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Anyone want to name a bridge after Tim Eyman? The song may be funny but the situation at the State Capitol is not. The demand for transit and safer streets for bicycles and pedestrians continues to grow and yet many legislators in Olympia simply don’t seem to get it. Washington needs to fix and properly fund our current transportation system before spending money on new highways. Senator Curtis King, Co-Chair of the Senate Transportation Committee, is promoting a new transportation funding proposal that will set us back decades. This new budget proposal fails to fund over $900 million worth of projects that are necessary to operate our transit system, provide street improvements for bikes and pedestrians, and address polluted water runoff associated with roads. Our bridges are literally crumbling around us. Workers can’t get to jobs because their bus service has been cut. The new road “mega-projects” being considered in the transportation funding proposal would dramatically increase climate changing pollution and increase sprawl. The Senate transportation funding proposal is simply unacceptable. Tell your legislator to invest in transit, pedestrian and bicycles. Email your legislators and tell them not to support any transportation package that fails to achieve what the House Transportation Committee advanced during the regular session in April.  At a minimum, the 12 year revenue package must: Authorize “local option” funding for transit systems; Fund transit directly at $420 million; Fund pedestrian and bicycle projects at $370 million; Fund polluted runoff mitigation and control at $156 million. We need your support to create a better future where smart investments help us and our neighbors get where we are going safely.  Cars are our number one source of climate pollution in this state. A sustainable future demands that we have functional transit and safe streets where our children can bike and walk.  The Senate transportation package invests exactly 0 dollars in a healthy future. We need to do better. Public polling shows over and over that Washington voters support fixing our broken roads and bridges and funding transit, bike, and pedestrian infrastructure more than new highways. Let your legislators know today that you do not support a transportation revenue package that won’t invest in safe and healthy communities, and doesn’t emphasize a fix-it-first approach to roads spending. Let’s ensure the transportation budget reflects our environmental values. Thank you for all that you do, Tim Gould, Chair, Transportation & Land Use Committee P.S. Share this alert with your social networks:

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Bills & Hearings in the House ~~ June 2013 ~~

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Hearing: Assessing VA’s Capital Investment Options to Provide Veterans’ Care

10:00 AM | 334 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC
Host: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs | Full Committee

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Hearing: Coast Guard Readiness: Examining Cutter, Aircraft, and Communications Needs

10:00 AM | 2167 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure | Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation

Hearing: How Logistics Facilitate an Efficient Freight Transportation System

1:00 PM | 2167 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure | Full Committee

Hearing: Legislative Hearing on H.R. 331, H.R. 821, H.R. 1357, H.R. 1796, H.R. 1842, H.R. 2011, H.R. 2150, H.R. 2210, H.R. 2327, and a draft bill entitled, “To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make an alternati

2:00 PM | 334 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC
Host: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs | Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity

Friday, June 21, 2013

Field Hearing: Building a Better Partnership: Exploring the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s Regulation of Southern Appalachian Mining

9:30 AM | Mitchell City Couthouse, Bakersville, NC Host: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | Subcommittee on Government Operations

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Hearing: POSTPONED: Oversight Hearing on “Mining in America: Powder River Basin Coal Mining the Benefits and Challenges”

9:30 AM | 1324 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 Host: Committee on Natural Resources | Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources

Hearing: Chairman Brady Announces Hearing on the 2013 Medicare Trustees Report

9:30 AM Host: Committee on Ways and Means | Subcommittee on Health

Hearing: ROOM CHANGE: Oversight Hearing on “Why Does the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Want to Expand the Boundaries of the Chickasaw and Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuges in Tennessee and at What Cost?”

