URGENT! - HELP STOP LEGISLATION THAT WILL HARM HAWAI'I !
HERE IS WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP -
Fax Or Email The Following Letter To The Congressional Offices Below -
Dear Senator ( name)
Indian Affairs Committee
United States Senate
I am writing to ask that you vote against reporting S147, the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005, favorably to the full Senate when your committee meets this coming Wednesday March 9th to discuss the bill.
Hawaiians are overwhelmingly opposed to this legislation.
This bill will transfer the state of Hawaii’s federally delegated responsibility for the betterment of Native Hawaiians back to the federal government.
The state of Hawaii, as a condition of statehood, was ceded nearly two and a quarter million acres of land with which to meet its obligations to the federal government and Native Hawaiians.
Much of the land the federal government transferred to the state for the “betterment of the conditions of Native Hawaiians” remains vacant or is leased to non-Hawaiians.
Why would the federal government want to assume a responsibility it delegated to the state of Hawaii by adding nearly half a million Hawaiians to financially and legally troubled federal Indian policy when the state of Hawaii has nearly two and a quarter million acres of land at its disposal with which to meet its obligations?
In the face of ominous federal budget problems, particularly with respect to federal Indian policy, the proposal of the Hawaii congressional delegation is one that will benefit only narrow land interests in Hawaii at the expense of the federal government and Hawaiians.
Additionally, if passed into law, S147 will surely face years of litigation in the federal courts.
The state of Hawaii has the means to comply with the Statehood Act and it should be compelled to do so, not rewarded for its failure to do so.
Please vote against S147 at the Committee business meeting on Wednesday, March 9th 2005.
Thank you,
Your Name
Address
City, State, Zip
Telephone
PLEASE SEND THE LETTER TO THE FOLLOWING CONGRESSIONAL REPS THIS WEEKEND -
Indian Affairs Committee E-Mail -Testimony@indian.senate.gov
United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
838 Hart Senate Office Building
United States SenateWashington, DC 20510
Committee Phone: 202-224-2251
Majority (Republicans) fax: 202-224-5429
Minority (Democrats) fax: 202-224-5429
Committee Membership -
Chairman: John McCain (R-AZ)
Phone: 202-224-2235 Fax: 202-228-2862
Contact via internet: http://mccain.senate.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=Contact.Home
Pete V. Domenici (R-NM)
Phone:202-224-6621 Fax: 202-228-0900
Contact via internet: http://domenici.senate.gov/contact/contactform.cfm
Craig Thomas (R-WY)
Phone:202-224-6441 Fax: 202-224-1724
Contact via internet: http://thomas.senate.gov/html/body_email.html
Gordon Smith (R-OR)
Phone:202-224-3753 Fax: 202-228-3997
Contact via internet: http://gsmith.senate.gov/webform.htm
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Phone:202-224-6665 Fax: 202-224-5301
Contact via internet: http://murkowski.senate.gov/contact.html
Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Phone:202-224-6142 Fax: 202-228-1375
Contact via internet: http://crapo.senate.gov/contact/email.htm
Richard Burr (R-NC)
Phone:202-224-3154 Fax: 202-228-2981
Contact via internet: http://burr.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home
Tom Coburn (R-OK)
Phone: 202-224-5754 Fax: 202-224-6008
Contact via internet: None Currently Available
Minority Members (Democrats) -
Ranking Member : Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND)
Phone: 202-224-2551 Fax: 202-224-1193
Contact via internet: senator@dorgan.senate.gov
Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI)
Phone:202-224-3934 Fax: 202-224-6747
Contact via internet: Senator_Inouye@inouye.senate.gov
Kent Conrad (D-ND)
Phone:202-224-2043 Fax: 202-224-7776
Contact via internet: http://conrad.senate.gov/webform.html
Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI)
Phone:202-224-6361 Fax: 202-224-2126
Contact via internet: senator@akaka.senate.gov
Tim Johnson (D-SD)
Phone:202-224-5842 Fax: 202-228-5765
Contact via internet: http://johnson.senate.gov/emailform.html
Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Phone:202-224-3441 Fax: 202-228-0514
Contact via internet: http://cantwell.senate.gov/contact/index.html
YOUR INFLUENCE COUNTS - USE IT !
