URGENT ADVOCACY NEEDED: If you have been unsure about voicing your concerns about the relentless attacks on environmental protections, we don’t have the luxury to wait-and-see anymore. The time to act and speak up is NOW as our worst fears are becoming a reality. A bill disguised as a beneficial infrastructure plan will reverse decades of protections for our rivers, lakes, wetlands, and drinking water. This misleading language in this bill hides the dirty secret that HR 3898 – the PERMIT Act – will secretly dismantle 50 years of Clean Water Act protections. See fact sheet here: https://cleanwater.org/publications/permission-pollute-act-factsheet
Congress is intending on a rush vote on this Act immediately after summer recess. We are asking that members of our community take just a few minutes to CALL your Representative and tell them to Vote NO on HR 3898, the PERMIT Act. Phone calls are less likely to be ignored. Please call now and continue to call after Labor Day as they return to session. The stakes for the future of your health and clean water can’t be any higher than right now. Phone numbers for your congressional representative can be found here: https://www.house.gov/representatives