9:30 AM | 1324 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 Host: Committee on Natural Resources | Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs

Hearing: “The Value of Education for Veterans at Public, Private and For-Profit Colleges and Universities”

10:00 AM | 334 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC
Host: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs | Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity

Hearing: The New Domestic Energy Paradigm: Potential for Small Businesses and the Economy

10:00 AM Host: Committee on Small Business | Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade

Hearing: A Competitive Edge for American Manufacturing: Abundant American Energy

10:00 AM | 2123 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade

Hearing: Ethiopia After Meles: The Future of Democracy and Human Rights

10:00 AM | 2172 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Foreign Affairs | Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Markup: H.R. 5, “Student Success Act”

9:00 AM Host: Committee on Education and the Workforce | Full Committee

Hearing: Federal Government Approaches to Issuing Biometric IDs: Part II

9:30 AM | 2154 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | Subcommittee on Government Operations

Hearing: Subcommittee Mark Up – FY 2014 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Bill

10:00 AM | 2358-A Rayburn Host: Committee on Appropriations | Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

Markup: H.R. 1871, H.R. 1874

10:00 AM | 210 Cannon HOB Host: Committee On The Budget | Full Committee

Hearing: NASA Authorization Act of 2013

10:00 AM | 2318 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology | Subcommittee on Space

Hearing: Chairman Johnson Announces Hearing on Encouraging Work Through the Social Security Disability Insurance Program

10:00 AM Host: Committee on Ways and Means | Subcommittee on Social Security

Hearing: Made in the USA: Stories of American Manufacturers

1:00 PM Host: Committee on Small Business | Full Committee

Hearing: Legislative Hearing on H.R. 1490 ‘Veterans’ Privacy Act;’ H.R. 1792, ‘Infectious Disease Reporting Act;’ and H.R. 1804, ‘Foreign Travel Accountability Act’

1:30 PM | 334 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC
Host: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs | Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations

Hearing: Regional Security Cooperation: An Examination of the Central American Regional Security Initiative -CARSI- and the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative -CBSI

2:00 PM | 2172 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Foreign Affairs | Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Hearing: Reinventing Government

9:00 AM | 2154 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | Full Committee

Markup: H.R. 2278, the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act-The SAFE Act

10:00 AM | 2141 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on the Judiciary | Full Committee

Hearing: Threat, Risk and Vulnerability: The Future of the TWIC Program

10:00 AM | 311 Cannon HOB Host: Committee on Homeland Security | Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security

Hearing: Oversight Hearing on “Citizen and Agency Perspectives on the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act”

10:00 AM | 1324 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 Host: Committee on Natural Resources | Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation

Hearing: The Impacts of DOT’s Commercial Driver Hours of Service Regulations

10:00 AM | 2167 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure | Subcommittee on Highways and Transit

Hearing: “Promoting the Accuracy and Accountability of the Davis-Bacon Act”

10:00 AM Host: Committee on Education and the Workforce | Subcommittee on Workforce Protections

Hearing: Continuing Concerns Over BioWatch and the Surveillance of Bioterrorism

10:00 AM | 2322 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Hearing: Department of Energy Science and Technology Priorities

10:15 AM | 2318 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology | Full Committee

Hearing: U.S. Energy Abundance: Regulatory, Market, and Legal Barriers to Export

10:15 AM | 2123 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Energy and Power

Hearing: Subcommittee Mark Up – FY 2014 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill

10:30 AM | 2362-B Rayburn Host: Committee on Appropriations | Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies

Hearing: Elections in Iran: The Regime Cementing its Control

10:30 AM | 2172 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Foreign Affairs | Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa

Hearing: Oversight Hearing on “Update from tribal leaders and tribal telecommunications providers on the implementation of the Federal Communications Commission’s rule on the Universal Service Fund”

11:00 AM | 1334 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 Host: Committee on Natural Resources | Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs

Hearing: Chairman Reichert Announces Hearing Reviewing How Today’s Fragmented Welfare System Fails to Lift Up Poor Families

2:00 PM Host: Committee on Ways and Means | Subcommittee on Human Resources

Hearing: Why Are Veterans Waiting Years on Appeal?: A Review of the Post-Decision Process for Appealed Veterans’ Disability Benefits Claims

2:30 PM | 334 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC
Host: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs | Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs

Monday, June 17, 2013

Hearing: H.R. 1947 and H.R. 1797

5:00 PM | H-313 Capitol Host: Committee on Rules | Full Committee

Friday, June 14, 2013

Hearing: Why Can’t DHS Better Communicate with the American People?

