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American Land Rights Association
PO Box 400 - Battle Ground, WA 98604
Phone: 360-687-3087 - Fax: 360-687-2973
E-mail: alra@pacifier.com
Web Address: http://www.landrights.org
Legislative Office: 507 Seward Square SE - Washington, DC 20003

Congress Moves To Seize Control Of All U.S. Waters

Key Wetlands Bill Coming In Congress, No Numbers Yet

The Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA) is bouncing around the
House and Senate Committees.

You are receiving this message if your Congressman or Senator is on one of the two key Committees that are considering the bill.

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

Go to the www.landrights.org home page for a complete list of the Members of these two committees.

The Clean Water Restoration Act is a massive land and water grab. You need to read the following information and then contact your Congressman and your Senator, who ever is listed below on the list of Committee Members.

Action Items:

-----1. Please forward this message as widely as possible.

-----2. Go to www.landrights.org to see the Members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Energy and Public Works Committee. Your Congressman and at least one of your Senators is on one of these committees.

-----3. Write, call, fax and e-mail your Congressman in opposition to the Clean Water Restoration Act no matter if he or she is on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee listed below. What is you need to know is written below. You may call any Congressman at (202) 225-3121. Ask for the staff person who handles Wetlands, the Corps of Engineers or the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and request his or her e-mail address. You can write any Congressman at: Honorable _________ , US House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515.

-----4. Write, call, fax and e-mail both your Senators even if they are not listed on the Environment and Public Works Committee listed below. You may call any Senator at (202) 224-3121. Ask for the staff person who handles the Wetlands, Corps of Engineers or the Environment and Public Works Committee. Request his or her e-mail address. You can write any Senator at: Honorable _________
U. S. Senate, Washington, DC 20510.

-----The Real Goal of the Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA) is to give Corps and EPA Control Of All Watersheds which means National Land Use Control as well as control over your water. That's because all land is in a watershed. The proposed Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA), which has no bill number yet, will give the Corps and EPA control over your property and water.

You can use the revised and updated New Corps of Engineers, EPA and Wetlands Testimony Questionnaire below.

Do you want the Corps and EPA in your backyard?

Do you want the EPA and Corps to control your water?

That's what will happen if the CWRA passes Congress.

-----Rep. James Oberstar and Senator Russell Feingold are planning to overturn two Supreme Court cases that ruled that the Corps of Engineers and EPA did not have jurisdiction over waters that were not "navigable".

Oberstar and Feingold will try to gut the meaning of the word "Navigable." They are doing this to make it possible for Democrats on their Committees to vote for the Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA) without getting hammered by you.

Your Congressman and both Senators must hear from you that you are not falling for this trick. They must learn from you that they will be held responsible if they vote for the Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA).

-----Congress Moves To Seize Control Of All U.S. Waters

----- Maps showing existing Clean Water Act affected areas compared to the CWRA (Clean Water Restoration Act) affected areas.

-----A list of all Members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee are on our website. Go to the home page at:

-----Click on www.landrights.org

Look for HR 2421. That is the old House number Oberstar used last year. We'll let you know when they assign the new numbers. You'll see the maps. They're on the home page. Until the House and Senate assign new numbers, use CWRA to refer to the Clean Water Restoration Act.

-----The Clean Water Restoration Act is worse than a mere return to the jurisdiction the Corps of Engineers and EPA had before the U.S. Supreme Court limited their jurisdiction. It gives the jurisdiction to the federal government that the environmental bureaucrats only dreamed of before the Supreme Court's rulings.

-----Besides private property, the Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA) threatens businesses, agriculture, small communities, grazing, forestry, mining and many other uses on private and Federal land. It will affect many kinds of manufacturing companies and businesses.

-----Congress is considering expanding the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act of 1972 to include all waters of the United States and not limit it to "navigable waters" as is currently the law under two Supreme Court Decisions, the Rapanos and SWANCC Supreme Court Decisions of 2006 and 2001.

-----Congress is also considering expanding Clean Water Act jurisdiction to include all "activities affecting these waters." In other words, the bill is a double whammy: It expands the definition of waters and gives the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Corps of Engineers (Corps) and other Federal agencies control over activities that affect waters-any land use activities.

