<div dir="auto">Inirida, Columbia sounds like my back yard in Belington WV 😅🐌</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 9:31 AM gbanz42--- via Green <<a href="mailto:green@fuusm.org">green@fuusm.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">Thanks, Dawn<br>
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---- Dawn Hewitt via Green <<a href="mailto:green@fuusm.org" target="_blank">green@fuusm.org</a>> wrote: <br>
> George, I did call both Brown and Portman, and I did report those calls in the CCL website,<br>
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—dawn, in Inirida, Colombia, where the Wifi is slow and intermittent <br>
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> On Aug 2, 2021, at 3:34 PM, gbanz42--- via Green <<a href="mailto:green@fuusm.org" target="_blank">green@fuusm.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> Maggie,<br>
> <br>
> Thanks very much!<br>
> <br>
> Question for Steve:<br>
> <br>
> Do you still subscribe to Funny Times? If not and you would like some recent issues that I am done with, let me know. We can figure out how to get them to you if you want them.<br>
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> ---- Maggie & Steve Meyer via Green <<a href="mailto:green@fuusm.org" target="_blank">green@fuusm.org</a>> wrote: <br>
>> George,<br>
>> I have successfully emailed and phoned both Senator Brown and Senator<br>
>> Portman.<br>
>> Maggie Meyer<br>
>> <br>
>>> On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 12:39 PM gbanz42--- via Green <<a href="mailto:green@fuusm.org" target="_blank">green@fuusm.org</a>><br>
>>> wrote:<br>
>>> <br>
>>> GSC Team:<br>
>>> <br>
>>> I would respectfully ask a small favor after you have contacted the<br>
>>> senators through the CCL link. Just send me a quick message reporting that<br>
>>> you<br>
>>> contacted the senators' offices and which senators you contacted (Ohio or<br>
>>> WV). I<br>
>>> will not be recording your name just the total number of calls made by our<br>
>>> chapter. Our chapter goal is 25.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> I attended a special (emergency) meeting of CCL National on July 20.<br>
>>> CCL<br>
>>> has learned that in the U.S. Senate, the Democrats have resolved to pursue<br>
>>> a<br>
>>> budget reconciliation bill. This bill needs at least 51 senators to<br>
>>> support it<br>
>>> in order to pass. Carbon pricing is likely to be included in this bill<br>
>>> that is<br>
>>> being discussed over the next three weeks in the Senate, but Democrats<br>
>>> have told<br>
>>> CCL that the senators need to hear from constituents that this is popular.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> This opportunity is a chance to achieve legislatively what CCL has<br>
>>> been<br>
>>> working towards in the full 14 years of its existence.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> CCL is asking all members to call (and e-mail--although calling is<br>
>>> viewed as<br>
>>> more effective) their senators.<br>
>>> For those in Ohio:<br>
>>> Senator Sherrod Brown- 202-224-2315<br>
>>> <br>
>>> Senator Rob Portman- 202-224-3353<br>
>>> For those in West Virginia:<br>
>>> Senator Joe Manchin – 202-224-3954<br>
>>> <br>
>>> Senator Shelly Moore Capito – 202-224-6472<br>
>>> <br>
>>> <br>
>>> Please go through the specially developed link to make these calls.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> <a href="http://cclusa.org/senate" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">cclusa.org/senate</a><br>
>>> <br>
>>> and follow the directions. Your call and email will be automatically<br>
>>> logged.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> You are advised to customize your message, but here is the<br>
>>> recommended<br>
>>> wording to serve as the essence of the message:<br>
>>> <br>
>>> To Sen. Brown/Manchin (Democrat) - Please support the inclusion of<br>
>>> carbon pricing<br>
>>> in the Reconciliation Bill. It's time to go big and bold on climate action<br>
>>> and<br>
>>> reduce carbon emissions.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> To Sen. Portman/Capito (Republican) - Please support the inclusion<br>
>>> of carbon<br>
>>> pricing in the Reconciliation Bill before the Senate. Carbon pricing is an<br>
>>> opportunity to avoid paying European border tariffs and remain<br>
>>> competitive in<br>
>>> the world market.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> These are messages based on CCL research optimize effectiveness.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> I have sent an email and called our two Ohio senators and customized<br>
>>> my<br>
>>> message<br>
>>> by saying that I <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/live+in+Appalachia+Ohio,+and+we+need+t?entry=gmail&source=g">live in Appalachia Ohio, and we need t</a>o re-imagine<br>
>>> Appalachia<br>
>>> and develop an economy based on renewable energy and jobs that stay in our<br>
>>> region.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> <br>
>>> <br>
>>> --<br>
>>> George Banziger<br>
>>> 202 Lawton Road<br>
>>> Marietta, OH 45750-1111<br>
>>> 740-434-5685<br>
>>> cell: 740-434-3354<br>
>>> <br>
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>> <br>
>> <br>
>> -- <br>
>> Cell: 740-706-1741<br>
>> Home: 740-374-4262<br>
> <br>
> --<br>
> George Banziger<br>
> 202 Lawton Road<br>
> Marietta, OH 45750-1111<br>
> 740-434-5685<br>
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