9:00 AM | 311 Cannon HOB Host: Committee on Homeland Security | Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency

Hearing: Closed Hearing on Ongoing Intelligence Activities

9:00 AM | HVC304 Capitol Host: House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence | Full Committee

Hearing: Defining the Problem and Scope of Over-criminalization and Over-federalization

9:00 AM | 2237 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on the Judiciary | Over-Criminalization Task Force

Hearing: Chairman Brady Announces Hearing on the President’s and Other Bipartisan Proposals to Reform Medicare Post-Acute Care Payments

9:30 AM Host: Committee on Ways and Means | Subcommittee on Health

Hearing: Examining the Federal Government’s Response to the Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis

9:30 AM | 2123 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Health

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Markup: Full

Hearing: Closed Hearing on the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014

10:00 AM | HVC304 Capitol Host: House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence | Full Committee

Hearing: Legislative Hearing on H.R. 553, H.R. 1308, H.R. 1399, H.R. 1425, H.R. 1491, and H.R. 2219

10:00 AM | 1324 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 Host: Committee on Natural Resources | Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs

Hearing: Examining the Government’s Record on Implementing the International Religious Freedom Act

10:00 AM | 2154 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | Subcommittee on National Security

Hearing: Oversight Hearing on “Mining in America: The Administration’s Use of Claim Maintenance Fees and Cleanup of Abandoned Mine Lands”

10:00 AM | 1334 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 Host: Committee on Natural Resources | Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources

Hearing: The Fiscal Year 2014 U.S. Department of Energy Budget

10:00 AM | 2123 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Energy and Power

Hearing: “Keeping College Within Reach: Discussing Program Quality through Accreditation”

10:00 AM Host: Committee on Education and the Workforce | Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training

Hearing: Oversight Hearing on the Federal Bureau of Investigation

10:00 AM | 2141 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on the Judiciary | Full Committee

Hearing: Title I of the Toxic Substances Control Act: Understanding its History and Reviewing its Impact

10:15 AM | 2322 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on Energy and Commerce | Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy

Hearing: Closed Hearing on Ongoing Intelligence Activities

2:00 PM | HVC304 Capitol Host: House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence | Full Committee

Hearing: H.R. 2278, the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act -The SAFE Act

2:00 PM | 2141 Rayburn HOB Host: Committee on the Judiciary |

Committee Mark Up – FY 2014 Agriculture Appropriations Bill

10:00 AM | 2359 Rayburn Host: Committee on Appropriations | Multiple Subcommittees

Hearing: Putting the Strategy in Sourcing: Challenge and Opportunities for Small Business Contractors

10:00 AM Host: Committee on Small Business | Contracting and Workforce Subcommittee

Hearing: Camp Announces Hearing on Tax Reform: Tax Havens, Base Erosion and Profit-Shifting

10:00 AM Host: Committee on Ways and Means | Full Committee

We want this to be a conversation, so we made this video

Hi, all –

In the past few weeks, people from all over the country have written in to the White House to share the stories of how their families came to America. Each one we read is a reminder that many of us share a similar experience. That’s certainly true for my own family — my parents came as newlyweds from Bolivia. These are narratives that Washington needs to hear as this town debates the right way to reform our broken immigration system.

At the White House, we’re no different from any other office anywhere else in America. As a team, we have a lot of stories that began outside the United States.

To help make this an actual dialogue about who we are as a country, we thought we’d share some of those stories with you.

That’s why we put together this video. Watch it, then pass it along to help get a conversation going in your community about your American immigration stories.

President Obama wants the result of this debate to be legislation that reflects who we are as a country — as much a nation of laws as we are a nation of immigrants. And he wants his White House to reflect who we are as a people — individuals from different circumstances united by a shared set of values and a common set of goals.

This issue is personal, as much for my colleagues here as for people anywhere else. And the thing I love about this video is that these folks help to make it clear why it’s important to fix this broken system. All of them are fulfilling huge dreams, and if others get the chance to have that same opportunity, we’ll all benefit as a nation.

And if more people understand that the motivation for this reform is about living up to our values as Americans, it will be easier to get this done.

So will you take a minute to watch?

http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/wh-immigration-stories

Thank you so much!

Cecilia

Cecilia Muñoz Director, Domestic Policy Council The White House

 

TAKE ACTION: Protect Arctic Marine Mammals From Oil Exploratio​n

 

We’ve almost reached our goal of 50,000 public comments but we need your help to get there before the June 27 deadline! 