-----An example is that the Federal bureaucracies will gain control over all the watersheds in the United States. That includes dry land inside or adjacent to watersheds. That means everything. Because all land is in a watershed.

-----And in fact the Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA) even goes far beyond that by adding the language, "the activities affecting these waters," which is essentially a limitless national land use control provision.

-----Chairman Oberstar and Senator Feingold and other Members of Congress are trying to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court decisions using the Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA) to define those decisions away.

The only thing the Clean Water Restoration Act restores is the jurisdiction of the Corps and EPA over all the lands they had taken jurisdiction over before the two critical Rapanos and SWANCC Supreme Court Decisions of 2006 and 2001.

-----The Clean Water Restoration Act is the biggest threat to private property since CARA and actually affects far more land and people. It seeks to overturn the critical Rapanos and SWANCC Supreme Court Decisions of 2006 and 2001 that said the Corps of Engineers was going outside their jurisdiction.

Now Committee Chairman Oberstar (D-MN) and Senator Feingold (D-WI) and others are trying to overthrow the Supreme Court decisions.

Alert ….. Alert ….. Alert

Democrats and Oberstar staff lay out their plan to use Clean Water Act and Corps Jurisdiction to create national land use control.

Read it in their own words.

Oberstar staff White Paper published on our Website, www.landrights.org

ALRA has published an Executive Summary and Analysis of the Oberstar Staff White Paper written by our associate Don Parmeter of the National Water Conservation Alliance. You'll see in their own words what the Democrats plan is to control your land. Go to www.landrights.org

------In the White Paper on the Clean Water Act you'll see how Rep. James Oberstar, Chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure and EPA to control all the watersheds in the United States. All land is in a watershed. HR 2421 is really national land use control.

-----They did not like our publishing their Clean Water Act White Paper on our Website. But we got it and saved it for you to read.

----- Besides joining American Land Rights, you should consider joining the National Water Conservation Alliance led by Don Parmeter. American Land Rights Association is a Member and participant. Their entire focus is the Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA).

National Water Conservation Alliance
161 St Anthony Ave, Suite 935
St. Paul, MN 55103

(651)224-6219
donparmeter@msn.com

-----It is critical that you forward this message as widely as possible and hand out copies. Send it to your friends, neighbors and business associates no matter where they live. The Clean Water Restoration Act affects the whole U.S.

-----It became clear what Oberstar is really up to at the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Hearing on Oberstar's Clean Water Act Wetlands Land Grab Bill, the Clean Water Restoration Act at a hearing last year.

-----Committee Chairman James Oberstar (D-MN) made it clear at the hearing that he plans to overturn the Rapanos and SWANCC Supreme Court Decisions of 2006 and 2001.

That would give the Corps of Engineers and EPA jurisdiction over nearly all private and Federal land. The Supreme Court limited that jurisdiction in the two Supreme Court decisions. Look at the two maps for comparison at www.landrights.org

-----Oberstar is trying to bully other Democrats on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to support his position and vastly increase the jurisdiction of the EPA and Corps to cover all private land.

Even if you sent in testimony before, you should do it again. You should also call, fax and e-mail your Congressman, any other Congressman from your state plus all the Members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee with e-mails listed below.

-----Call, Call, Call. The House must be overwhelmed with testimony and phone. You can call any Congressman at (202) 225-3121.

Some Democrats have real concerns about the affect of the Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA) on their constituents. They are worried about whether you will realize that the CWRA really hurts you in a big way and that their vote will be held against them in the election next year.

You need to make sure they know they will be held responsible.

-----You must make it clear to them that you know the Clean Water Restoration Act will overturn the Rapanos and SWANCC Supreme Court Decisions of 2006 and 2001.

That means the CWRA will vastly expand the jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers and the EPA.

It is critical that you take action with your Congressman and any other Congressman from your state as well as both Senators. Please fill out and e-mail or fax your Testimony Questionnaire to your Congressman and both Senators. Also call them to make sure they know you oppose the Clean Water Restoration Act and any attempt to overturn the Rapanos and SWANCC Supreme Court Decisions of 2006 and 2001.

