[CINC] Fwd: Responding to your message

[Catherine French]

More detail on H.R. 1 and it's effects on the environment per Rep. Lois Capps. I forward this as information only.

Calm seas,

Catherine French

Writer, naturalist, mentor
Cfrench1366 at aol.com
805.570.0432

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> From: "Congresswoman Lois Capps" <ca23ima at mail.house.gov>
> Date: March 8, 2011 6:08:29 AM PST
> To: <cfrench1366 at aol.com>
> Subject: Responding to your message
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> March 8, 2011
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> Ms. Catherine French
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> 524 Broderick Way
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> Dear Ms. French:
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> Thank you for contacting my office to express your strong opposition to H.R. 1, the Republican leadership's continuing resolution to fund the federal government for the remainder of the current fiscal year.  As your Representative, I appreciate you taking the time to share your views with me on this legislation.
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> You will be pleased to learn that we are in complete agreement.  I recently voted against H.R. 1 when it was considered by the House of Representatives, in large part because the bill seeks to make severe funding cuts to a host of programs the American people rely on to protect and conserve the environment.   
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> Specifically, the proposed continuing resolution would make drastic cuts to programs that safeguard America's parks and wildlands.  For example, H.R. 1 proposed a nearly $400 million reduction to the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) – an incredibly successful program that provides funds to local governments, states, and federal agencies to protect key natural areas.  Since its creation, the fund has awarded grants to dozens of projects in my congressional district that have preserved open space and protected sensitive ecosystems.  Through the LWCF, the federal government has supported parks and recreation facilities, and it has protected some of our most special places, like the Channel Islands National Park and the lands around the Morro Bay National Estuary.  
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> As you mentioned in your letter, several of my colleagues also offered amendments that would have further reduced environmental and land conservation programs.  For example, Rep. Dean Heller offered amendment #482 that would have eliminated the authority of the President to create national monuments under the Antiquities Act.   Since 1906, 14 Presidents have designated more than 120 monuments across our country.  Congress has subsequently converted many of them, such as the Grand Canyon, to national parks.  The Presidential national monument designation enables these beautiful and uniquely American landscapes to be protected and preserved for posterity.  That is why, I voted against Rep. Heller's amendment, which failed by a vote of 209-213 and was not incorporated into the underlying legislation of H.R. 1.
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> Given these and other attacks on our public lands, wildlife, and the environment within the continuing resolution, fighting these harmful cuts will be among my top priorities in the coming days and weeks.  Once again, thank you for contacting my office.  Please keep in touch and visit me on my website, Facebook page, or keep up to date on legislation by signing up for my e-newsletter. 
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> LOIS CAPPS
> Member of Congress
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> If you would like to receive email updates or subscribe to my newsletter, please visit my website. 
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