After taking action, please share this with your friends:

 

Thank you again for taking action to protect northwest orcas from being delisted from the Endangered Species Act. The National Marine Fisheries Service is still reviewing public comments, including yours. We promise to keep you updated on the fate of southern resident orcas, but in the meantime, we wanted to let you know about an action that you can take to protect Arctic marine mammals, including beluga and bowhead whales, from oil exploration:
The Arctic’s marine mammals use sound for survival, but planned oil exploration activities could strip them of that ability.
Take action: Tell the National Marine Fisheries Service to say no to Arctic oil exploration that would harm marine wildlife!
Marine mammals—such as bearded and ringed seals, beluga whales, and the endangered bowhead whale—depend on sound to communicate, find food, and avoid prey. Oil exploration activities fill the ocean with loud noise that can interfere with these basic functions. Seismic surveying, for example, uses air-guns to detect oil beneath the sea-floor. The blasts—loud enough to cause deafness—occur day and night for months, and cover vast areas of the ocean.
The federal government is proposing moving forward with loud and risky oil exploration methods even though it has not completed an assessment of the cumulative impacts on Arctic marine mammals. Tell your government to take responsibility for protecting the marine mammals of the Arctic.
The remote Arctic Ocean and its wildlife are already under great stress from climate change. Why add the stress of oil exploration?
Tell the government not to permit any Arctic Ocean oil exploration until it completes a full analysis of the effects and understands how to mitigate the damage to marine mammals.
Sincerely,

Erik Grafe Staff Attorney, Alaska Office Earthjustice
P.S. We’ve almost reached our goal of 50,000 public comments but we need your help to get there before the June 27 deadline! After taking action, please share this with your friends:

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Evening Brief: Important Stories That You Might’ve Missed

There have been 14 mass shootings in the six months since Newtown.

Louisiana chemical plant that exploded hadn’t been inspected by OSHA in two decades.

Eight inspiring moments since Newtown.

Another terrible consequence of Britain’s failed austerity policies.

U.S. to arm Syrian rebels following confirmation that Assad regime used chemical weapons.

Congressman freaks out over office visit by DREAMers.

Another GOP senator says it’s OK to allow employers to fire people just because they are gay.

Report: undocumented immigrants can contribute more than $600 BILLION toward strengthening Social Security.

How clean energy and climate solutions can help us grow the economy.

Idea of the Day: Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act Is Invaluable to Our Democracy

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Posted On February 19, 2013

On February 27 the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case Shelby County v. Holder, a challenge to the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This landmark law outlawed discriminatory voting practices by ending the disfranchisement of minority voters and preventing vote dilution through racial gerrymandering and other techniques that negate the minority vote when the white majority votes as a block.

Section 5 furthers these goals by requiring nine full states and parts of seven other states with a history of racial discrimination in voting to ask either the Department of Justice or a three-judge court in Washington, D.C., for approval before making any changes to voting laws—a process known as preclearance. Congress determined the jurisdictions originally covered under Section 5 by using a plan laid out in the Voting Rights Act and also created a scheme for states to “bail out” of coverage if they have complied with the Voting Rights Act for 10 years.

For more on this topic, please see:

by Sandhya Bathija

• 5 Reasons Why Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act Enhances Our Democracy

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Fatima Goss Graves, National Women’s Law Center

The data are clear.
Women are still being paid less than men in almost every occupation. And fields dominated by women pay less than fields dominated by men. Here’s the part that really drives me crazy — women are even paid less in jobs that are dominated by women, such as nursing, teaching and waitressing.
Are you fired up?
Take a stand in support of equal pay by sharing this graphic today.

When our supporters share our graphics, it helps educate the public about the wage gap. Here’s the problem: When women bring home smaller paychecks, families have less to pay for basic necessities. At a time when families are relying increasingly on women’s wages, addressing the wage gap is incredibly important. But to do this, we need people to know about the wage gap. We have to reach beyond our core group of supporters — so that the broader public joins our efforts to close the wage gap once and for all. That’s why we need your help. Please join us by sharing this graphic today. It’s one small thing you can do to help. Thanks again! Sincerely,

Fatima Goss Graves Vice President for Education and Employment National Women’s Law Center     P.S. Want to read more? Check out NWLC’s new report outlining the barriers to achieving fair pay and practical steps to close it. Also check out our new website at mywagegap.org.