If you have already sent testimony to your Congressman, do it again because it is a new Congress the Testimony Questionnaire below is dramatically different than what you sent before.

It reflects what Chairman Oberstar, Senator Feingold and other Members of Congress have said more recently. Your Congressman and both Senators must get hundreds of Testimony Questionnaires.

Call at least three friends, forward this message to them, and get them to submit testimony.

We call the Clean Water Restoration Act the National Wetlands Clean Water Act - Corps of Engineers Land Grab Bill. We'll send you the new numbers when they announce them. For now refer to it as the CWRA or Clean Water Restoration Act.

(It's real name is the Clean Water Restoration Act but it has very little to do with clean water or restoration. It is mostly about land use control and expanding the power, reach and jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers and EPA under the Clean Water Act of 1972. )

What the bill supporters are doing is using the term "Clean Water," which everybody wants, as a tool to pass legislation (HR 2421) that is really about land use control and has little or nothing to do with clean water. It is a huge rural land grab. Their target is land use control over all lands, both urban and rural.

-----What the Clean Water Restoration Act does is give the Corps of Engineers and EPA control over all private property in the US by changing the definition of "wetlands" under the Clean Water Act of 1972 expanding the regulatory reach of the Corps and EPA over private property.

-----You must prevail on your Congressman and both Senators not to let that happen.

Take the Testimony Questionnaire below, save it to your word processor, edit it to say how you feel, and then e-mail it back to the your Congressman and both Senators.

You can also simply write a letter borrowing information in the Testimony Questionnaire.

Follow up with a phone call.

-----Urgent Action Required

-----Below we have created a brand NEW Testimony Questionnaire for you to fill out and send to your Congressman and both Senators.

-----The Testimony Questionnaire is designed so you can simply save it into your word processing file, edit it with your comments, and then send it to your Congressman and both Senators using your e-mail program. Be sure to edit out or cut off the parts that are not part of the testimony. We've marked them so read it carefully.

-----We agree with all the statements on the Testimony Questionnaire, but you don't have to. You can mark it Agree, Disagree or No Opinion or add your own comments.

What is most important is that you fill out the blank space below the Statements with your own personal comments. You may get ideas and draw from the statements we have provided or preferably write your own. But don't fail to fill out the blank space. If you leave it blank, Congress will dismiss your testimony.

The Testimony Questionnaire is rated at a much higher value by your Congressman if you write your own personal thoughts in the space provided after the section with the statements with Agree, Disagree, or No Opinion.

So please, take the time to either borrow from our statements at the upper part of the Questionnaire or write your own. But write something in that blank space above where we have made a place for you to write your name and address toward the bottom of the Testimony Questionnaire.

Chuck Cushman
American Land Rights Association
PO Box 400
Battle Ground, WA 98604
(360)687-3087
ccushman@pacifier.com

-----Testimony Questionnaire - Please be sure to edit the Testimony Questionnaire so our e-mail instructions are removed.

Edit out all above this line before e-mailing this message.
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-----Fax, and E-mail regarding the Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA) for the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee or the Senate Energy and Environment Committee. .

-----Congressional Testimony Questionnaire-----

Testimony For The Record
Clean Water Restoration Act (also Clean Water Act). We call it the National Wetlands Corps of Engineers Land Grab Bill.

Honorable __________________(Write in James Oberstar and the name of your Congressman or Senator Russell Feingold or the name of the Senator(s) you are sending it to. You can mail it as well as send it by e-mail.

I believe the Congress through the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and Senate Energy and Environment Committee is moving to seize control of all U.S. waters.

The Goal of the Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA) Is Corps and EPA Control Of All Watersheds Which Means National Land Use Control. It will give the Corps and EPA control over my property.

-----The Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA) is worse than a mere return to the jurisdiction the Corps of Engineers had before the U.S. Supreme Court limited their jurisdiction. It gives the jurisdiction to the federal government that the environmental bureaucrats only dreamed of before the Supreme Court's rulings.

-----Congress is considering expanding the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act of 1972 using the Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA) to include all waters of the United States and not limit it to "navigable waters" as is currently the law under two Supreme Court Decisions, the Rapanos and SWANCC Supreme Court Decisions of 2006 and 2001.

