Hi ,
Here's the NEW registration link for the Federal Bills meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/r_csgBq3SQaYtVvDBva2-g
After you register,
you will receive a list of telephone numbers where you can call in to the meeting.
ALERT! Rumor has it that HR 2289 has been added to the Appropriations bill which is a must pass bill. However, HR 2289 does not relate to appropriations. We need to reach out to our
contacts in Congress to ask that HR 2289 be withdrawn.
Agenda:
2:00-2:03 Hello's and Introductions
2:04-2:15 Updates on The Hill
2:16-2:35 HR 2289 (fka 3557) and 6 other bills: 1343, 1588, 1665, 1681, 1731 and 6046: updates
2:36-2:47
704 No More; getting constituents to follow up regularly on correspondence with staffers
2:48-3:00 Updates on setting up meetings w/ fed electeds
Attached is the fact sheet on HR 2289.
Getting state legislators to write letters to FCC:
Federal Bills:
Speak out on 50+ federal telecom bills!
Contact your U.S. Rep / Senator this week.
Forward this email to your email lists.
Attached is a list of bills introduced since January 2025; an updated version incorporating the 40 bills will be distributed shortly.
Please set up a meeting with your U.S. Rep and U.S. Senators, especially those whose names or titles are in bold (they have introduced the bills). Here are Charles and Odette's availability:
Week of April 6th: NOT AVAILABLE
Week of April 13th:
M 10am-4pm
T 1:30-4pm
W 10-11:30am; 3-4pm
Th 10-11:30am; 3-4pm
Fr 10-11am; 2-4pm
Week of April 20th: M 10am-12pm; 1:30pm-4pm T 1:30-4pm W
10:30-11:30am; 1:30-2pm; 3-4pm Th N/A Fr N/A |
Steps:
- Find your federal electeds, call 202-225-3121 Capitol switchboard or find there at https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials?iframe=1&iframe=1&iframe=1&iframe=1
- Call your Rep and two Senators and ask for the telecom staffer. Also, go to their website “contact” page.
- Request a “zoom call to discuss Telecom bills to bridge the broadband
digital divide.”
- Set up meetings along the availability times for Charles and Odette who will talk about the federal telecom bills. You just bring yourself, other constituents and local officials (if possible) to the meeting, and talk about your experiences on the local level - protests, city council meetings, health impact, articles, etc. Also see Calendly where you can book the
time directly on our calendar, and you can see the available slots at https://calendly.com/ojwilkens/30min?month=2025-12
6.
Forward this email to a friend.
Here is a 1-1/2 pager to explain the issues - a Congressional briefing. https://thenationalcall.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Congressional-Briefing-5-19-24-FINAL.pdf
Here's information on
cell towers being electrical installations and having already caused fires. See Fact Sheet on Wildfire Risk and Cell Towers (above the fold).
Here's information on biological effects being clear and convincing. See highlights of biological effects.
To stay up to date on bills and our submissions to committees in Congress, please see:
https://ehtrust.org/congress/
https://thenationalcall.org/advocacy-and-action/
It's important that we expand our efforts in reaching our electeds in Congress and the Senate. Pro-telecom bills are already passing through Committees and the House, so we
need to act quickly. Many of our US Representatives and Senators are in favor of these bills. We need to change that.
