tennessee Tom Latham, Iowa Robert B.Aderholt, Alabama Jo Ann Emerson, Missouri Kay Granger, Texas Michael K. Simpson, Idaho John Abney Culberson, Texas Mark Steven Kirk, Illinois Ander Crenshaw, Florida Dennis R. Rehberg, Montana John R. Carter, Texas Rodney Alexander, Louisiana Ken Calvert, California Jo Bonner, Alabama Steven C. LaTourette, Ohio Tom Cole, Oklahoma