-----Congress is also considering expanding Clean Water Act jurisdiction using the Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA) to include all "activities affecting these waters." In other words, the bill is a double whammy: It expands the definition of waters and gives the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Corps of Engineers (Corps) and other Federal agencies control over activities that affect waters-any land use activities.

An example is that the Federal bureaucracies gain control over all the watersheds in the United States. That includes dry land inside or adjacent to watersheds. That means everything. Because all land is in a watershed.

Chairman Oberstar, Senator Feingold and some Members of Congress are trying to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court decisions using the Clean Water Restoration Act to define those decisions away.

In fact it even goes far beyond that by adding the language, "the activities affecting these waters," which is essentially a limitless national land use control provision.

It became clear what Rep. Oberstar is really up to at the House Transportation Committee Hearing on Oberstar's Clean Water Act Wetlands Land Grab Bill (Old House number from last year was HR 2421) in April of 2008. Transportation Committee Chairman Oberstar is planning to try to trick us into thinking the bill is OK. He is planning to leave the word "navigable" in the Clean Water Restoration Act but trick us with words that essentially gut its meaning.

This called bait and switch. I know about the trick with the word "navigation" and am going to hold you accountable for it if Oberstar is successful and you vote for it.

You must know that I understand this tactic. We are not going to be suckered by a bait and switch tactic. I will hold you responsible if Oberstar is successful in passing the Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA), taking the heart out of the Rapanos and SWANCC Supreme Court Decisions of 2006 and 2001.

We understand that Rep. Oberstar and Senator Feingold are trying to give some members of his Committee a place for a soft landing by leaving the word "Navigable" in the bill so people like us will think we are protected.

But they are going to gut the meaning of the word "Navigable." They are doing this to make it possible for Democrats and others of their Committees to vote for the Clean Water Restoration Act without getting hammered by their constituents. Please understand that I am not falling for this trick. You can expect a huge reaction if you vote yes on the Clean Water Restoration Act or any similar bill.

Committee Chairman James Oberstar (D-MN) made it clear at the 2008 hearing that he plans to overturn the Rapanos and SWANCC Supreme Court Decisions of 2006 and 2001. That would give the Corps of Engineers and EPA jurisdiction over nearly all private and Federal land. The Supreme Court limited that jurisdiction in the two Supreme Court decisions.

I want you to oppose the effort of Chairman Oberstar and Senator Feingold to overturn the Rapanos and SWANCC Supreme Court Decisions of 2006 and 2001. I do not want the Corps and EPA to get back the jurisdiction they had taken before the Supreme Court decisions. I don't want the Corps of Engineers or the EPA in my backyard. I am urging you to vote no on the Clean Water Restoration Act.

Below are additional concerns and testimony regarding the Clean Water Restoration Act. The Clean Water Restoration Act has little to do with clean water and is mostly about land use control.

Please allow this Testimony to be submitted for the record for any hearings to be held on the Clean Water Restoration Act, or the Clean Water Act.

Please consider a photocopy of this document as valid as the
original and include my testimony for the official record.

Signature ________________________________
Print Your Name ______________________________

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Dear Private Property and Multiple-Use Advocate:

You must send your testimony in immediately. The Clean Water Restoration Act may come up for a vote in the House and Senate Committees this Spring.

The Committee Chairman Oberstar tried to rush a vote the last two years. He is trying to get Speaker Nancy Pelosi to allow a vote without the bill actually going through his Committee. It is imperative that you act now. The Clean Water Restoration Act may be the biggest threat to property rights and local control yet.

Rep. Oberstar changed the rules so that if you have sent in testimony before, you need to send it again with Chairman James Oberstar's name also on the Testimony as well as the name of your own Congressman. You must specifically ask that it be put in the official record of the hearing. You must send copies to each Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee listed below.

The bill would overturn two U.S. Supreme Court decisions that favored landowners and local government. The Rapanos and SWANCC Supreme Court Decisions of 2006 and 2001. HR 2421 would give federal agencies, the Corps of Engineers and EPA in particular, almost unlimited control over your land, your water and that of all your neighbors.

Reed Hopper, lead attorney in the latest Supreme Court victory for landowners said "…..this bill pushes the limit of federal power to an extreme not matched by any other law, probably in the history of this country.

