URGENT! Deadline to sign on to the "Dear Colleague" letter approaching!
Harbeson, Kristen
Friends:
The need is urgent. We are frantically working to get as many co-signers as possible onto Congressmen Turner and Carnahan’s “Dear Colleague” letter in support of our fiscal year 2011 funding request of: $55 million for State Historic Preservation Officers, $12 million for Tribal Historic Preservation Officers, $25 million for Save America’s Treasures Grants, $4.6 million for Preserve America Grant). Please ask your Representative to sign onto the letter before the deadline of THURSDAY, March 18.
This letter is an extremely important step to registering support for historic preservation. The members on the appropriations committee will use this letter to help determine how much funding the programs receive. Right now we only have half the amount of co-signers as last year, and especially in the current fiscal condition, we need to show increased, not decreased, support! We also need to continue to send the message that historic preservation is an economic driver and job creation tool.
Below is the list of Representatives who have signed on to the letter. If you see your Congress(wo)man on this list, please take the time to thank them! If you don’t see your Congress(wo)man on the list, it is CRITICAL that you call/e-mail them to urge them to sign on. Please consider copying Elizabeth Hebron (heb...@sso.org) on your e-mail so we can do appropriate follow-up.
To find your Member of Congress’s contact information, here are two links:
· https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
· http://www.contactingthecongress.org/
For a copy of this letter click here: 2011 "Dear Colleague"
For a sample letter to send to Members of Congress, click here
As always, thank you so much for all you do, and for your support of full funding for the Historic Preservation Fund.
Best,
Kristen
The following representatives HAVE signed on to the “Dear Colleague” letter.
|
Rep. |
Vic |
Snyder |
D |
AR-02 |
|
Rep. |
Mike |
Ross |
D |
AR-04 |
|
Rep. |
Raul |
Grijalva |
D |
AZ-07 |
|
Rep. |
Diana |
DeGette |
D |
CO-01 |
|
Rep. |
Madeleine |
Bordallo |
D |
GU |
|
Rep. |
Mazie K. |
Hirono |
D |
HI-02 |
|
Rep. |
Dave |
Loebsack |
D |
IA-02 |
|
Rep. |
Leonard |
Boswell |
D |
IA-3 |
|
Rep. |
Mike |
Quigley |
D |
IL-05 |
|
Rep. |
Dennis |
Moore |
D |
KS-03 |
|
Rep. |
Jim |
McGovern |
D |
MA-03 |
|
Rep. |
Barney |
Frank |
D |
MA-04 |
|
Rep. |
Niki |
Tsongas |
D |
MA-05 |
|
Rep. |
John |
Sarbanes |
D |
MD-03 |
|
Rep. |
Roscoe |
Bartlett |
R |
MD-06 |
|
Rep. |
Chris |
Van Hollen |
D |
MD-08 |
|
Rep. |
Chellie |
Pingree |
D |
ME-01 |
|
Rep. |
Sander |
Levin |
D |
MI-12 |
|
Rep. |
Keith |
Ellison |
D |
MN-05 |
|
Rep. |
James |
Oberstar |
D |
MN-08 |
|
Rep. |
Russ |
Carnahan |
D |
MO-03 |
|
Rep. |
Brad |
Miller |
D |
NC-13 |
|
Rep. |
Paul |
Hodes |
D |
NH-02 |
|
Rep. |
Bill |
Pascrell |
D |
NJ-08 |
|
Rep. |
Rush |
Holt |
D |
NJ-12 |
|
Rep. |
Dina |
Titus |
D |
NV - 3 |
|
Rep. |
Carolyn |
Maloney |
D |
NY-14 |
|
Rep. |
John |
Hall |
D |
NY-19 |
|
Rep. |
Paul |
Tonko |
D |
NY-21 |
|
Rep. |
Brian |
Higgins |
D |
NY-27 |
|
Rep. |
Mike |
Turner |
R |
OH-03 |
|
Rep. |
Betty |
Sutton |
D |
OH-13 |
|
Rep. |
Jim |
Gerlach |
R |
PA-06 |
|
Rep. |
Charles |
Dent |
R |
PA-15 |
|
Rep. |
Patrick |
Kennedy |
D |
RI-01 |
|
Rep. |
James |
Langevin |
D |
RI-02 |
|
Rep. |
Henry |
Brown |
R |
SC-01 |
|
Rep. |
John |
Spratt |
D |
SC-05 |
|
Rep. |
Donna |
Christensen |
D |
VI |
|
Rep. |
Tammy |
Baldwin |
D |
WI-02 |
|
Rep. |
Gwen |
Moore |
D |
WI-04 |
Join the Coalition for Full Funding of the Historic Preservation Fund..
visit the website at: www.fullyfundhpf.org
Kristen Harbeson
State Services Director
National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers
444 N. Capitol St. NW, Suite 342
Washington D.C. 20001
(e) harb...@sso.org
(p) 202 624 5465
(f) 202 624 5419
(w) www.ncshpo.org