Here's the registration link for the Federal Bills meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/D2HCn5x6QOqpue3de-NZzA
After you register, you will receive a list of telephone numbers
where you can call in to the meeting.
We will be focusing on HR 1 One Big Beautiful Mess of Spectrum. See our attached comments on recommended changes to the spectrum language.
Agenda:
2:00-2:03 Hello's and Introductions
2:04-2:20 HR 1 and Next Steps
2:21-2:32 Hearings
and updates on bill movements / new bills
2:33-2:45 Field Updates and incorporating 704 No More
2:46-2:55 Updates on setting up meetings w/ fed electeds
2:56-3:00 Issues from the floor
Getting state legislators to write letters to FCC:
Federal Bills:
Speak out, while we still can on 40 new 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. If your legislator is listed here, please set up a meeting, especially those whose names or titles are in bold. If your legislator is not listed, it is also important to set up meetings with them because they also will be
voting on the bills.
Please:
- 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.
Availability for Charles and Odette: |
| | Week of July 7th: Th 10-11:30am; 1:30-2pm; 3-4pm Fr 10-12:45pm | Week of July 14th: M 10am-4pm T 10am - 4pm W 10-11:30am; 1:30-2pm; 3-4pm Th 10-11:30am; 1:30-2pm; 3-4pm Fr
10-11:30am | Week of July 21st: N/A | Week of July 28th: M 10am-4pm T 10am - 4pm W 10-11:30am; 1:30-2pm; 3-4pm Th 10-11:30am; 1:30-2pm; 3-4pm Fr 10am-2pm |
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5. Contact us at hello@thenationalcall.org with the names and emails of the staffers so that we can send out a Zoom link for the meeting
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.