Jim Burling, senior attorney for the Pacific Legal Foundation, said "If our constitutional system of limited federal powers means anything, we have to win on this issue."

It is important that you fill out the following testimony questionnaire and send it to your Congressman and all those Congressmen on the
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee listed below. Please submit it by April 30th.

Ask your Congressman and both Senators to make sure it is put in the record of any upcoming hearing on the Clean Water Restoration Act or the Clean Water Act. Do not wait until the last minute. Be sure to send your testimony in early.

Please act on this as soon as you get this e-mail message. Supporters of this bill are trying to ram the Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA) through before people like you realize how dangerous it is.

Below is a New Testimony Questionnaire for you to fill out and e-mail or fax back to your Congressman and the Members of the Transportation Committee in the US House of Representatives.

Be sure to check to see if your Congressman is on the Transportation Committee or your Senator is on the Energy and Environment Committee. This makes your Testimony even more valuable.

-----Alert -- Be aware of the legal concept called "laches" or "sleeping on your rights." You may lose future legal rights later if you fail to comment or testify on the Clean Water Restoration Act. So at least send this Testimony Questionnaire and possibly a letter opposing the Clean Water Restoration Act. It can be as short as one page or longer.

-----In the next section you will see a series of statements about the Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA)that American Land Rights agrees with but you don't have to.

This Testimony Questionnaire is about helping you get your testimony to Congress. Your Congressman and both Senators and the Members of the two Committees want to know what you think. It is critical that you write your responses to the statements with your opinion and not what you think we would want you to write. You are free to disagree with us.
You can add comments to each statement or change the statements to fit your preference.

You have a chance to change the course of history on the whole
"wetlands", Clean Water Act, or Corps of Engineers and EPA regulation issue by filling out this Testimony Questionnaire, writing your Congressman's name as well as that of Chairman James Oberstar in the appropriate place, and e-mailing it to all the Members of Congress listed below. Send it to your neighbors and friends also.

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Very Important :

-----Please save this document to your word processor, edit the document in your word processor and e-mail it or print it out and fax it to your Congressman and the other Members of the Transportation Committee listed below. Your personal comments make this document more valuable. So be sure to fill in the blank space with your own personal comments or concerns below where the section is with the Agree-Disagree statements are listed.

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--1. The jurisdiction of federal agencies under the Clean Water Act of 1972 should remain limited to navigable waters and not expanded to include all waters of the U.S., such as wetlands, sloughs, meadows, intermittent streams, prairie potholes, ponds, playa lakes, mudflats and sandflats.

Agree…..Disagree…..No Opinion

--2. Jurisdiction of the Corps and EPA under the Clean Water Act should remain the same as it is now after the two Supreme Court decisions.

Agree…..Disagree…..No Opinion

--3. Congress should not gut the word "navigable." It should stay meaning what the Supreme Court said it meant.

Agree ….. Disagree ….. No Opinion

--4. The definition of wetlands under federal jurisdiction should be limited to those areas that are permanently wet or free flowing.

Agree…..Disagree…..No Opinion

--5. The CWRA is called the "Clean Water Restoration Act", because
Committee Chairman James Oberstar is claiming the Supreme Court has misinterpreted the "original intent" of Congress to regulate all waters in the United States. You must debunk this myth.

Agree ….. Disagree ….. No Opinion

--6. By recognizing in the Clean Water Act (1972) that the States have "the primary responsibilities and rights" to eliminate pollution and determine the "development and use ... of [local]land and water
resources," Congress expressed its intent to limit federal authority.

Agree ….. Disagree ….. No Opinion

--7. Congress never intended to regulate ALL waters in the US when it prohibited discharging pollutants into "navigable waters."

___ Agree ___ Disagree

--8. The Clean Water Restoration Act (CRWA) is being used to try to take control over all watersheds in the United States -- that in effect is national land use control. The Clean Water Act 1972 and the CWRA should not be used as tools for national land use controls.

Agree…..Disagree…..No Opinion

--9. The Clean Water Act of 1972 should not be expanded to include "activities affecting waters."

Agree…..Disagree…..No Opinion

--10. The U. S. Supreme Court decisions (Rapanos and SWANCC) of 2006 and 2001 that ruled in favor of local government and landowners should not be overturned by the proposed Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA).

Agree…..Disagree…..No Opinion

--11. The attempt by some Members of Congress to return the Jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers to what it was before the Rapanos and SWANCC Supreme Court Decisions of 2006 and 2001 should not go forward. The CWRA must be defeated.

Agree…..Disagree…..No Opinion

--12. The U.S. Supreme Court greatly clarified the Wetlands issues in the Rapanos and SWANCC Supreme Court Decisions of 2006 and 2001. The Supreme Court established clear limits to the jurisdiction under the 1972 Clean Water Act. Now some Members of Congress want to use the CWRA to overturn those cases and return to the chaos and intimidation by the Corps of Engineers that was occurring before the Supreme Court stepped in. The CWRA must not overturn the Rapanos and SWANCC Supreme Court Decisions of 2006 and 2001.

Agree…..Disagree…..No Opinion

--13. Mostly dry land and isolated wetlands should be excluded from federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act of 1972.

Agree…..Disagree…..No Opinion

--14. The definition of pollutants under the Clean Water Act of 1972 should not include clean fill or natural material of any kind.

Agree…..Disagree…..No Opinion

--15. The term 'discharge' should not apply to the disturbance of soils or natural materials.

Agree…..Disagree…..No Opinion

--16. Citizens cited for violation of regulations under the Clean Water Act of 1972 should not face criminal penalties.

Agree…..Disagree…..No Opinion

--17. National Water Quality goals should be achieved without violating constitutionally protected property rights.

Agree…..Disagree…..No Opinion

--18. National Water Quality goals are best achieved by local and state governments, rather than by federal agencies.

Agree…..Disagree…..No Opinion

--19. Nat. Water Quality goals should consider priorities and costs.

Agree…..Disagree…..No Opinion

--20. National Water Quality goals should consider regional differences in landscapes and other ecological characteristics.

Agree…..Disagree…..No Opinion

--21. 'Regulatory Takings' that devalue private property should be compensated under provisions of the 5th Amendment.

Agree…..Disagree…..No Opinion

--22. Access to and use and enjoyment of public lands and waters should be guaranteed under provisions of the Clean Water Act.

Agree…..Disagree…..No Opinion

--23. 'Environmental' organizations have become too radical and have too much power and influence over federal legislation.

Agree…..Disagree…..No Opinion

--24. The Clean Water Restoration Act and other environmental legislation is often not about environmental protection, but about control over land, water, and people.

Agree…..Disagree…..No Opinion

--25. Please do not give the Corps of Engineers increased power to regulate more private land or allow them in my backyard.

Agree…..Disagree…..No Opinion

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(Your written comments here are essential if you want Members of Congress to really pay attention to this document. You are free to use as much space as you need. But please write some comments
below before sending this important document to Congress.)

Open space for your personal comments.

(If needed, use additional sheets or attach a personal letter)
To validate your comments please fill in completely (PRINT or TYPE) and be sure to sign.
Signature_________________________________ Name____________________________________________
E-Mail___________________________________ Fax ___________________ Phone ____________________
Address_______________________________ Town______________________ State_____ Zip____________

Please do not fail to send this testimony questionnaire even if you receive it late.

Please send your Testimony Questionnaire by April 30th. You should e-mail or fax it early. Don't wait until the last minute.
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Please edit out or cut below this line before sending to your
Congressmen and others on the Transportation Committee. Check above to make sure you have edited out our instructions before you e-mail to the Committee and its staff.

The House Committee fax number is (202) 226-1270. E-mail: The committee e-mail was not working. Here is a staff person to send your testimony to. jon.pawlow@mail.house.gov;

You must take urgent action to help stop the CWRA (Clean Water Restoration Act). This bill will have a huge impact on business, agriculture, small communities, rural America, farming, ranching and private lands. It will overturn the Rapanos and SWANCC Supreme Court Decisions of 2006 and 2001. No one who owns private land is safe.

Your help is greatly appreciated.

Chuck Cushman
Executive Director
American Land Rights Association
(360)687-3087
ccushman@pacifier.com

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